Halal Gourmet Japan lists 20 restaurants and shops in Hiroshima Prefecture (as of October 2026). Most of them are in central Hiroshima City or on Miyajima.
Where you eat depends on whether you are visiting the Peace Memorial Park or taking the ferry to Miyajima. This guide covers Hiroshima City and Miyajima separately. The descriptions are based on what each restaurant says on its listing page.
Japanese food and ramen in Hiroshima City
Halal Wagyu Ramen & Gyukatsu GYUMON HIROSHIMA (Vegan Options Available) is on the 4th floor of the HM Hondori Kaikan building on Hondori. It started as a yakiniku restaurant in 2007 and, after much trial and error, completed its halal Wagyu ramen in 2023. There are two broths: a rich, creamy beef bone broth and a spicy broth with its original spicy miso. The homemade noodles are made from Japanese wheat and topped with marbled A5 halal Wagyu. It does not serve alcohol, and it has a prayer space. Its listing says it is currently preparing to obtain halal certification.
Taiko Udon Nakamachi, in Nakamachi, is known for its ojiya udon (udon simmered with rice) and its original carbonara udon. Its small dishes made with seasonal local ingredients are also popular, and it has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware. Also in Nakamachi, izakayagonta hiroshima is a Japanese pub whose main restaurant is in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. Like the main restaurant, it offers halal and vegan food.
For kaiseki, there is Zicon (reservation required) in Noboricho. It serves Japanese food and also offers catering and bento boxes. Reservations must be made at least two days in advance.
Indian and Turkish food and cafés in Hiroshima City
Chidiya Kanak, in Otemachi 2-chome, is an Indian restaurant that offers prayer space free of charge so that Muslim visitors can enjoy Hiroshima with ease. Along with halal dishes, it serves vegetarian and vegan food. Prayer space is available during opening hours except 12:00–13:00. You do not need to book, but the restaurant asks you to call ahead.
Karsiyaka, also in Otemachi 2-chome, is a Muslim-owned Turkish restaurant with a prayer space and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware. indian asiandining& bar sapana, in Tokaichimachi, also has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and offers vegetarian dishes.
Organic cafe & Kitchen Kissa Saeki, in Kamiyacho, is a café that cooks without artificial seasonings. Its lunches and sweets use pesticide-free vegetables from Hiroshima, and vegetarians and vegans can eat there too. It also has a prayer space.
A little to the west, in Koiue, Nishi Ward, is SAISHOKU KENBI in HIROSHIMA/ in Nagoya / in Hiroshima. This café cooks mainly with okara konjac, wheat gluten, soy protein and organic vegetables from Hokkaido, and it does not serve alcohol.
Hotel bento and a Muslim-owned grocery
At Sumiya Spa & Hotel in Kyobashicho, Minami Ward, halal bento is available at the front desk. The hotel also has a prayer space.
Hiroshima Halal Food in Kojinmachi, Minami Ward, is a Muslim-owned grocery store. To find halal grocery stores elsewhere in Japan, see our guide to buying halal food.
Miyajima
MIYAJIMA NANA CAFE is a small café a 2-minute walk from the Miyajima Ferry Terminal, where you can eat Indonesian home-style cooking while looking out over the Seto Inland Sea. Its dishes are made without pork or alcohol. The owner is not Muslim, but the dishes and ingredients are checked and managed by Nana, who is Muslim. Its listing also says that it is not a halal-certified restaurant, that it uses regular tableware rather than dedicated halal tableware, that it sells alcoholic drinks, and that it has no prayer space.
If you want a meal while you explore Miyajima, there is Yamaichibekkan in Minatomachi, which serves local Miyajima dishes. It has vegetarian options and a prayer space.
Yamadaya is a confectioner founded on Miyajima in 1932 as a maker of momiji manju, maple-leaf-shaped cakes with a sweet bean filling. Its listing shows Pork-Free under Conditions and says that its momiji manju (koshian, or smooth red bean paste; box of 10) and shakushi senbei crackers are halal-certified.
Other ways to search
You can see all the listings in the prefecture on the Hiroshima restaurant list. If you only want places where you can pray inside, the list of restaurants in Hiroshima with a prayer space is useful. There is also a mosque, Masjid Kasumi Hiroshima, in Kasumi, Minami Ward. For mosques and prayer spaces elsewhere in Japan, see our guide to finding a mosque or prayer room in Japan.
To learn where pork and alcohol tend to hide in ramen, see our guide to ramen broths and sauces.
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.
To wrap up
From Wagyu ramen and udon to Indian and Turkish food, and from Indonesian home cooking to momiji manju on Miyajima, Hiroshima has plenty to eat between sightseeing stops. Once you know where you are going, open the listing pages for places nearby and check their halal arrangements.
Image credits
- Featured image (the great torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine): Jakub Hałun / CC BY 4.0 / 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.
