Booking calendar
Kyushu & Okinawa: when hard-to-book restaurants open reservations
Release days, booking channels and phone-line hours for 147 hard-to-book restaurants in Kyushu & Okinawa — checked monthly by a Tokyo reservation desk.
48 by phone · 14 open monthly
OMAKASE, TableCheck, Pocket Concierge and Ikyu are Japanese booking apps; most need a Japanese phone number or card. "More info" points to Tabelog, Japan's restaurant listing site — hours, menus and photos, not a booking channel. "In our collection" marks houses with a full profile on this site.
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All houses
All 147 houses in Kyushu & Okinawa
- Ryotei Yamasa Ryokan Ajimu, Usa, Oita
- Sushi Karashima Akasaka, Fukuoka
- Sushidokoro Ishibashi Akasaka, Fukuoka
- Yakko Zushi Amakusa, Kumamoto
- Hyogo Dori Anseimachi, Kumamoto
- Sushi Ryori Ichitaka Arato, Fukuoka
- Restaurant Sola Bayside Place Hakata, Fukuoka
- Nihonryori Beppu Hirokado Beppu, Oita
- PAUL Bise, Motobu, Okinawa
- Chugoku Ryori Sen Chuo-dori, Miyazaki
- Lamptei Chuo-dori, Miyazaki
- Tsuki no Ki Chuo-machi, Oita
- Torikami Garden City Daimyo, Fukuoka
- Chikushitei Edamachi, Nakatsu, Oita
- Yakiniku Ito Ekimae, Saiki, Oita
- Sushi Nakamura Fujisakigu-mae, Kumamoto
- Gyosanjin Genkai, Saga
- Narayamachi Ao Hakata, Fukuoka
- Sushi Yasukichi Hakata, Fukuoka
- Osakaya Hamanomachi Hamanomachi, Nagasaki
- Sumibi Yakiniku Yamamoto Hamasaki-cho, Ishigaki, Okinawa
- Yakiniku Ishigaki Gyu Ushimizu Hamasaki, Ishigaki
- Amegen Hamatama, Karatsu
- Isono Shoten (Haruyoshi Honten) Haruyoshi, Fukuoka
- Tamura Haruyoshi, Fukuoka
- Yakiniku Sudo Haruyoshi Haruyoshi, Fukuoka
- Yakitori Kouun Hinokuchi, Kagoshima
- Hakata Suigetsu Hirao, Fukuoka
- Ippongi Ishibashi Hirao, Fukuoka
- Kiyoki Hirao, Fukuoka
- Yakitori Torila Hirao, Fukuoka
- Grand Bleu Gamin Hirara, Miyakojima
- Miyakojima Yakiniku Yamato Hirara, Miyakojima, Okinawa
- Sushi Mimuro Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto
- Sushi Taito Hondo, Amakusa, Kumamoto
- katecuore Imari, Saga
- Hitoshi Honten Ishigaki, Okinawa
- Hitoshi Ishiganto Ishigaki, Okinawa
- KAI Izumi, Kagoshima
- Arutokoro Kagami, Karatsu
- Sushisho Nomura Kagoshima
- Robatayaki Sanroku Kahoku, Yamaga, Kumamoto
- Itamae Ryori Doyama Kajiyamachi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
- Amakusa Daiou Senmon Ten Tosaka Kamitori, Kumamoto
- Caravan Karatsu, Saga
- Chuka Oshige Karatsu, Saga
- Sushidokoro Tsukuta Karatsu, Saga
- Soan Nabeshima Kashima, Saga
- Kikuzushi Kasuga, Fukuoka
- Hakata Ajidokoro Iroha (Honten) Kawabata, Hakata, Fukuoka
- Itamae Yakiniku Hanafusa Kawaminami, Miyazaki
- Myoken Ishiharaso Shokusai Ishikura Kirishima, Kagoshima
- Kise Kise, Nago
- Ryutan Kise, Nago
- Kana Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
- Bekk Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Edomae Sushi Nikaku Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Inakaan Honten Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Oryori Sato Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Sushi Tsubasa Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Tenzushi Kyomachi Kokura, Kitakyushu
- Sushi Asaumi Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu
- La BOMBANCE Kouri tou Kouri Island, Nakijin
- 6 (six) Kouri Island, Nakijin, Okinawa
- O's House Kume, Naha
- Sushi Yasaka Kume, Naha
- Asahiya Kumoji, Naha
- Shabushabu Mitsuhisa Honke Kumoji, Naha
- Mie Kumoji, Naha, Okinawa
- Teppanyaki Sawafuji Kumoji, Naha, Okinawa
- villa del nido Kunimi, Unzen, Nagasaki
- Oryori Matsuyama Kurosaki, Kitakyushu
- Uotora Kurosaki, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- Sushi Yoshida Kurume, Fukuoka
- Syn Kusagae, Fukuoka
- YAKISHIN Maejima, Naha
- Toraichi Seiniku Ten Maezato, Ishigaki
- Shabu-shabu Kin Honten Makishi, Naha, Okinawa
- Waryu Ryori Sarii Makishi, Naha, Okinawa
- Shiseki Ryotei Kagetsu Maruyama, Nagasaki
- Kuninda Matsuo, Naha, Okinawa
- Meizan Kimiya Meizan-cho, Kagoshima
- Shunsai Kokabu Tei Miebashi, Naha
- Wagyu Teppanyaki SASUKE Mihama, Chatan, Okinawa
- Sushi Soejima Minoshima, Fukuoka
- Ganso Nagahamaya Nagahama, Fukuoka
- Sushi Osamu Nagazumi, Fukuoka
- Teppanyaki Asahi Nago, Okinawa
- Urizun Naha, Okinawa
- MAISON LAFITE Nakagawa, Fukuoka
- Tempura Takeuchi Nakagawa, Fukuoka
- Aji Arai Nakatsu, Oita
- Ibukuro Nanjo, Okinawa
- Sumibi Yaki Sanku Nichinan, Miyazaki
- Gahoujin Nishi-Nakasu, Fukuoka
- Restaurant Aréna Nishi-Nakasu, Fukuoka
