Meal arrangment
Eating delicious dishes from other cultures is one of the most enjoyable aspects of travelling.
We can arrange authentic Japanese meals and local cuisines that you have never tasted before.
Food stalls, Hakata ramen Yatai, Fukuoka-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Food stalls “Yatai” is one thing to enjoy in Fukuoka. Despite a decline in recent year, there
are said to be more than 160. The food stalls have all kind of food, but you have to try
Hakata ramen, usually made with white soup from pork bone and thin noodles. When you
order, you can specify noodle texture, such as yawa, meaning “soft”, or bari-kata, meaning
“very hard”. In local dialect bari means “very”. Anther unique thing is kaedama.
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The thin noodles takes moments to cook, so you can just order an additional noodle serving,
but don’t drink too much soup before ordering more noodles. Besides ramen stalls, there are
gyoza dumpling stall, Western-style bar stalls and more. It’s hard to pick out just one.
The stalls have a unique and strange appeal. Eating in such cozy spaces with others creates
a friendly feel of community.
Mitsui Club restaurant, in Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
The Japanese and Western Restaurant at the Mitsui Club.
You can enjoy grilled curry that originated from Moji Port.
Mitsui Club was built by the Mitsui Co., Ltd in 1921 as a reception center
and to provide accommodation for VIP’s. It is now designated as an
important cultural property. Dr. Albert Einstein who awarded Nobel Prize in
Physics stayed here.
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Restaurants at JR Kokura station, in Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Ekikara 30 po Yokocho, is the restaurant floor at 1st floor of AMU Place, JR Kokura
station.
There are various type of Japanese style restaurant including Ramen restaurant.
Lunch and dinner can be enjoyed.
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Ichiran-no-mori, in Itoshima, Fukuoka-prefecture
Let’s enoy Hakara Ramen. Ichiran is an authentic tonkotsu ramen (pork born soup ramen)
restaurant, established in 1960. The ramen producing factory can be visited and various
type of ramen can be enjoyed at Ichiran-no-mori.
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Oyster Barbecue Hut, in Itoshima, Fukuoka-prefecture
Itoshima oyster growing up in the rich nature of mountain and sea Itoshima oyster features
mellow and sweet taste. There are many Oyster Barbecue Huts at five fishing harbours.
The huts only open during the season, from end of October to March or April.
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The huts are simple in construction; just big vinyl tents filled with a few dozen tables, each with
their own grill. You can get oysters, sazae (sea snails), prawns, fish and other seafood, fresh as
fresh can be, by the crate. The hut provides the grill, tongs, cotton gloves, and other tools for you
try your hand at grilling your own seafood.
Cooking them right can be tricky, but learning is part of the fun. For oysters, try putting the flat side
down first, flip after awhile, and wait for them to open from the heat. Take them off the grill—gloves
on of course—and open them the rest of the way with the provided knife. Add a touch of shoyu
(soy sauce), ponzu (a tangy citrus-based sauce), lemon juice, or mayonnaise if you like and they’re
ready to eat. If you’re unsure how to cook things, just look around at what the other tables are doing
or wave over the helpful kakigoya staff.