Imakin Shokudo

Uchinoki Onsen is a small tourist destination that few foreign tourists visit. Most of the local Japanese come here to take a bath and rest. I came to Imakin to eat beef bowl at 1pm in the off-season. I waited in line for more than an hour. I looked at the queue registration book and found that most of the people here are Japanese! You have to register your name in the queue and then get a number. When there is an empty table, the waiter will come to call the number.

Imakin Restaurant (Imakin) is located in the center of Uchimaki Onsen Town, Aso City, Kyushu, Japan. It is a century-old restaurant with an excellent reputation. This shop is most famous for its beef donburi. The beef that grew up on fertile pasture nourished by volcanic ash is tender and juicy. It is pan-fried to medium-mature and coated with gelatinous hot spring egg yolk. The taste is rich, and it is accompanied by a mouthful of fragrant and sticky glutinous rice, with the aroma of meat. When it enters the nasal cavity, it tastes wonderful and instantly relieves the fatigue of the journey. A serving of gyudon only costs 1,740 yen. Uchimaki Hot Spring is a niche travel destination rarely visited by foreign tourists. Most of the local Japanese come here to take a bath and recuperate. I came at 1pm in the off-season and had to wait in line for over an hour. I had to queue up to register and get my number. After looking at the queue registration book, I found that most of the people here were Japanese. Broadly speaking, "Wagyu" is local cattle grown in Japan. However, Japan strictly classifies "Wagyu" according to indicators such as the degree of frost, and only after inspection can it be called "XX-grade Wagyu" in the true sense. Kumamoto Wagyu beef is "Wagyu" grown in the Aso region of Kumamoto. It is not as internationally famous as Kobe beef or Matsusaka beef, but it is widely favored by Japanese people because of its affordable price.

There is a strange rule in the restaurant that the number of dishes you order cannot be less than the number of people dining. It's a bit strange. I haven't eaten cheese snail meat in other restaurants. It's a very good restaurant.

The dishes are quite rich and the prices are relatively affordable. Many of the people who come here to eat and drink are locals!

If you want to eat good cooked food, this place is definitely it. The roast beef with roast eel rice is delicious.