Witness his skilled cooking.

Here, Kumamoto’s enriched ingredients are cooked using Kyoto’s sophisticated techniques. The owner Hiroshi Matuda opened this restaurant 27 years ago after rigorous training in Kyoto. Witness his skilled cooking with kitchen knives on the cutting board in the center of the shop on the counter.

Mr. Alejandro Derbez who hails from Mexico cooks authentic Mexican food he claims tastes more delicious than at home. A skeleton mark often used in Mexico is the shop symbol. The walls illuminate in turns of blue or pink to create a lively atmosphere.

Using local luxury seasonal foodstuff luxury carefully selected by the chef, Wako offers authentic Japanese cuisine to creative and original Japanese food.

A wide range of customers, from young to elderly come to enjoy these splendid dishes. Please spend a relaxing time in a private room with or as a VIP.

The owner/chef has mastered Japanese food techniques to bring the most flavor out of the ingredients.

He cooks using Japanese sauces such as soy sauce and miso to create the unique taste of Japanese food. In addition to traditional techniques, he incorporates new ways of cooking of his own ingenuity.

Kumamoto Horse Meat Specialty Restaurant

With high-quality horse meat purchased from unique sources, you can enjoy not only stone ware, steak, bowl, curry of horse, but also horse sashimi of quality. There are also unusual parts. It is an assortment only possible because of its specialty store status. Eat all the freshest meat to your hearts content.

There is also a large selection of local cuisine and sake. Cooking courses are available as well. Observe the chef’s skills up close and personal at the counter seats or utilize one of the private rooms (available for various uses) for a luxurious yet cozy meal.

Jeff's World Bar celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. Introduced in overseas guidebooks, it is the international bar that attracts the most foreigners in Kumamoto.

Regardless of it being a weekday or weekend, it is packed with many customers who come from both Japan and abroad. There is a DJ party on the 1st and 4th Saturday of every month. You can enjoy dancing like at a club even though it is a bar.

Aside from the DJ party there are many events on a regular basis such as customers’ birthday parties.

With a wide selection of rock music, from the 1950s to recent music, there is a spectacular collection of 10,000 CDs lined up without any gaps on the wall.

You can request music from in-store CDs and the staff who are familiar with rock music will search for and play the requested song in about 30 seconds.

A bar run by beautiful female bartenders, this bar is the place to come for a luxurious night out. With a sophisticated Japanese-Western style interior, high back chairs line the counter. The dark red light creates a calm atmosphere.

Along with the best playground equipment (yes, playground equipment) in Kumamoto, pool tables and karaoke and dart machines are arranged. The counter and ceiling are decorated with palm leaves. The decorations combined with the bright white interior makes the bar seem like a tropical resort. Nearly 500 different types of cocktails can be served.

It is a sacred place for Japanese hip hop in Kumamoto.

The store is small, but full of vibes, with respect to the music and culture. Pictures drawn on the wall in the image of hip hop emerges with black light. In the center of the shop, there is a chair that resembles a big palm. Open on Sundays and public holidays until morning, you can enjoy this bar anytime.

This bar boasts a collection of alcohol made from sugarcane such as rum. There are around 30 types of rum and 10 types of the Brazilian national alcohol, cachaca that is fresh and has a unique taste. Our recommendation is the brown sugar Shochu produced in Amami, Oshima. The scent of sugarcane is delightful with a clear taste.

The owner loves Latin American music such as Calypso, Salsa, Samba, and Bossa　nova. He opened this bar after pursuing various creative activities. Although it is a small shop, acoustic live shows are held irregularly. There is a music bar in the back alley where foreign customer can enjoy themselves.

A great bar for music lovers who are particular about alcohol and music. The bar offers more than 100 kinds of whiskey and more than 200 kinds of alcohol in total. They also have unique whiskeys from France, Belgium, and India.

Fruit cocktails using seasonal fruits from Kumamoto such as watermelon, melon, pears, and grapes are offered. According to your desire, gin, vodka, or soda is mixed with fruits. There is curry and Neapolitan also on the menu for hungry people.

Less than an hour by bullet train from Kumamoto Station, in Nakasu, Hakata (the largest downtown area in Kyusyu) exists Members Maria where you can drink and sing karaoke without a care in the world.

The owner Maria is from Romania and is fluent in English. She opened this shop after working at a very high-end bar in Nakasu. There are counter and sofa seats.

The bar offers high sound quality audio-technical karaoke units and several large screen TVs where you can fully enjoy high-quality karaoke. It is fun to exchange information about Japanese culture and sightseeing with the talkative and pleasant Maria.