Shinjiro

Yakitori grilled chicken skewers, karaage fried chicken, tebasaki wings, tori-sashimi raw chicken, and more izakaya-style drinks and sides than you can shake a kushi at – if you love chicken, Shinjiro is your place. And who doesn’t love chicken?

The Shinjiro shopfront in the bustling heart of Shinsaibashi © Angelino Donnachaidh

Literally translating to “grilled bird,” the word yakitori traditionally refers to bits of various parts of chicken grilled on a skewer. But as a restaurant genre, the term today has a much more flexible sense than its most literal interpretation. Most yakitori places offer other skewered and grilled goodies, properly known as kushi-yaki, that aren’t necessarily chicken, like veggies, pork, seafood, quail eggs, gingko nuts, or even mochi.

Today, more and more yakitori restaurants also offer a wider variety of chicken that goes far beyond the bounds of mere grilled skewers, from chicken donburi rice bowls to chicken ramen noodles to tsukune chicken meatballs to karaage fried chicken to tebasaki wings to chicken soup to chicken onigiri rice balls to chicken sashimi (no, that’s not a figurative use of the word – it’s literally raw chicken and it is both safe and delicious). As such, “going out for yakitori” can mean a whole lot of different things these days, from “going out to eat things grilled a skewer” to “going out to eat chicken in every form imaginable.”

If that sounds like a welcome development to you – why shouldn’t it? – check out Hinadori-karaage Shinjiro in the Shinsaibashi neighborhood of Osaka, whose menu includes everything I’ve mentioned above and then some.

Shinjiro technically bills itself as a karaage fried chicken restaurant, but it has the Midas touch when it comes to all dishes incorporating “the yard bird,” as the Japanese word niwa-tori (chicken) literally translates. I usually go in for its karaage or wings before switching to skewers for a few rounds, and finish off with possibly my favorite Japanese comfort food of all time: oyako-don (literally:“parent and child over rice”) a simmered stew of chicken, egg, green and white onions, dashi stock, and soy sauce that is as delightful over rice as its name is poetically macabre.

The Shinjiro dining room © Angelino Donnachaidh

About Angelino Donnachaidh
Angelino Donnachaidh is a Mexican-American father, author, Japanese-English translator, and longtime resident of Osaka, Japan. His works include the middle grade (pre-)historical fiction novel Tamiu: A Cat’s Tale (Winner of the North Street Prize and CWA Muse Medallion), the YA post-cyberpunk heist adventure screenplay Brother (Winner of the HollywoodGenre 2025 Scifi Screenplay Competition), and the upcoming samurai scifi-fantasy action-thriller novel The Mayhem Protocols.

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Shinjiro Information

Name in English:
Hinadori-karaage Shinjiro

Name in Japanese:
ひな鶏唐揚 新次郎

English address:
1 Chome-18-20 Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0083

Japanese address:
〒542-0083 大阪府大阪市中央区東心斎橋１丁目１８−２０

Opening hours:
5:00pm-11:00pm (Tuesday-Sunday)
Closed Mondays

Non-smoking area: Yes

Price:
¥2000-¥5000 per person

Nearest transport:
3-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro (Subway) Midosuji and Nagahori Tsurumi Ryokuchi lines (Exit 8)
10-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station on the Osaka Metro (Subway) Sakaisuji Line (Exit 7)

Website: Official Japanese site and English site

Customer Reviews:
:: Read customer reviews of Kitarou Sushi on TripAdvisor.

Near To Here:
Shinjiro is located in Osaka’s Minami district. See our complete list of things to do in the Minami district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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