{"id":149667,"date":"2018-08-01T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmatsumoto.com\/?p=149667"},"modified":"2018-09-11T20:06:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T11:06:24","slug":"get-your-root-beer-at-this-new-okinawa-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/get-your-root-beer-at-this-new-okinawa-restaurant\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Your Root Beer at This New Okinawa Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cafe & Dining Bar Also Okinawa recently opened just across from Shinmai Media Garden<\/a>, and they serve root beer! For those of you who don’t know, root beer apparently tastes like a Japanese medicine, and thus isn’t very popular in most places around the country. This non-alcoholic beverage is fairly uncommon outside of the big cities, stores that offer import goods, and Okinawa. The restaurant offers it by the can for ¥480.<\/p>\n

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My first root beer in forever!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The food was also delicious. Open for lunch and dinner, they offer half-and-half sets at lunch for ¥1,000 and a ¥2,000 all-you-can-drink option at dinner.
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\nI tried their half-size taco rice with a spicy salsa and half-size Okinawan noodles with tender, slow-cooked pork spare rib. You can also enjoy other popular Okinawan dishes such as Goya Champuru.
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They also stock a number of Okinawan liquors, including the signature Awamori, a distilled alcohol that is unique to Okinawa.
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Run by a couple, it’s a cozy place with seating for 14 (counter seating only). Find them on Google Maps<\/a> (2-3-26 Chuo, Matsumoto).<\/p>\n