The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Waketokuyama
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Rank 1. Waketokuyama
Japanese
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Rank 2. Myojaku
Japanese
A nine-seat counter tucked into a basement in Nishiazabu, where a 14-course French-Japanese omakase quietly earned a spot on Asia's 50 Best. The kitchen's obsession here is water, specifically a submarine spring variety that does the heavy lifting instead of the usual broths. The result feels genuinely restrained in the best way, and the room is so calm you'll actually taste things.
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Rank 3. hakunei
Contemporary
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Rank 4. Sazenka
Chinese
Sazenka is a 12-seat tasting menu restaurant inside a former diplomat's residence in Minami-Azabu, which tells you everything about the vibe before you've even sat down. The chef weaves Japanese sensibility through classical Chinese cuisine, and the tea pairing is genuinely the move here, not just an afterthought. The crowd is quiet, unhurried, and dressed like they made a reservation months ago, because they did.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #71 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #21 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 5. L’Effervescence
French, Contemporary
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Rank 7. Towa
Japanese
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Rank 8. Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese
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Rank 10. Prisma
Italian
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Rank 11. Nishiazabu Taku
Sushi
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Rank 12. Sassa
Japanese
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Rank 13. Kappo Muroi
Japanese
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Rank 14. Héritage by Kei Kobayashi
French, French Contemporary
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Rank 15. Sushi Yuki
Sushi
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Rank 16. Jushu
Japanese
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Rank 17. L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 18. BOTTEGA
Italian
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Rank 19. Ippei Hanten
Chinese
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Rank 20. Narisawa
Innovative
Narisawa is the kind of fine-dining room that makes a World's 50 Best ranking feel like an understatement. The chef's concept, satoyama cuisine, pulls from ancient Japanese farming and foraging traditions, then filters it through French and Chinese technique into something that feels wholly new. Guests are mostly couples and quiet power-players who know better than to check their phones. Omakase only, dress sharp, and clear your evening.
- 50 Best 2025 · #21 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2026 · #37 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 21. Hakuun
Japanese
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Rank 22. Piao-Xiang
Chinese
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Rank 23. Hirō Ishizaka
Sushi
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Rank 24. Ten Yokota
Tempura
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Rank 25. NéMo
French
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Rank 26. Seisoka
Japanese
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Rank 27. au deco
French
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Rank 28. Tempura Maehira
Tempura
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Rank 29. Ryuzu
French, Contemporary
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Rank 30. Manoir
French
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Rank 31. JO
Beef
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Rank 32. Azabujūban Fukuda
Japanese
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Rank 33. Miyasaka
Japanese
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Rank 34. Le Sputnik
French
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Rank 35. EWIG
Austrian
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Rank 36. Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 37. Soba Tajima
Soba
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Rank 38. Otora
Japanese
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Rank 39. Sushi Matsūra
Sushi
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Rank 40. Yama
Creative
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Rank 41. Tempura Motoyoshi
Tempura
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Rank 42. Mētis Roppongi
French
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Rank 43. Crony
French, Contemporary
A cozy, two-story omakase spot in Higashiazabu where the cooking is quietly serious without being the least bit stuffy. The chef spent years in Paris, Copenhagen, and San Francisco, and you can taste all of it, applied to Japanese ingredients with real restraint. Everything on the plate earns its place, waste is genuinely minimized, and the kitchen is fully open, so you watch the whole thing unfold. It's on Asia's 50 Best list, and it deserves to be.
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Rank 44. Florilège
French
Chef Hiroyasu Kawate's tasting menu counter sits inside the ultra-modern Azabudai Hills complex and holds a spot on both Asia's and the World's 50 Best lists, which gives you a sense of the stakes. The open kitchen wraps around three sides of the room, so you're basically front-row for the whole show. The cooking is French at heart but genuinely Japanese in character, and leaning increasingly plant-forward in ways that actually surprise you.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #36 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #31 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 45. Oryōri Tsuji
Japanese
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Rank 46. mærge
French
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Rank 47. Monolith
French
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Rank 48. LATURE
French
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Rank 50. Nogizaka Shin
Japanese
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Rank 51. Series
Chinese
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Rank 52. Sushi Tanaka
Sushi
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Rank 53. NISHIAZABU SHANGU
Chinese
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Rank 54. Les six
French
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Rank 55. Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese
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Rank 56. Saucer
French
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Rank 57. Seizan
Japanese
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Rank 60. Sushi Miura
Sushi
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Rank 62. itsuka
Chinese
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Rank 64. NANAHIRO
Contemporary
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Rank 65. Margotto e Baciare
Contemporary
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Rank 66. Tenoshima
Japanese
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Rank 67. Den
Japanese
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- 50 Best 2025 · #53 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
- 50 Best 2026 · #51 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 69. LA TABLE de Joël Robuchon
French, Contemporary
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Rank 71. Sushi Ryūjirō
Sushi
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Rank 72. RISTORANTE Al Porto
Italian
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Rank 73. abysse
French, Contemporary
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Rank 74. Ma Cuisine
French
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Rank 75. Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten
Unagi / Freshwater Eel
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Rank 76. Sushi Masashi
Sushi
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Rank 77. ShinoiS
Chinese
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Rank 78. LAUBURU
French
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Rank 79. Ji-Cube
Chinese
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Rank 80. Le Bourguignon
French
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Rank 81. Sudachi
Japanese
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Rank 82. Takumi
French
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Rank 83. l'élan
French
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Rank 84. No Code
Mexican, French
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Rank 85. Sumibi Kappō Shirosaka
Japanese
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Rank 86. Alchimiste
French, Contemporary
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Rank 87. Tempura Ginya
Tempura
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Rank 88. IL BALLOND'ORO
Italian
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Rank 89. Rozzo Sicilia
Italian
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Rank 90. IRUCA TOKYO
Ramen
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Rank 91. Sorahana
Japanese
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Rank 92. L'AS
French, Contemporary
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Rank 93. Yōshoku Edoya
Yoshoku
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Rank 94. TREMOLARE
Italian
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Rank 95. Nishiazabu Noguchi
Japanese
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Rank 96. Merachi
Italian
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Rank 97. Nishiazabu Ōtake
Japanese
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Rank 98. T'astous
French
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Rank 99. La Brianza
Italian
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Rank 100. Le Bouton
French