Torishige (鳥重)

Open in Amami City since February 2007, Torishige has held Tabelog Hyakumeiten yakitori WEST selection for three straight years from 2023 through 2025, an unusual honor for a restaurant on a remote southern island. The sixteen-seat counter restaurant specializes in Kuroshima chicken and runs a reservation-only, course-based omakase format that pairs skewers with drinks rather than allowing shared plates between guests. Strict house rules — minors must arrive by 6pm and only those age ten and up are admitted — underscore its identity as a serious, adults-oriented destination in a small island city.