Local OKINAWA man introduce recommended spots in Okinawa
It is a local cafe and restaurant in Okinawa, where local people are supposed to recommend. In addition to this, we also post Okinawa’s beach, recommended shops of Okinawa soba, souvenirs etc. from the local people eyes. Please have a look.
Sakurazaka can be said to be the back street of Naha City Kokusai Dori. Sakurazaka has long been the driving force of Okinawa's night culture, and it is an area known to Okinawa. "KARIYUSHI COFFEE AND BEER STAND" is the stylish cafe bar in the Sakurazaka introduced today.
There is a cafeteria that has been loved by locals for over 24 years in Naha City. The cafeteria crystal has full of delicious lunch menu. There are a lot of office workers working nearby during the daytime on weekdays and a family in the coffee shop on weekends. This time, I will introduce you to a delicious cafeteria crystal, which has a rich menu and is full of heart.
Hamburger steak with volume full of homemade and delicious meat juice. And it won the Naha Curry Grand Prix winning black Curry. A restaurant that can eat such tasty dishes is located in Naha city "Nuji Bonbon Z". It's a bit strange and funny restaurant name, but its dish is definitely excellent. Since I ate lunch in "Nuji Bonbon Z", I will introduce this restaurant.
It is tasty, has plenty of volume and you can eat at reasonable prices Chinese restaurant. That is in Kin Town Nanryuuen (South Dragon Garden). Although it is not a famous restaurant, it is a delicious Chinese cuisine that is tastefully delicious and is a locally coherent Chinese restaurant bustling with local families. Especially "deep-fried chicken" is a volume and its taste, it has attracted many local customers from long ago. I went to eat lunch with my children in such a Nanryuuen.
There was a mysterious restaurant in Motobu town which has been operating since I was a child. That name is "Drive in restaurant Hawaii". This is Okinawa Why is it Hawaii? I was thinking that it was a restaurant with a mysterious name though a child. I often go by car in front of Hawaii, but in reality I had never been in restaurant. Restaurant Hawaii I thought that it was wonderful from my childhood. I finally went to Hawaii! A long-established, well-established drive-in restaurant Hawaii, 43 years ago. It was delicious and had plenty of volume restaurant.
Do you know that? Actually, Okinawa boasts the catch of the tuna is in Japan. A restaurant where you can eat fresh tuna-rice bowls that are not frozen is "Oyajinomaguro" (mean father's tuna) in Senagajima Umikaji terrace. As you can imagine from the name of the shop, it is a restaurant where you can eat the fresh tuna rice bowl the fisher who is a seafarer has acquired. In other words, it is a restaurant baked directly by a fisherman. The son couple withdraws out the deliciousness and charm of the fresh tuna preeminent freshly picked up by father at Payao in the southern part of Okinawa and it provides the taste and charm. I will introduce such a tuna bowl of Oyajinomaguro.
A beautiful setting sun in Okinawa, beautiful sea, and departure and arrival of a powerful plane. Then, while watching such a beautiful sunset, you can enjoy exquisite Italian cuisine in Senagajima island in Tomigusuku city, that is "POSILLIPO cucina meridionale". It is an Italian restaurant located on the hill of the popular sightseeing spot in Okinawa, Senagajima Umikaji terrace. Simple is best You can enjoy South Italian cuisine at reasonable price. The view from the hill of Senagajima is also the best. Italian restaurant that is perfect for families or dating. This time I will introduce such POSILLIPO.
There is a restaurant in Ginoza village where you can eat fresh live shrimp dishes from a fish pond. That is Tamaya. Shrimp cusine which is taken fresh and living still is the best! You can eat the best fresh shrimp dish more than this. If you like prawns you will definitely be satisfied with no mistake. Even if you do not like shrimp, I recommend you to try this freshness once.
The aorta of Okinawa, Route 58. There is a red building standing long ago along that national road 58. It is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Okinawa Kuzyakurou (mean Peacock Church). If Okinawa locals, it is probably a red building that everyone has seen. But it is surprisingly rare that they know the long-established Chinese restaurant. Although such an old-fashioned Chinese restaurant Kuzyakurou, you can eat delicious Chinese cuisine at reasonable prices at lunch time. If you did not know, please try lunch of the Kuzyakurou at once.
When you come to Okinawa travel, what will you buy for souvenirs? There are many kinds of special products in Okinawa, such as Chinsukou Beni-imo tart, Yachimun (Okinawa pottery), Awamori, just choosing souvenirs is fun. But it is hard to choose a souvenir to send to an important person such as a workplace or a friend. To such you, Okinawa souvenir that I recommend as Okinawa local people is TIMELESS CHOCOLATE in Mihama American Village in Chatan Town. It is a simple and stylish chocolate shop using brown sugar from Okinawa Prefecture and cocoa beans around the world. If you enjoy shopping and eating at Mihama American Village, why not try stylish Okinawa souvenir at TIMELESS CHOCOLATE.
Do you want to eat delicious Chinese cuisine? You'd like to eat lots of stomach at a great price at authentic Chinese cuisine, don't you? Yang Kyou Fang where is the Chinese restaurant and recommended in such situation in Naha city. Boasting tremendous support in the business district of Naha city, it is a popular restaurant where you can eat authentic Chinese cuisine. Especially at lunch, you can eat authentic Chinese cuisine with plenty volume at reasonable price. If you want to eat Chinese food full of stimulus and umami, Yang Kyou Fang is the BEST!
