味徳 Ajitoku — Restaurant in Yakushima

Incredible place! The host was so lovely, friendly and patient with us. The food was some of the best we had, there were lots of options and it was cheap (3500 yen for the two of us). Minimal English here but we got by with extremely basic Japanese, including making a reservation over the phone. Also, heads up, they are strictly against drinking alcohol if you are driving but there are lots of non alcoholic beverages! If it's high tide, you can hit the nearby ocean onsen afterwards to relax even further. All round awesome experience, can't...

I stayed in a hotel nearby and ate here for dinner. There are about 3-4 parking spots in front but I just walked over from my hotel. I visited in off season in mid-December so there were only a few others in the restaurant and I didn't need to make a reservation. Very lovely and nice owners. They have an English menu.

I had the chicken karaage platter. Came with rice, miso soup, soba noodles, and some small extras. Everything was delicious and very reasonably priced. Would definitely come again to try the...

I had the fried flying fish set, which comes with fried flying fishcake, cold soba, and miso soup. The meat of the flying fish was flavorful with not much fishiness. The owner explained that you could also eat the head and fins of the fish. The fins tasted like chips, but the head was a bit too fishy for me. She also suggested eating the fried fishcake while it's hot before it gets...