Zio Pizza Tatsugo — Restaurant in Tatsugo

Amazing find on Amami Oshima! Tucked on a back street, this small restaurant owner does everything needed to make the experience perfect. Pizza is delicious--so much that we had to eat there multiple times during our short stay on the island. Call ahead to order because each pizza dough is made to order, so lead time is about an hour and a half. But...

After several weeks in Japan, with local cuisine, the pizza cravings were real. Zio pizza is a rare find and you can tell the owner has a passion for pizza. Good dough and overall just great pizzas. Note that opening hours are more like from 6pm and you should call in advance to order and confirm opening hours on the day. If it's a bigger order, call a...

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I'm not an expert on pizza but there's not much I've had that I can say is better than the pizza I got here! I'd throw this up there with the multi-award-winning Andy's pizza in DC. The margherita pizza I had here was absolutely phenomenal!

Warning: parking is sparse, and reservations are recommended because he's got very...