About 8 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is a long-established chain sushi restaurant located in Wakasa, Naha City. The clientele is about half locals and half tourists, and the ingredients are fresh and very tasty. The best thing about it is that it is reasonably priced!
Point 1: 8 minutes from the airport! What is the location of “Jiro Chojuji Wakasa”?
Jiro Chozushi Wakasa” is a long-established sushi chain with a branch in Wakasa, an 8-minute drive from Naha Airport.
It is located about four blocks from Matsuyama Park and Fukujuen on the ocean side, in an area where medium-sized hotels such as Loco Inn Okinawa and Cocktail Stay Naha are concentrated.
It is a quiet and peaceful place, away from the hustle and bustle of Kokusai-Dori and yet close to the ocean.
On the same street, you will find a wide variety of places to eat, including “After All, Steak,” a Vietnamese restaurant, a shabu-shabu restaurant, and “Wakasa Shokudo,” which serves Nepalese and Okinawan cuisine.
It is only an 8-minute drive from Naha Airport.
By bus, take Tokyo Bus TK02 or other buses to “Naha Commercial High School Mae”, then backtrack a little and turn right on Wakasa Odori Street.
You will recognize it easily because of its Japanese-style exterior.
It opens at 5:00 p.m. but is crowded with regulars and tourists even early in the day.
If you don’t like to wait, you can make a reservation.
Smoking is allowed, so it is not recommended for those who don’t like cigarette smoke.
Point 2: What is the recommended menu at “Jiro Chojuji Wakasa”?
The 5,000 yen course menu is popular at Jiro Choujushi Wakasa, and most people seem to order it.
The course includes a large seafood salad, assorted sashimi, assorted top nigiri, steamed egg custard, red miso soup, a bottle of beer, and a glass of awamori!
The neta is fresh and has a different sheen to it.
People often say that you have to eat Okinawan food when you come to Okinawa, but I urge you to try sushi.
Point 3: Introduction of the “Jiro Choujushi Wakasa” take-out menu!
At “Jiro Choujushi Wakasa”, you can not only eat in but also take out.
The takeout comes in a magnificent cage as shown in the photo, and is priced at 1,500 yen.
The sushi is neither large nor small in size, but it is packed tightly and features freshly made sushi.
Since there are many restaurants around, you will want to eat here and there, but travelers have the option of taking out from each restaurant and eating in their hotel rooms!
Jiro Chojuji” in Wakasa, Naha City, is a sushi restaurant that is always crowded with local regulars and tourists.
Although there is a hurdle in that it is open only at night and smoking is not allowed, you should visit this restaurant because the ingredients are delicious and you can tell they are fresh the moment you put them in your mouth.