In Okinawa, there are many dining rooms where you can eat plenty at reasonable prices. The Oak Restaurant in Okinawa City is a dining room where you can enjoy a full-size meal full of stomach at affordable price. The restaurant not popular among tourists, but very popular in locals, the oak restaurant. I recently ate lunch at the oak restaurant so I will introduce it.
Sometimes you want to eat delicious Chinese cuisine that is exciting and matches well with beer. You would like to pour a delicious beer into your body with the knobs of authentic Chinese cuisine. You would like to enjoy a lot of Chinese cuisine and beer with a handy fee if possible. A perfect restaurant is "The Golden Swallow" at such time. It is a restaurant that you can eat authentic Chinese cuisine with the ingredients of Okinawa at easy prices. I ate the Chinese food that goes well with beer and alcohol at The Golden Swallow.
Speaking of Okinawa's lunch, it is Okinawa soba after all. Okinawa soba is building a firm position in the lunch of Okinawa so that it can no longer be a citizens' food. You can eat Okinawa soba in most popular cafeterias in Okinawa. Each restaurant has its own recipe, and you can eat delicious Okinawa soba with various tastes. The shop that offers Okinawa soba is mostly a cafeteria, a common-people atmosphere, in a nice sense old shops are not very clean. Meanwhile, Okinawa Soba EIBUN in Tsuboya you can eat delicious Okinawa soba in a stylish cafe-style shop. This time I will introduce such EIBUN.
What do you imagine when you hear Okinawa cuisine? There are a lot of local cuisines representing Okinawa, such as Okinawa soba, champloo, taco rice and pig meat. In such circumstances, do not forget, so goat food. Okinawa cuisine that is so unique smell that it makes it easy to separate likes and dislikes from clearly even in Okinawa locals because of an intensely animal smell. Speaking of goat cuisine, most are Hiijaa (Goat soup filled with all internal organs) or goat's sashimi. I found a very interesting restaurant in such a situation. Le Bon Gout is a bistro that merged goat dishes with French & Italian cuisine. The store name seems to be French meaning "delicious goat". As its name suggests, it is a restaurant where you can eat delicious goat dishes. Especially it is recommended for those who are not good at goat dishes. Because my friends who were not good at goats were saying it was delicious.
A café restaurant of particular attention that Okinawa's only Miso maker surviving World War II. That is "Misomeshiya Marutama". It is a long-established miso maker founded 160 years ago, and it seems that Miso and soy sauce were made as Miso collection of wishes also in the Shuri dynasty period of the past. Aspergillus which survived the battle of Okinawa, still making delicious miso and soy sauce. I have eaten the taste of such a long-established miso dishe at Misomeshiya Marutama.
Speaking of Kin town, the first thing that comes to mind is taco rice. It is famous that the birthplace of Taco Rice is Kin Town. Do you know the hidden famous products of Kin town? It is not conspicuous in plain but it is Taimo (a kind of Okinawa Potate). It is a Taimo of a hidden special product in Kin town, a Cafe restaurant Chouraku that makes such delicious cuisine delicious . Okinawa's cuisine only tasted in here. And Taimo pie and cheesecake are perfect for souvenirs too! Even travelers of repeaters who like Okinawa, it is a cafe restaurant with little known well.
A quaint Okinawa old private house cafe that is over 120 years old. Delicious Okinawa soba can be eaten at old Okinawa emotional old cafe. That is in Itoman City Makabe Chinaa. It is an old folk house cafe quietly standing in a quiet country residential area of Okinawa and is also popular with tourists. I will introduce you to Makabe Chinaa where you can taste such a quiet and relaxing Okinawa time.
Okinawa is hot. Okinawa is only subtropical climate in Japan, We can spend mostly T-shirts except in winter. Speaking of such a warm Okinawa sweetsuit, it is ice cream after all. And speaking of Okinawa ice cream Blue Seal! It's perfect for the coming season.
A long-established restaurant that has continued to provide delicious steaks and homemade pies for more than 46 years since 1971, Flipper. It is a popular steak restaurant not only from local Nago citizens but also from tourists. Salt and pepper, A1 sauce, homemade steak sauce and 3 different flavors, you can eat steak deliciously. I ate such a delicious steak and handmade pie, so I will introduce it to everyone.
An American restaurant that reproduces the good old days of the 50s and 60s America, it is Sam's Cafe. It is a cafe restaurant in an atmosphere that appears in the movie "American Graffiti". Steaks, barbecue ribs, sweets tasty and plentiful. You can eat authentic and tasty American steaks in the atmosphere of a good old American movies.
A popular restaurant where many foreign guests gather from the morning on the weekend, that is The Rose Garden. It seems that a lot of foreign guests will visit for popular morning menu "Egg Benedict." Foreign guests' purpose is full-fledged American taste. I ate lunch set and such a popular menu of The Rose Garden "Egg Benedict".
A long-established restaurant being loved in Okinawa for over 60 years, that is SEASIDE DRIVE IN. As the name of the restaurant, it is right next to the beautiful beach of Onna village. It is a long-established restaurant that has long been popular among US military officials as well as our locals since the US military rule era before Okinawa returned to Japan. The founder who had entered and exited the US military base saw the restaurants in the base and liked it, imitated that style and opened the restaurant. Since all dishes can be taken out, there are many Okinawa peaple while stopping in the middle of the drive.