Fodor's Expert Review Kumasotei: Traditional Satsuma Cuisine

$$ Kagoshima Japanese

This restaurant offers the best of Kumamoto specialties in a maze of private and semiprivate Japanese-style rooms. There's an English-language menu with helpful photos, and staff can give recommendations for dishes.

Japanese Lunch Dinner $$ Prix-Fixe

Quick Facts

6--10 Higashi Sengoku-cho
Kagoshima, Kagoshima-ken  892-0842, Japan

099-222–6356

www.kumasotei.com

Known For:
  • Satsuma-age (fish cakes filled with potato or burdock root)
  • Kurobuta tonkotsu (breaded, fried pork cutlets from locally bred black pigs)
  • Multicourse menus with a selection of local dishes

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