Yoakejaya — Restaurant in Yanagawa

Went in June 2021.

とても良い食料、絶品料理、親切なスタッフ。今後他に有明海生産を食べ行きたいです! Fresh ingredients, great food, friendly staff. They have their own small fish market adjacent to their restaurant. So everything guaranteed to be fresh. This is the place where you can try ariake sea catch. Go for the 3300ish complete set and you will not regret it.

Dont get intimidated by the looks of mutsugoro and especially warasubo, and the fact where they live in mudflat of ariake sea. In contrary, they taste really good, no smelly fishy taste, nor muddy hint. Furthermore i enjoyed their meat texture. For me personally, it taste and have texture comparable to fugu (blowfish), perhaps it is something to do with their living environment. My GF enjoy majakku shrimp and etsu fish (another unique ariake sea catch) which also included in the set meal.

Another thing, i also tried their male watari gani (blue crab). Its more on the firm side, than the watari gani I've tried in Ishikari, Hokkaido, which was mushy. I enjoyed ariake's more.

Another important thing, the staff is really nice, they offered me the several crabs, and let me choose by my self. After the lunch almost finish the gave me service of deepfried warasubo-mutsugoro bone, which great as drinking buddies.

Definitely will visit again anytime if i visit...

One of the best meals in Fukuoka. We didn't try the tourist famous unagi don but opt for this local seafood market that also serves the seafood behind the shop. Seafood are all fresh and live from Ariake sea bay, including some exotic ones that never seen elsewhere.

We ordered a hermit crab tempura but this hermit crab, or shrimp don't live in a shell like other hermit crabs. Very good to pair with beer.

We also tried the alien fish and mud skipper sashimi combo, but honestly not for fainted heart due to the appearance, and the fish is still moving despite only left with bones. Felt so guilty. Taste wise not gamey, no particular taste but the texture is very firm and chewy, which is interesting.

Other set meals were decent too. Prices are very affordable for the qualit amd the other sashimi are...

A really beautiful place, great unique food and friendly people. Everything is so fresh there! I ordered the seasonal dish (young of sardines), it's very interesting in the texture. I didn't include the photo of the fish cooked in miso sauce here but that was also very delicious. Their sashimi is so thick and generous. I specifically ordered their local food as I wanna give it a try. But next time I will try some more "ordinary" food like sushi and see how they make them!

It's just 5-minutes away from Ohana and where you get off the boat. Definitely worth visiting. Will definitely...