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CHARCOAL IZAKAYA · KUMAMOTO

All firedup.

Thank you for
10YEARS
OUR 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Juicy oysters. Sizzling beef. Your own charcoal grill. Your kind of night.

A slice of beef held with chopsticks over the charcoal grill
ASO AKAUSHI BEEFCharcoal grill
A grilled oyster held above its shell
OYSTERS & SEAFOODHamayaki

A little grilling. A lot to share. A good night in Shinshigai.

Thank you for your support!Celebrating10years.

01WHAT GOES ON THE GRILL FIRST?

Seafood and meat.

Pick a few favourites, gather around the grill, and make yourself at home.

A grilled oyster on its shellA grilled scallop on its shellFROM THE SEA
一

Hamayaki · seafood barbecue

Grill oysters and other seafood over charcoal at your table. That’s hamayaki — Japanese seafood barbecue.

A platter of assorted beef cuts ready to grillON THE GRILL
二

Aso Akaushi beef on the grill.

Cook Akaushi beef from Aso, Kumamoto, on your tabletop grill. Enjoy the full, rich flavour of its lean meat.

Start with a small plate.

A few favourites to enjoy while your food grills.

Kobukuro Sashimi

Kobukuro Sashimi

Pork uterus, boiled, sliced and served chilled. A sashimi-style offal dish.

Senmai Sashimi

Senmai Sashimi

Beef omasum (the third stomach), boiled, sliced and served chilled. One of our house favourites, alongside kobukuro.

Oyster Tatsuta-age

Oyster Tatsuta-age

Oysters deep-fried in a light starch coating, rather than breadcrumbs.

Chicken Karaage

Chicken Karaage

Japanese-style fried chicken.

Wooden tables and exhaust ducts in the retro dining room
Red lanterns and the Yakiyatarou storefront

Table seating and Japanese-style floor seating.

02THE TABLETOP GRILL IS PART OF THE FUN.

Grill. Chat.One more round.

Wooden tables. Red lanterns. Menus on the walls. An easygoing, Showa-era feel in central Kumamoto. Gather around a shichirin — a small charcoal grill — and enjoy the evening together.

  1. 01

    Pick

    Seafood, meat, whatever you fancy.

  2. 02

    Grill

    Cook over charcoal at your table.

  3. 03

    Cheers

    Take a bite. Raise your glass.

Smoking is allowed at every seat.

Each table has an exhaust duct.

03LOOK FOR THE RED SIGN & LANTERNS.

See you at Yakiyatarou.

How to find YakiyatarouFrom Pools Court Street, turn into Tamaya Street. Yakiyatarou is the second shop along, on the Shinshigai side.Pools Court St.ShimotoriTamaya St.Sunroad ShinshigaiToyoko InnKumamoto Shinshigaiヤキヤタロウ2nd shop on Tamaya St.
Simplified area map© OpenStreetMap contributors
Yakiyatarou’s red sign and entrance in Shinshigai
From Pools Court Street, turn into Tamaya Street. We are the second shop along, on the Shinshigai side.

Yakiyatarou · Japanese charcoal-grill pub

Address
6-22 Shinshigai, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto
Hours
Regular hours: 5 pm–midnightFri, Sat & evenings before Japanese public holidays: 5 pm–1 amLast orders: one hour before closing
Closed
Sundays & Japanese public holidaysOpen on evenings before Japanese public holidays. During a run of consecutive holidays, we close only on the final day.Changes to our opening days are posted on our Google business listing.Check the latest opening days on Google
Directions

GOOD FOOD. GOOD COMPANY.

Your grill is waiting.

Reserve a table or choose a set menu.

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