Majiya – Awesome Insanely Cheap Okinawa Themed Izakaya In Fukuoka!

Must know Info:

Kaientai Okinawa Majiya Daimyo – 海援隊沖縄本気や大名店*Cash or Card*

1 Chome-3-4 Daimyo, Chuo Ward, Fukuoka, 810-0041, Japan

10 minute walk from Tenjin-Minami Station

Hours (as of 2026/03): 5-11pm everyday

Order system: Menu

This is a fun one if you are wanting to get some drinks in a lively environment right in the centre of Tenjin Fukuoka.

Tenjin has a ton of shops and restaurants, and it also gets very lively at night. Around this area there are quite a few izakaya (japanese bar/restaraunt), but a lot of the ones I found were generic chain places you could find anywhere else in Japan.

I would have been fine with that, but A they were packed with people, and B, after I found “majiya” I knew it would be a good place to grab a drink.

Now, based on what I just said here I might sound a bit like a hypocrite, but majiya does not serve food from Fukuoka, instead, they are completely Okinawan themed, from the food all the way to the atmosphere of the place as well.

But hey, I figured even if it wasn’t serving some local specialties, it was still a “local” restaurant, so after waiting around an hour and wandering around I went in.

Keep in mind that depending on the day you go it can get super busy (especially the weekends) and the staff do lack a bit of attentiveness to those that enter in the door because they are so busy with other things, so the best you can do is catch their attention and have them take your name down. From here they will give you an estimated time to show back up at, but I would show up a bit before they tell you in the chance they think you might be a no show/seats open up early.

As for the vibe, it is a wide area with seating all over the place – tables, bar seating, and it extends to the second floor.

Izakaya’s, or places where people drink in Japan can be like a whole different country in the sense that people let go of the societal constraints and pressure they have on them. This is why it is much easier to make Japanese friends drinking than it may be elsewhere.

Regardless of this however, this izakaya had exactly that. People drinking, eating, and enjoying themselves conversing with their friends etc.

The drinks were standard, beer, high-ball, and the list goes on, but one thing that was cool was that they had a lot of fruit-themed drinks, I guess to stick to the Okinawan vibe.

As for the food though, this is where I was quite impressed.

A lot of Izakaya’s in Japan (especially cheap ones) tend to have the same things. French fries, maybe some yakitori, etc. and while this was the same here, they also had a lot of traditional Okinawan dishes like bitter melon pork stir-fry for example.

I thought it was cool to be able to have these at a cheap price without having to visit Okinawa (though I highly recommend you do if you have the chance).

Other than that, this place was ridiculously cheap, almost to the point where I question if they aren’t in a minus for their sales constantly.

For example, if you go with an all-you-can-drink option, you can have 2 hours of it for only 1078 yen. That is like 9 dollars Canadian and even less American. Or, if you just want to order each drink individually, for those of you beer drinkers, the first hour after going into the restaurant you can get a glass of beer for only 110 yen (like 1 dollar) as many times as you want. It seems too good to be true, but it actually is, and there happen to be a lot of places like this in Japan.

While this wasn’t the best food I have ever had in Japan, actually far from it, it was solid, and a good place to hang out off the beat and track a little bit. If you are in a pinch on where to go around this area I would highly recommend it!