The 10 Best Japanese Restaurants near Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto is in Kyushu Area. They have many sightseeing spots such as Amakusa Islands and Aso Mountain. Especially, a histrical architecture in Kumamoto, “Kumamoto Castle” is popular. The appearance attracts many people. This time, we will introduce the 10 best Japanese restaurants near Kumamoto Castle! You should visit there.

Hamaryori Samurai

“Hamaryori Samurai” is located 7-min. walk from the statue of Kiyomasa Kato which is in front of Kumamoto Castle. The specialty at “Hamaryori Samurai” known as the restaurant offering high quality sashimi, is “Usuzukuri(thinly sliced sashimi) of Honkawahagi”. Kawahagi is thinly sliced like puffer fish sashimi. It’s like an artwork by the master of the kitchen knife.

Not only Kumamoto’s specialty, “Karashi Renkon(mustard stuffed lotus roots)” and “Basashi(horsemeat sashimi”, but also the fishes are amagingly delicious. The special fresh sashimi platter is made by catching the living fish from the fish tank soon after they get the order. Any gourmet will like it! Karashi Renkon is usually a cold dish, but there, they fry Karashi Renkon. We recommend there who wants to have both fishes and horsemeat in Kumamoto!

Modern Japanese Style Tora

“Modern Japanese Style Tora” is located 4-min. walk from the statue of Kiyomasa Kato which is in front of Kumamoto Castle. The restaurant is a little away from Ginza Street. In a fashionable and quiet atmosohere, they have a chic open kitchen and a counter surrounding the kitchen. They are proud of many tasteful Japanese dishes that they created by themselves.

They’re so confident of the quality of their dishes that they’re selling the homemade ketchup and dressing. How about enjoying the beautiful and healthy dishes there in Kumamoto.

Izakaya Kan

When you enter into the Izakaya, located around Kumamoto Catsle, you’ll be shocked at over 300 kinds of Shochus in Japan. Heavy drinkers will like there for sure. You can enjoy Kumamoto with the rocal Shochus. Contrary to the rich appearance, the interior has a casual and fashionable taste. You can have the dishes at the reasonable prices.

When you go to Kumamoto, you should visit there and have the awesome Basashi and the creative quisine.

Buffet Restaurant Ginnan

“Buffet Restaurant Ginnan” is in a shopping center next to Kumamoto Catsle, “Josaien”. They usually offer about 40 kinds of dishes, from the dises for children such as pizza and fried chicken to the dishes for adults.

Moreover, they have a lot of deserts: usually over 10 kinds of sweets. Children and women will like it. You can enjoy the self ramen corner. Enjoy both sightseeing and gourmet there.

Italia Shokudo Trippa

“Italia Shokudo Trippa”, located along a main street in Kumamoto-shi, Kamidori, is a small Italian restaurant.

They offer the Italian homemade cuisine with wine such as homemade raw ham, salami, terrine, trippa and pasta. Every quisine tastes awesome, though they don’t use so luxurious food. Drinking wine with Ajillo… Enjoy drinking casually… You will definitely like this restaurant!

Magosaburo

When you enter into the restaurant, you will be shocked at the meat chunks in the glazed refrigerator at the entrance. They’re proud of bying whole Kuroge Japanese beef in Kumamoto. You can have the rare part of the beef reasonably because they buy whole beef.

At “Magosaburo”, you should have awesome Japanese beef sashimi with the rich taste. Only fresh beef has the taste. Also, Kuroge Japanese beef Yukke is amagingly tasteful. They have commitments about the homemade sauce and the Japanese charcoal. You should visit there!

Higo no Jinya

“Higo no Jinya” is located in the Shimotori Arcade(Sakaba Street) near Kumamoto Castle. It’s a big restaurant with the capacity of max 100 people. You can see the swimming fish in the big water tank across the counter.

Moreover, you can have the rocal dish, the fried Karashi Renkon(mautard staffed lotus roots). The sake goes well with the fresh fish! They’re using the soy sauce in Kushu: it’s sweet. You can taste the unique soy sauce. Enjoy Kumamoto groumet to the full extent!

Blue Bright

“Blue Bright” is a spacious, stylish and fashionable restaurant. They have “the food and drink buffet” and many other dishes. They have 3 kinds of buffet: 70 dishes, 100 dishes, and 120 dishes. All the dishes have high quality, so you will be busy in thinking what to eat.

You can have not only salad and appetizers but also fish dishes, meat dishes, pasta,and pizza. The gorgeous atmosphere in the restaurant will lead you to spend the more luxurious time. When you go to Kumamoto, you should have an elegant dinner there!

OLIVE

“OLIVE” is located 4-min. walk from Hanabatake Station. You can enjoy choosing more than 60 kinds of wines. They have many dishes such as Italian, French, and Meditettanean dishes. It’s a bar, so you can find the best dish with the wine. The Interior is beautiful and fashionable. Especailly, women will like there.

They have not only many single dishes but also many course meals. The Ajillo Buffet, the Cheese Buffet… they have the unique dishes. When you go sightseeing Kumamoto Catsle, you should visit there.

Kumamoto Horumon

“Kumamoto Horumon” is located 7-min. walk from the statue of Kiyomasa Kato which is in front of Kumamoto Castle. When you enter into the restaurant, you can find the line of the autographs by many celebrities. Contrary to the dirty restaurant imagined from the word, “Horumonya(hormone grilled restaurant)”, the restaurant is clean and fashionable. Every Japanese beef hormone they offer is carefully selected and has high quality. The burnt scent from the burnt hormone attracts you, too.

Moreover, they offer not only beef and pork but also Amakusa’s rocal chicken, “Amakusa Daio”. You should make a reservation before visiting there. At the lunch time, they offer Kumamoto groumet such as Basashi(horsemeat sashimi). It may be a good idea to first go there at the lunchtime.

Let’s enjoy the tasteful groumet around Kumamoto Castle when you visit there!

How do you like the restaurants? This time, we introduced the 10 best Japanese restaurants near Kumamoto Castle. You’ll be busy in thinking what to eat because they have many tasteful dishes. They have many nice restaurants around Kumamoto Castle. It may be a good idea to enjoy the sightseeing with the atmosphere in the castle town.