Halal Gourmet Japan lists 19 restaurants and shops in Fukuoka Prefecture (as of October 2026). Most of them are in Fukuoka City, and there is another cluster in Kokura and Mojiko in Kitakyushu.
Where you eat depends on whether you are exploring Hakata and Tenjin or heading out to Kokura and Mojiko. This guide covers Fukuoka City, and Kitakyushu and the area around it, separately. The descriptions are based on what each restaurant says on its listing page.
Japanese and Pakistani food in central Fukuoka City
Uokura hakata is a Japanese restaurant on the 2nd floor of the Miyako Hotel Hakata in Hakataeki-Higashi. Its listing page shows that it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has halal options, a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware, and vegetarian options.
ZAEKA, in Maizuru, Chuo Ward, is a Pakistani restaurant. It recreates the flavors of Karachi, the owner-chef’s home city, and its “Karachi special” features dishes served at weddings and parties in Pakistan. Its meat dishes use an original blend of freshly ground garam masala. Its listing says it uses meat slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law and no animal fat in its cooking oil. It is Muslim-owned. It also has a prayer space.
Higashi and Nishi wards of Fukuoka City
Mr.Kebab is on the 2nd floor of AEON Mall Kashiihama in Higashi Ward. Along with kebab, it serves a range of Turkish dishes, and you can choose chicken, lamb or other meats. Its popular kebab sandwich is a pita opened wide and filled with vegetables and freshly grilled meat, topped with a hot chili tomato sauce. There is also a kids’ menu. Its listing page shows that it is halal certified and does not serve alcohol.
Also in Higashi Ward, in Chihaya, is Yagorou Kashii Miyuki-Dori. Its listing page shows that it is pork-free, uses halal seasonings, and has halal and vegetarian options.
Halal Food Shop NABI SAN, in Motohama, Nishi Ward, says it uses halal ingredients for everything. For lunch, there is a menu built around Indian curry and another built around Egyptian kebab. It does not serve alcohol. It also has a prayer space.
NABI SAN also runs Kyushu University Ito Campus QASIS (NABI SAN) on Kyushu University’s Ito Campus. Its listing invites Muslim international students, other students and travelers to visit.
In Hakozaki, also in Higashi Ward, there is a shop called Azhar Halal Foods. To find halal grocery stores elsewhere in Japan, see our guide to buying halal food.
Kitakyushu (Kokura and Mojiko) and Yukuhashi
Tsuruhei AMU PLAZA Kokura is a branch of Tsuruhei, a long-established Japanese confectioner in Kitakyushu, on the 1st floor of the west building of AMU PLAZA Kokura. For Muslim customers, it sells Pontsuku, Madorenya and Dorayaki, and for vegan customers, Tobata Chochinyama Monaka and Yabure Manju. Its listing shows it as pork-free.
For Turkish food, there is Turkish restaurant Ertugrul in Uomachi, Kokurakita Ward. It is Muslim-owned. Its listing page shows that it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, and has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware and vegetarian options. It also has a prayer space.
We list two places in Mojiko that serve baked curry. Princess Phi Phi is known for its baked curry, and its Muslim-friendly dishes include “Vegetable Sommelier Baked Curry,” “Fugu Fish & Chips” and “Chicken Steak.” It uses coconut milk, special spices and halal-certified duck. Mojikoi, on the 1st floor of Kaikyo Plaza West, cooks with local ingredients. It has developed and serves a baked curry that is both vegan and halal-friendly.
caffé Mattina is a café in Yukuhashi, south of Kitakyushu. It uses local ingredients and serves halal-certified chicken meatballs (tsukune) on a plate with homemade waffles. You can also have them burger-style.
Prayer spaces and mosques
We list six mosques and prayer spaces in Fukuoka Prefecture.
- Fukuoka City: Fukuoka Masjid (Hakozaki, Higashi Ward), Fukuoka International Association (ACROS Fukuoka West Wing 3F, Tenjin), New Otani Hakata (Watanabe-dori, Chuo Ward), Fukuoka Airport
- Kitakyushu: Masjid Kitakyushu (Wakamatsu Ward), Hotel New Tagawa (Kokurakita Ward)
Among the restaurants, you can pray at ZAEKA, NABI SAN and Ertugrul.
Other ways to search
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 Fukuoka listings on these pages.
- Restaurants in Fukuoka
- Restaurants in Fukuoka with a prayer space
- Mosques and prayer spaces in Fukuoka
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 Japanese food in Hakata, Pakistani food in Maizuru and kebab in Kashiihama to Japanese sweets and Turkish food in Kokura and baked curry in Mojiko, what you can eat changes from town to town in Fukuoka. Once you know where you are going, open the listing pages for places nearby and check their halal arrangements.
Image credits
- Featured image (Fukuoka Tower seen across the Muromi River): Szabolcs Arany / CC BY 2.0 / 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.
