All-You-Can-Eat Grilled Seafood and Spectacular Sunsets at Hamayaki Shirahamaya in Keya, Itoshima

From grilled seafood to seafood bowls, sashimi, tempura, and fried dishes, the restaurant offers a wide selection ranging from course meals and a la carte dishes to rice bowls.
Seasonal limited-time menu items also appear, including crab and pufferfish in winter and cherry sea bream in spring, along with local vegetables and seafood in season.
No matter how many times you visit, you can discover flavors unique to that particular time of year.

Hamayaki Shirahamaya stands along the coast in Shima Keya, Itoshima-shi.
Beyond the windows, the blue sea of Keya spreads out like a panorama, allowing you to enjoy your meal in a calm, stylish space that feels almost like a cafe.

At sunset, the Itoshima sunset, chosen as one of Japan’s 100 best sunsets, colors the horizon and creates a truly special moment.

The restaurant has on-site fish tanks where freshly landed seafood is kept alive.
Each order is quickly prepared by skilled chefs after it is placed, allowing you to enjoy outstanding freshness.
This well-established system for preserving freshness is another major strength unique to Hamayaki Shirahamaya.

Another appeal of Hamayaki Shirahamaya is that everyone, from families to couples, can enjoy it without hesitation.
It offers a nursing room, diaper-changing space, and rentals such as Bumbo seats and baby chairs, so even guests with small children can relax comfortably.
There are also kids’ menu items such as a children’s plate, making it easy for the whole family to enjoy a meal together.

At dusk, the restaurant is wrapped in a romantic atmosphere, making it an ideal spot for a date as well.

The signature All-You-Can-Eat Seafood Platter Course is a 90-minute course featuring more than 10 kinds of seafood, including tiger prawns, turban shells, abalone, crab sections, scallops, clams, head-on shrimp, and oysters.
As you grill one item after another over the wire mesh, you can enjoy a bold grilled seafood experience and savor as much high-quality seafood as you like.

Available only in winter, from around October to April, this course lets you enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters raised in the Genkai Sea in a 60-minute format, with a choice between 60 or 90 minutes.
Itoshima’s oysters, nourished by abundant nutrients, are rich in glycogen and minerals and are known for their milky sweetness and rich umami, so much so that they are called the milk of the sea.

Because gas heat rather than charcoal is used, the heat remains steady and the oysters cook evenly in a short time.
Another welcome point is that there is less smoke, so the smell is less likely to cling to your clothes.

The standard seasonings are ponzu, lemon juice, and soy sauce.
There is also a wide variety of toppings, including basil sauce, momiji oroshi, cheese, and grated daikon, so be sure to find your own favorite way to enjoy them.

This popular menu item, known as the restaurant’s most frequently reordered favorite, is made with carefully selected local fish from Itoshima prepared first thing in the morning and finished with a secret sesame sauce.
With more than 10 kinds of wild fish, plus live tiger prawns, salmon roe, and sea urchin, it is a visually stunning bowl overflowing with the bounty of the sea.
It also comes with miso soup and pickles, making it deeply satisfying.

Being able to enjoy Yobuko’s famous live squid sashimi in Itoshima is another unique appeal of Hamayaki Shirahamaya.
When paired with sweet Kyushu soy sauce, the translucent flesh delivers a springy texture and sweetness that spreads across the palate.
After enjoying the live sashimi, you can also have the legs and fins prepared afterward as tempura or salt-grilled and enjoy every last bite.