Sushi Shima (Fukuoka): A Real Sushi Shop’s Vegan Tonkotsu-Style Ramen Set

A proper Fukuoka sushi restaurant — counter, chef from a sushi family, the works — that quietly built one of the city’s most interesting plant-based meals: a vegan Hakata-style “tonkotsu” ramen made with soy milk and vegetable stock, served in a reservation-only lunch set with vegan sushi. It’s featured on Fukuoka’s official tourism site, and it solves the local paradox: the tonkotsu experience, without the pork.

What We Verified

• Vegan lunch set stated by the shop itself — the official site says its Hakata-style ramen lunch set has been enhanced to suit “vegan and Oriental vegetarian guests.” Checked July 5, 2026.
• Featured by Fukuoka Prefecture’s official tourism site (Crossroad Fukuoka), which details the vegan sushi-and-ramen offerings.
• Reservation required; lunch Tue–Sat 12:00–14:00 — book by phone (092-753-6512, 12:00–21:00), Instagram DM, or LINE. One-drink order applies.
• Location — north side of Ohori Park, a pleasant stop after the park or castle ruins.

What We Could Not Confirm

• Exact price — sources differ between ¥2,750 (a 2024 promotional article) and ¥3,850 (the prefecture’s site). Budget for the higher figure and confirm when booking.
• Whether ramen and sushi come as one set or separate menus (sources describe it differently).
• Whether the vegan menu is running unchanged in 2026 — the most detailed source is from May 2024; confirm when you reserve.
• Five-pungent-root details for oriental vegans.

What to Order

The vegan lunch set — vegan tonkotsu-style ramen with items like sesame tofu, inari sushi, and kanpyo rolls (contents vary). State “vegan” clearly when reserving.

Useful Phrases

酢飯にみりんは入っていますか?
Sumeshi ni mirin wa haitte imasu ka? — “Does the sushi rice contain mirin?”

ヴィーガンの握りはどれですか?
Vīgan no nigiri wa dore desu ka? — “Which nigiri are vegan?”

醤油に添加物は入っていますか?
Shōyu ni tenkabutsu wa haitte imasu ka? — “Are there additives in the soy sauce?”

Restaurant Information

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A Sushi Shop That Chose to Do This

Vegan sushi in Japan is usually served at dedicated plant-based restaurants, and the people making it usually don’t come from the classical sushi tradition. Sushi Shima is the opposite: a proper Fukuoka sushi restaurant, with a family sushi background and a normal fish-based dinner service, that has quietly built a reservation-only vegan lunch set (soy-milk-based tonkotsu-style ramen paired with vegan sushi) as a separate operation. The feature the shop is trying to solve for is subtle: making vegan sushi that is recognizable as sushi to a sushi-trained palate, not just to a plant-based one. That takes more technique than the fusion-restaurant approach usually captures, and it’s the reason Fukuoka’s official prefectural tourism site chose to feature this shop in particular. The lunch window is narrow — Tuesday through Saturday, midday only — and reservations are essential, but for a plant-based traveler who wants a genuine slice of the sushi tradition adapted for their diet, this listing is unusually careful about the crossover.

Follow the Shop Directly

The most current photography of any restaurant comes from the restaurant itself. Here’s where Sushi Shima posts.

📷 Instagram · @sushi_shima_fukuoka · See the shop’s own photos →

Please double-check before you visit. Restaurant menus and policies can change without notice. This listing was verified on the date shown above using the sources described in How We Verify. If your requirements are strict, please confirm directly with the restaurant — and if you spot something outdated, let us know. Full disclaimer here.