Himeji Restaurants

Osho`s is a Chinese restaurant chain known for its gyoza (fried dumplings). It costs only 180yen! Other dishes there include fried rice, noodle dishes, ramen, fried chicken, & vegetarian dishes. Prices are very reasonable & portions adequate.
You`ll see alot of school kids here when school lets out for the afternoon.

Inside Hirome Market on the 2nd & 3rd floors is a food court. Hirome Market opened the end of April 2003 so it`s very new. There are many kinds of food to choose from: Japanese noodles (udon, soba, yakisoba...), Chinese (dumplings, ramen, veggie & meat dishes...), Indian (curry, nan, samosas..), Korean (bibimbap, Korean pancake, noodles...), & Japanese food (sushi, tempura, a la carte dishes...).
There are about 20 or so places to choose from so this is a great place to go if everyone wants to eat something different.
Alot of the restaurants have display models of the daily special & also pictures of some of the menu items. So if you can`t read Japanese, it`s ok.

This restaurant is frequented by people of all ages. During the weekdays in the afternoon, alot of school students go there. The reason? Delicious food for a great price & good portions.

Favorite Dish: Their noodle soups & dumplings are great!

Come here for a light Italian lunch. Located off Miyuki Dori shopping street, this chain restaurant offers salad, pasta, & pizza with a Japanese-Italian taste.
Their menu`s in Japanese but their lunch specials are in English as well.

Favorite Dish: Lunch specials are 980yen & include salad, garlic or butter toast, & coffee. Try the bacon & spinach cream sauce pasta. Or the eggplant bolognaise pasta.

Ramen & gyoza is from China. Come to this shop to eat cheap but good ramen & gyoza. This is a seated counter ramen shop with only 12 seats. Take any free seat available. There are only a few items on the menu. An order of miso or shoyu (soy sauce) ramen & gyoza will cost you 490yen total! Shumai is also available.

TARO is a ramen restaurant south of Himeji Station. They open till 3:30am so if you need a late night snack/meal go there! The ramen is good & you can also order side dishes like onigiri (rice balls), gyoza (dumplings), & edamame (beans). Kimchi is also served with your ramen & you can eat as much as you want.
There is also a location in Kobe.

Favorite Dish: The ramen & gyoza set is delicious & costs about 750yen.

There are alot of okonomiyaki (like a thick pancake usually made with cabbage, egg, and pork) restaurants here but this one is by far the best!! The portion is good and the final product is not dry like some other okonomiyaki shops.
Great service too!

Favorite Dish: I like the MODERN okonomiyaki w/ seafood (MODERN means with noodles added).

SUSHIRO is a kaitensushi (revolving sushi bar) chain restaurant. The sushi goes around on a conveyor-like belt on separate plates. It's 100 yen per plate of sushi (usually 2 pieces of sushi on each plate) and you can also order udon noodles, miso soup, and chawamushi (steamed egg in a cup). You can sit at a counter or at a table. Help yourself to the green tea (the hot water comes out of the spout at the table) & the ginger (a palette cleanser between eating the various kinds of sushi). In the plastic bottles: one of them is soy sauce, the other a thick sauce for eel and anago.
There is an intercom above the table where you can order noodles, soup, sushi (if you don`t see what you want), drinks, etc.
When you are finished with your meal, push the bell button above your table and a hostess will come and count up your dishes and give you your bill. Pay at the cashier.

Favorite Dish: i almost never order noodles or soup. Sushi is enough to fill me up! I love the various kinds of salmon, anago, tuna, uni, kalbi (beef!) & ikura. Those who love to eat sushi in the US will be surprised at all the different kinds of sushi here at this restaurant!