Super-affordable Yakiniku Anan in Southern Okinawa

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Today I’m talking about An-An, a very cheap, value-oriented franchise yakiniku near the airport in southern Okinawa. Even two guys eating for two hours… it’s only around 6,000 yen… It’s the kind of place where a family can travel and just eat meat until they’re stuffed.
Because it’s positioned at a low price point, you won’t find melt-in-your-mouth cuts here. I think it’s a pretty good yakiniku spot for people who prefer meat with some texture. As I’ve said many times, for the price it’s not a high-end restaurant.

📌 Location of Yakiniku Anan

It’s super close—just a 3-minute drive from the airport. It’s a great spot to grab a meal at the end of your Okinawa trip before returning your rental car and heading home. They only do lunch service on Sundays, and ⏰ business hours are from 4:00 PM to 5:00 AM. [Google Maps]
Come to think of it, are there any flights from Okinawa to Korea after 4 PM? I think most were in the morning… Or you could just eat here as soon as you arrive..
Yakiniku Kazuchan, which is very popular with Koreans and Taiwanese, is excellent, but it’s fairly expensive, while Yakiniku Anan is positioned as much more affordable, so they’re easy to compare. I definitely recommend this place if you’re traveling on a tight budget.

This is on the 2nd floor. The entire 1st floor is a parking lot. Parking spaces are very spacious, so you don’t need to worry. It’s located on Route 58, so accessibility is very good. However, there isn’t an elevator, so access for wheelchairs or strollers is difficult. If someone in your travel party has limited mobility, I would hesitate to recommend it.

This was taken after everyone had finished eating, so it looks empty. It was roughly around 10 PM.
When we first arrived, even though it was a weekday evening, more than half the tables were occupied.

🥓 Sizzling Yakiniku

They bring the charcoal grill like this. It gives a subtle, smoky charred flavor.

Anan is a franchise that mainly serves local Japanese customers. So language support is limited to Japanese and English..
As I always say, Japanese people tend to have low purchasing power, and that’s even more the case in Okinawa. It’s the lowest-income area in Japan but has the highest birth rate, so you can think of it as a place where people are even more financially stretched.

When you order from the tablet kiosk, a robot brings the meat like this. Prices are about 200–400 yen per plate, and things like Wagyu are around 800 yen. It’s so cheap that you can just order anything—try it, and if you think “this is delicious!” then order that one several more times.

The meat… well… there aren’t any famous breeds. At best, maybe Wagyu? It’s strange that even the Wagyu is priced low. Like I mentioned earlier, it doesn’t taste particularly luxurious. This is a yakiniku I recommend for people who really want to eat their fill of meat. I mean… it’s better than those fixed-price, all-you-can-eat places.

This is ice for putting out fires because the grill tends to flare up when you keep grilling pork. I thought I wouldn’t need it… but the grill did catch fire once, so I used this to put it out.

The meat… since it’s yakiniku, it cooks really quickly. Soy sauce and similar condiments are provided by default, and ssamjang can be ordered. It doesn’t cost much.

Getting some dietary fiber… This is cabbage dipped in ssamjang. The cabbage is charged, and the ssamjang is charged too. Still, since Yakiniku Anan is very inexpensive, it doesn’t feel like a burden.

This was a kind of mysterious naengmyeon. It wasn’t bibim naengmyeon, and it felt a bit like mul naengmyeon—an unclear, in-between dish. I don’t remember the exact price… Anyway, it was really cheap, around 500 yen. There wasn’t any spice on the table, but there were sachets of gochujang, so squeezing one or two makes it a little like bibim naengmyeon. Very mild, plain flavor. It clearly copies a lot of things you’d expect to find at a Korean restaurant.

Anyway, I really enjoyed the meal. We ate nothing but meat for almost two hours straight, and the bill came to 6,000 yen. Two hungry adult men really dug in.
If you want good value, head to Yakiniku Anan 😀
The high season is over now, but my photo edits are endlessly piling up… I’m off to work on them. I’ll keep this short and will be back tomorrow with more Okinawa travel updates. Matayasai 👋

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