1st Floor
All 24 seats are horigotatsu-style (sunken kotatsu), a calm space where you can slip off your shoes and relax.
It’s a floor where families, guests with small children, and elderly guests alike can dine with peace of mind.
About HAKATA branch
About us
Hakata — the gateway to Kyushu.
As Kyushu’s largest transportation hub, where the Kyushu Shinkansen, JR lines, and subway all converge, and with Fukuoka Airport’s domestic terminal only about 10 minutes away by subway, this city welcomes visitors from all across Japan and around the world.
Just a 3-minute walk from Hakata Station stands ICHIFUJI HAKATA branch — Ichifuji’s largest restaurant, with 140 seats, welcoming roughly 120,000 guests a year as the flagship store representing the Ichifuji brand.
Since our founding, Ichifuji has held true to one unchanging belief — “motsunabe that stays in your memory” — pouring our whole heart into every pot of motsunabe and pursuing dishes and hospitality that leave a lasting impression on each and every guest.
Building on that belief, we’ve established a new brand concept: “Motsunabe found only in Hakata, made to last a hundred years.”
As the restaurant that brings this brand concept to the widest range of guests, HAKATA branch strives to deliver the very best of Ichifuji through every dish, every space, and every moment of service, so that guests will think, “If I’m having motsunabe in Fukuoka, it has to be Ichifuji,” and “When I come back to Fukuoka, I’m going to Ichifuji.”
Whether it’s a trip to Fukuoka, a business trip, a business dinner, or a precious meal with family, HAKATA branch’s mission is to turn that one-of-a-kind moment, through our food and hospitality, into “time that stays in your memory.”
The restaurant spans three full floors, offering a variety of seating suited to every occasion.
1st Floor
2nd Floor
This floor offers both open seating with an airy atmosphere and private rooms accommodating anywhere from 2 to 28 guests.
As the central floor of HAKATA branch, it’s used for business entertaining, dinners, meals with friends, sightseeing visitors, and small banquets alike.
3rd Floor
This floor features a large hall that can accommodate up to 66 guests, making it ideal for company banquets, group tours, and other large gatherings.
Being able to host this many guests at once so close to Hakata Station is one of the unique appeals of HAKATA branch.
HAKATA branch also offers an “Omotenashi Course,” a tasting menu limited to one group per day created by our head chef, who has spent over 20 years honing his craft across Japanese, French, and original creative cuisine.
Using seasonal ingredients and carefully selected produce from across Kyushu, each dish expresses the flavors of the season. We aim to serve meals that stay in our guests’ memories as “the dish I had in Fukuoka that season.”
Moreover, we tailor our hospitality to each guest’s individual requests and occasion — from “I want to enjoy dishes unique to Kyushu” to “I want to try Hakata’s famous sesame mackerel (goma-saba)” — offering hospitality that stays with you.
Omotenashi Course
Hakata’s Famous Sesame Mackerel (Goma-saba)
Furthermore, the vessels that showcase our motsunabe are Koishiwara ware, a traditional craft from Toho Village in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Together with these special vessels — made exclusively for Ichifuji — our food, our space, and these vessels combine to deliver a special experience found only in Hakata.
Welcoming around 120,000 guests a year, HAKATA branch draws visitors not only from within Fukuoka Prefecture but from across Japan and around the world.
In recent years, the number of guests visiting from overseas has grown year by year, and the restaurant now also plays a role in sharing the appeal of Hakata, along with Ichifuji’s food and hospitality, with the world.
In keeping with Ichifuji’s philosophy of hospitality —
[Providing heartfelt hospitality, warm and considerate service, and the highest quality, we notice what our guests are looking for, think it through, act on it, and earn a genuine “thank you” from every guest]
— every member of our staff puts this belief into practice, and we strive to remain a restaurant that makes guests think, “I want to come back again.”
As the “face” of the Ichifuji brand, we will continue to cherish our founding belief in “motsunabe that stays in your memory,” delivering “motsunabe found only in Hakata, made to last a hundred years” to guests visiting from all over the world — and continue sending it out from Hakata to the rest of Japan, and to the world.