Halal Gourmet Japan lists 27 restaurants and shops in Hyogo Prefecture (as of October 2026). Eighteen are in Kobe, six are in Himeji, and three are on Awaji Island, in Awaji and Minamiawaji.
Whether you want to try Kobe beef or are planning to visit Kobe Mosque, checking where places are and what they offer in advance makes it easier to plan your day. This guide covers the 23 places whose listing pages describe the place or its halal arrangements, in this order: Kobe beef; Indian and Pakistani food; Turkish food; cafes, snacks and seafood; grocery stores; and finally Himeji. The descriptions are based on what each place says on its listing page.
Kobe beef: teppanyaki and steak
The Originator of Teppanyaki Steak Misono Kobe main store is a teppanyaki steak restaurant with 72 years of history. It cooks Kobe beef, wagyu (Japanese black beef), lobster and abalone in front of you. According to its listing, halal Kobe beef requires a reservation and payment in advance, and it is available only at the Kobe main store. The restaurant uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Kobe Beef Steak SAKURA is a six-minute walk from JR Sannomiya Station. Lanterns decorate the entrance, and the restaurant has a calm, traditional Japanese atmosphere. It uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.
Kobe Nikudokoro Washin, in Shimoyamatedori, Chuo-ku, also uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware. The listing pages for SAKURA and Washin do not say whether their halal options include Kobe beef. If you want Kobe beef, ask the restaurant when you book.
For a course meal of halal Kobe beef, there is Tsuki Usagi in Kitanagasadori. It prepares seasonal ingredients by blending techniques from Japanese, Italian and other cuisines, and it serves halal Kobe beef courses in cooperation with Kobe Motomachi Tatsuya, a butcher shop specializing in Kobe beef. Details are on the restaurant’s website. It has a prayer space, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, and has halal options.
If you want to take halal Kobe beef home, Tatsuya’s own shop, Kobe Beef Tatsuya, is in Motomachidori. It specializes in Kobe beef and says it has also sold halal Kobe beef since 2015. The halal Kobe beef is frozen and vacuum-packed for you to take away, and the shop ships anywhere in Japan. According to its listing, it has halal certification, is pork-free and does not serve alcohol.
Our guide to halal yakiniku explains what the labels “wagyu” and “Kobe beef” can and cannot tell you about halal meat, and what to check at a teppanyaki restaurant.
Indian and Pakistani food
Near Kobe Mosque is Naan Inn, which serves Pakistani and Indian food. Its Friday lunch buffet is popular among Muslims. The listing notes that it has halal certification, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, is Muslim-owned, and has halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.
Ali’s Halal Kitchen, an Indian restaurant, is in Nakayamatedori. According to its listing, it has halal certification, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, is Muslim-owned, and has halal and vegetarian options. You can also pray there.
We list three branches of the Indian restaurant Aarti in Kobe: Aarti Kitano Huntersaka in Nakayamatedori, Aarti’s Indian Cafe in Shimoyamatedori, and Aarti Shinnagata in Wakamatsucho, Nagata-ku. All three use halal meat and halal seasonings, are pork-free, and have halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.
Turkish food
Muslim-owned MURAT is a Turkish restaurant on the 8th floor of a building in Nakayamatedori. Its listing describes Turkish cuisine as using spices in a refined way, with salads rich in olive oil, and with tomatoes and lamb as its main ingredients. It uses halal meat, is pork-free, and has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
The specialty at Cafe Istanbul, on the 2nd floor of a building in Kitanagasadori, is lamb kebab. You can also try a hookah, and the restaurant holds belly dance shows regularly. Its listing page shows that it uses halal meat, is pork-free, and has halal options.
Cafes, snacks and seafood in Suma
Modernark Pharm Cafe, in Kitanagasadori, is a cafe that is pork-free, uses halal seasonings, and has vegetarian options.
For snacks, there is KANAUTA kobe motomachi in Motomachidori. It makes snacks from rice flour and barley flour, and says it uses no eggs, dairy, wheat flour or white sugar, and no animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin or butter. The only additive is baking powder, and the main ingredients are carefully chosen from producers in Hyogo and Kobe. It is listed as pork-free, using halal seasonings and serving no alcohol, with halal and vegetarian options.
Red Lobster Suma Seaside Park, a seafood restaurant, is in Sumauradori, Suma Ward. According to its listing, it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, and has halal and vegetarian options.
