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Where to eat in Okinawa
Okinawa eats like nowhere else in Japan: pork-rich soba, pig's-foot broths, sea grapes and Agu pork shabu-shabu, all within a few blocks of Naha's old market.
Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2027: Best for subtropical island culture: a distinct Ryukyu identity, big scenery and a slow pace, about three hours by air from Tokyo. (Japan Travel)
The dish: Soki soba
Wheat noodles in a light pork and bonito broth, topped with a slab of braised, fall-apart pork spare rib. The best one is at Gabusoka Shokudo (Maejima).
Where to eat in Naha
Gabusoka Shokudo (Maejima)
Maejima, Naha
Get: Original soki soba, large bowl
A Naha branch of the Nago original, with soft ribs and a clear broth at a fair price.
Soba Eibun
Naha
Get: Okinawa soba with a rich pork broth
A 2026 guide calls it a consistently excellent bowl; lunch only.
Source: Japan Activity, 2026 soba guide
Daiichi Makishi Public Market
Makishi, Naha
Get: Pick fish on the ground floor and have it cooked upstairs; ask for sea grapes
Okinawa's largest market, where you buy the catch and they cook it for you.
Go, and let us handle the food
Book Okinawa with us and a food concierge comes with it: a call before you go, the hard tables asked for through the restaurant's own line with a backup for each, markets and classes, a what-to-order sheet, and a text line while you're there. A real person writes back within a day; nothing is charged now.
Also on the 2027 lists, nearby
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