- Sushi Sakai Nishi-Nakasu, Fukuoka
- Jackie Steak House Nishi, Naha, Okinawa
- Zaisho Nishinakasu, Fukuoka
- Cerca Trova Nobeoka, Miyazaki
- Kitaura Zenryomaru Nobeoka, Miyazaki
- Funakoshi Noma, Fukuoka
- Hateruma Ohara, Iriomote Island, Okinawa
- TTOAHISU Ohori-koen, Fukuoka
- L'Ermita Ohori, Fukuoka
- Steak Restaurant Papoiya Okawa, Ishigaki
- Ginza Sushi Kanesaka (PGM Hotel Resort Okinawa) Onna, Okinawa
- SHIROUX Onna, Okinawa
- Murakami Sakuramachi, Kumamoto
- Kotan Sakurazaka, Fukuoka
- Steak & Seafood Sisuco Grill Sesoko, Motobu (Okinawa)
- pesceco Shimabara, Nagasaki
- Steak House Baron Shimotori, Kumamoto
- SENTI.U Shinkawa-cho, Kanoya, Kagoshima
- Tempura Tsuruhachi Shinshigai, Kumamoto
- Umeya Shinyashiki, Kagoshima
- antica locanda MIYAMOTO Shinyashiki, Kumamoto
- Isshinzushi Koyo Showa-cho, Miyazaki
- Akatafu Shuri, Naha, Okinawa
- Iroha Suizenji, Kumamoto
- Goh Sumiyoshi (Hakata), Fukuoka
- Nishimura Sumiyoshi, Fukuoka
- Ryotei Ichiriki Suwamachi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
- Hitotsu Tachibana-dori, Miyazaki
- Imaishi Hanten Suzuka Takamiya, Fukuoka
- Kyodo Ryori Tsugumi Takasago, Fukuoka
- Restaurant SNOW Takasago, Fukuoka
- Sushi Senpachi Takasago, Fukuoka
- Una Zen Takasago, Fukuoka
- Yakitori Koto Tenjin-minami, Fukuoka
- TERUZUSHI Tobata, Kitakyushu
- Muni Tomari, Naha
- Sushi Dokoro Kimiya Usuki, Kagoshima
- Ryotei Yamadaya Usuki Honten Usuki, Oita
- Agu Shabushabu Miruku (Naha) Wakasa, Naha
- Isuke Wakasa, Naha
- Nihonryori Tobiume Yahatanishi, Kitakyushu
- Akama Chaya Asago Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Asuke Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Chikamatsu Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Imoto Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Sushi to Amakusa Daio Amane Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Torikawa Suikyo Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Unagi Dokoro Yamamichi Honten Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Yakitori Mako Yakuin, Fukuoka
- Yamanaka Honten Yakuin, Fukuoka
- NONOKA RESTAURANT Yame, Fukuoka
About this region
Kyushu & Okinawa has 147 houses in this calendar. 48 of them (33%) take reservations only by telephone, in Japanese, and 1 seat guests only through an introduction — together the part of the map that no booking platform can open for you. 93 houses use an online platform (TableCheck 26, Tabelog 25, Ikyu 12), and 3 take no reservations at all.
The release pattern: 14 houses open their books on a fixed day each month, and 13 of those on the 1st — Nihonryori Beppu Hirokado, Kikuzushi, Yakiniku Ito among them. 12 houses release seats on a rolling basis a fixed number of days ahead, and 54 simply take bookings as they come. On release mornings the phone-only houses fill within the first hour, so the day and the minute matter more than the month.
Nihonryori Beppu Hirokado 10:00 · Kikuzushi 10:00 · Yakiniku Ito
What does 'release day' mean for a Japanese restaurant?
Most hard-to-book houses in Japan do not take reservations continuously. They open their book on a fixed trigger — for example the 1st of the month for dates two months ahead, or exactly ninety days before each date — and the month often fills within the first hour.
Why are phone-only restaurants highlighted?
Because they are the seats overseas guests cannot reach: the line is answered in Japanese, during Japanese business hours, and often only for a short window on release day. A Tokyo desk that speaks Japanese and dials at the opening minute changes those odds materially.
Does being in the calendar mean you can book it for me?
It means we know exactly when and how the book opens. You can ask our desk to request any restaurant in Japan: ¥6,000 per seat at a house in our collection, ¥12,000 elsewhere, charged only if we secure the table and you approve it. A few houses accept bookings only in the guest's own name or only by introduction; for those, the page says so plainly and shows how to book yourself, and a free release alert tells you when to act.
← All 1,544 houses in the booking calendar
Rules are based on what we confirm by calling the restaurants ourselves, along with official notices and booking-platform listings, and are re-checked monthly. Houses change their systems without warning; treat the calendar as a planning tool. For restaurants in our collection, our desk confirms the specifics for your dates when you request.