Kamimura Bokujo Kamata

The family-friendly Kamimura Bokujo Kamata is one step ahead of the game in the realm of tabehodai, or all-you-can-eat, dining. The restaurant follows a layout you’d find at a conveyor belt sushi store, featuring two-tiered express lanes where trains deliver fresh dishes straight from the kitchen after you place your order via tablet. Only this time, instead of nigiri or hand rolls, the plates are filled with fresh, marbled raw proteins, ready to be grilled right at your table. The yakiniku chain offers tabehodai menu year-round, with prices remaining below ¥5,000. For this affordable rate, guests can enjoy a selection of 60 to 110 items, including a variety of meats and side dishes. For the protein selection, simply follow the recommendations that include premium cuts like kalbi, shoulder blade yaki-shabu (grilled shabu meat) with ponzu sauce and its crowd-pleasing steak with truffle sauce. If you have a non-meat eater in your group, head to the noodle section and order some reimen (cold noodles), or stick to the day-fresh sushi like seared salmon and shrimp nigiri. For those days when you want to splurge, the course menu aptly named “Wagyu Mania” unlocks all of Kamimura Bokujo’s prized offerings, including the A4-rank Satsuma wagyu, an original brand of beef from Kagoshima Prefecture, and the eponymous Kamimura beef, a Japanese Black breed raised in Kyushu Prefecture. True to its name, “shiawase,” meaning happiness, Kamimura Bokujo Kamata is all about sharing the joy of dining with loved ones. With a generous 100-minute limit, time flies as you savour every meat.