Where to buy halal groceries
KITANO GROCCERIES, run by a Pakistani owner, is a grocery store selling halal food, right in front of Kobe Mosque. Its listing page does not show any halal features.
KOBE HALAL FOOD, in Nakayamatedori, is another Muslim-owned grocery store. It stocks a wide range of halal foods and also runs an online shop. Its listing shows that it carries halal meat and halal seasonings.
Eating in Himeji
Three of the six places we list in Himeji have a prayer space.
le Cafe et Patisserie KINEYA, in Nikaimachi, sells Himeji’s traditional confectionery and Western sweets, and also has a cafe and restaurant. It has a prayer space, and its listing page shows that it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, and has halal and vegetarian options.
Fresh fish and seasonal ingredients are the focus at Omotenashi Dining Fukutei in Kamei-machi. It says it serves Japan’s first halal chopped conger eel rice bowl (anago hitsumabushi) and conger eel tempura bowl. Dates are also served after the meal. There is a prayer space here too, and the restaurant uses halal seasonings and has halal and vegetarian options.
Japanese Restaurant GONTA, in Shiomachi, is proud of its fresh ingredients from the Banshu Harima area, and it serves seafood as well as Japanese black beef and Kobe beef. It has a prayer space and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and the listing notes that it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal and vegetarian options. The listing does not say whether its halal options include Kobe beef, so ask when you book.
At SAI-CAFE, in Johokushinmachi, the menu is made without any animal-derived ingredients, refined sugar, umami seasonings or alcohol-based ingredients. Its ramen is packed with vegetables from Tamba in Hyogo Prefecture. Its listing page shows that it is pork-free, uses halal seasonings, and has halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.
For Japanese food, there are also Senhime Chaya, on the 1st floor of Egret Himeji, and Ekisoba Otemae in Shiroganemachi. Senhime Chaya uses halal meat, is pork-free, and has halal and vegetarian options. Ekisoba Otemae uses halal seasonings and has halal and vegetarian options.
Prayer spaces and mosques
We list six places to pray in Hyogo Prefecture.
- Mosques: Kobe Masjid (Kobe Mosque; Nakayamatedori, Chuo-ku), Hyogo Masjid & Jan Academy (Chuo-ku) and Miki Mosque (Miki)
- Prayer spaces: Kobe Airport Prayer Room (Terminal 2, 1F), ROKKO SNOW PARK (Nada-ku) and ART NOMURA (Tarumi-ku)
Among the restaurants, you can pray at Tsuki Usagi and Ali’s Halal Kitchen in Kobe, and at le Cafe et Patisserie KINEYA, Omotenashi Dining Fukutei and Japanese Restaurant GONTA in Himeji.
Other ways to search
If you are also visiting Osaka or Kyoto, see our guide to halal-friendly food in Osaka and Kyoto. For mosques and prayer spaces elsewhere in Japan, see our guide to finding a mosque or prayer room in Japan. You can find all our Hyogo listings on these pages.
Before you go
Information on our listings may change at the restaurant’s discretion. Please check menus and arrangements on the linked pages and with the restaurant on site.
Each listing page describes the restaurant’s halal arrangements (certification, ingredients, kitchen, and so on). Please read the listing and decide whether it meets your own standards. If you want to let staff know that you avoid pork and alcohol, you can show them our note in Japanese.
To wrap up
From Kobe beef teppanyaki and course meals to Pakistani and Indian food near Kobe Mosque, Turkish food and rice-flour snacks, Kobe has places to suit what you want to eat. Himeji also has Japanese restaurants with a prayer space and a cafe that uses no animal-derived ingredients. Once you know where you are going, open the listing pages for places nearby and check their halal arrangements.
Image credits
- Featured image (Night view of Kobe from Mount Shisho): ja:User:Editor0206 / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
This article was written by the Halal Gourmet Japan team. On Halal Gourmet Japan, you can search for halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces all over Japan. The service is also available as an app (iOS / Android).
After seeing his Muslim friends struggle to dine out in Japan, he founded Halal Gourmet Japan, a restaurant search service for Muslims, and has been running it for more than a decade since its launch in 2014. He also co-founded Food Diversity Inc. (formerly Halal Media Japan; he has since stepped down), and has deep expertise in halal support for restaurants and Muslim-oriented inbound tourism. Halal Gourmet Japan is one of Japan’s largest halal-friendly restaurant search services, used in more than 140 countries, introducing halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces across Japan in multiple languages.
