Butcher Shops in Okinawa: 精肉店

精肉店 seinikuten: butcher shop

I personally do not eat meats, but my husband does, and many people I know do. So I am putting together a list of butcher shops that I am familiar with for ease-of-use (I will add some more over time as I hear about them and confirm that they are open). At these places, you can order just about anything– special cuts, intestines, etc, with much more variety over the regular grocery stores. Meat from pork, beef, chicken, as well as lamb, goat, duck, and horse are usually available (though places may vary with selection, you can usually make special requests to the butcher and they will help you out). Many of these places even have a small following of foreign customers so even if they don’t speak much English, they have a system in place to help you. I also have some charts showing the names of cuts of meats in Japanese… I will find them and post them here as well.


Check Japanese meat vocabulary here so you know what to look for: Meat


Until I create map links in GoogleMaps, just copy and past the addresses (or phone numbers) from the list into your maps program of your choice.

Nago:

Shimabukuro Seinikuten
島袋精肉店
沖縄県名護市字親川93
0980-58-2916

Onna:

Higa Seinikuten
比嘉精肉店
沖縄県国頭郡恩納村字山田1238-3
098-965-3780

Uruma:

Ishikawa Meat
石川ミート
沖縄県うるま市石川東山本町1-8-25
098-964-2854

Miyagi Meat
宮城ミート
沖縄県うるま市字栄野比93-7
098-972-4284

Nakanishi Shoten
仲西商店
沖縄県 うるま市 字昆布916-1
098-972-6778

Ginowan:

Chuo Meat
中央ミート普天間店
沖縄県宜野湾市普天間2-13-6
098-892-5634

Urasoe:

Marutake Meat
マルタケミート
沖縄県浦添市大平1-23-10
098-877-2465

Naha:

Uehara Seinikuten
上原精肉店
沖縄県那覇市松尾2-10-1
098-863-6186


Looking for more? Here is a link to a site in Japanese (use Google Chrome if needed) for butchers and seafood stores in various areas of Okinawa, you can click on your area to see a list with addresses and map links: https://www.navitime.co.jp/category/list?categoryCode=0203001&addressCode=47

Special Note #1: if you are looking for something non-local, Ivano has a decent selection of imported frozen meats and some other items. There are several locations in the Naha area, here I have posted the Urasoe location. address:沖縄県浦添市字牧港1196 phone: 098-877-3605

Special Note #2: if you are looking for Halal meat, your best bet will be to check out Gyomu Super 業務スーパー, a grocery store chain with some frozen halal items.

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