Family Restaurant
Location: Nishinoomote.
Price: For breakfast, lunch,
and dinner, prices can range from 500 to 2,500 yen.
Food: Usually Japanese,
Chinese and Western style cuisine. Joyful is a chain
restaurant and the only family restaurant I know about on
the island.
Izakaya
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: 1,000 to upwards of
5,000 yen depending on the place and how much you eat and
drink.
Food: Informal restaurants
serving basically grilled finger foods and other side
dishes. Yakitori and salads are also popular. Most people
order alcohol while eating at an izakaya.
Shokudo
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: Small informal
restaurants serving Japanese food such as curry and various
noodle dishes.
Teishoku
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: Small informal
restaurants serving Japanese food as set menus. A typical
set includes a main dish such as chicken or fish, a bowl of
steamed rice, miso soup, and pickles.
Kaiseki
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 3,000 to
upwards of 20,000 yen.
Food: These are upscale multi
course restaurants which cater to patrons with very specific
tastes.
Teppanyaki
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 4,000 to
upwards of 20,000 yen.
Food: These are restaurants
where the chef prepares the meals directly in front of the
customers on a huge hot plate. The food basically consists
of some kind of meat or seafood served with grilled
vegetables.
Sukiyaki and Shabu Shabu
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 2,500 to
upwards of 10,000 yen.
Food: Sukiyaki and shabu shabu
consist of meat (usually thinly sliced beef) which is slowly
cooked or simmered at the table, alongside vegetables and
other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy
sauce, sugar, and mirin. Before being eaten, the ingredients
are usually dipped in a small bowl of raw, beaten eggs.
Sushi
Location: Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 800 to
upwards of 20,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants focus
mainly on sushi of course and be pretty pricey depending on
the type and quality of the fish.
Kaiten zushi
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants are
really nice for sushi lovers on a limited budget. Customers
will typically sit in a booth or at a counter and wait for
sushi dishes to pass on a conveyor belt from which they can
pick what they like. The plates are different colors
denoting the various prices for each type of sushi. At the
end of the meal you press a button and someone will come to
add up the cost of your choices which usually run from 100
to 500 yen per plate. Some restaurants will give kids a
chance to win a prize for each five plates purchased.
Udon and Soba
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants serve
basically noodle dishes which can be served either hot or
cold and usually come with a choice of toppings.
Ramen
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants also
serve noodle dishes with a choice of toppings but use
Chinese style noodles.
Yakitori and Yakiniku
Location: Nakatane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants serve
a variety of chicken and beef strips cooked on skewers over
charcoal.
Kare
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: These restaurants offer
a variety of curry dishes served with rice and pickles.
Okonomiyaki
Location: Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: Okonomiyaki is best
described as a meat or fish and vegetable pancake. Usually
served with many toppings including seaweed sprinkles and
mayonnaise. The food is prepared and then brought to a hot
plate at the table where customers serve themselves. This
food is really good with beer and particularly tasting on a
warm Summer night.
Gyoza
Location: Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,000 yen.
Food: Gyoza are dumplings
filled with different kinds of meat and vegetables. They are
usually dipped in a sauce when eaten. Gyoza can often be
found at ramen restaurants.
Tempura
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,500 yen.
Food: Tempura is a Japanese
dish of seafood or vegetables that have been battered and
deep fried.
Tonkatsu
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,500 yen.
Food: Tonkatsu are deep fried
breaded pork cutlets. You can usually find Korokke and other
deep fried foods at this type of restaurant.
Unagi
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 1,000 to
2,500 yen.
Food: Unagi is served as part
of unadon, a donburi dish with sliced eel served on a bed of
rice.
Gyudon
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 300 to
1,500 yen.
Food: Gyudon, literally beef
bowl, is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped
with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce
flavored with dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and
mirin (sweet rice wine). These restaurants are among the
cheapest in Japan.
Barbeque
Location: Nishinoomote,
Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 500 to
2,500 yen.
Food: Restaurants of this type
can include foods from many of the restaurants listed above.
Typically the food is cooked over charcoal similar to a
western style barbeque.
Pizza
Location: Still trying to find
this type of restaurant on the island.
Price: Anywhere from 1,000 to
4,000 yen.
Food: Usually much smaller and
more expensive, pizza in Japan is a bit different than the
western style varieties. Japanese pizza often includes such
items as mayonnaise and corn.
Yatai
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 300 to
2,000 yen.
Food: Yatai are temporary
small food stands which usually only offer one type of food.
They are typically found at festivals. Foods include any of
the following: fried chicken (karaage), okonomiyaki,
takoyaki, corn on the cob, French fries, yakisoba, oden,
ramen.
Kissaten
Location: Nishinoomote,
Nakatane, Minamitane.
Price: Anywhere from 300 to
2,000 yen.
Food: This is basically a
coffee shop or cafe. Many kissatens serve a variety of food
including sandwiches and salads along with cake and other
desserts. |
