Chanya — Restaurant in Motobu

We had the agu pork shabu set. The pork was amazing, just look at the marbling! Even though the soup is just water (not flavoured broth), that allowed the pork’s true flavour to be revealed. The set also comes with vegetables, some appetisers and dessert.

The place is a good 30min walk away from the main area closer to the aquarium so I would recommend driving. For tourists, the street can get a bit narrow so best to drive carefully. Parking is available but limited, though there were lots when we went.

Note that only cash is accepted for walk-ins so I recommend...

The food was great to start as a parking all around the restaurant. We went in with a reservation for two from the website. We ordered the yakiniku set. The local Agu pork was tasty. The service was good. However, since it’s a family restaurant, the atmosphere can be loud with children and family around, that was not a problem for us at all. The restaurant is newly built in the traditional Japanese style house. Recommended and I would...

We arrived at the restaurant last night without a reservation, which is not really the intention there. Nevertheless, they endeavoured to offer us a table. Although communication was not easy and, as newcomers to Japan, we did pretty much everything wrong that you can do wrong in a traditional Japanese restaurant, they took care of us with a lot of humour. The food was excellent and the evening and ambience were a great...