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  1. Rank 262. Kotan

    Sushi

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  2. Rank 262. koujitsu

    Japanese

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    Address
    1-58 Nishiyamamotomachi, Nagoya City, Aichi 464-0063, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    3-14-26 Sasanocho, Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki 312-0018, Japan · Hitachinaka City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  6. Rank 262. Mitsuki

    Japanese

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  7. Rank 262. Mumyo

    Japanese

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  8. Rank 262. Myoju Hirao

    Japanese

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    Address
    8-1420 Chuuoukuhigashikutsutoori, Niigata City, Niigata 951-8065, Japan · Niigata City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Website
  10. Rank 262. Nakamura

    Tempura Japanese

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  11. Rank 262. Nakashima

    Japanese

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  12. Rank 262. Naruya

    Japanese

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  13. Rank 262. Nawaya

    Japanese

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  14. An Edo sushi counter shaped by a Sukiyabashi Jiro apprenticeship and, unusually, a British proprietress with a mission to excavate Tokyo's culinary past. The nigiri follows the classic arc from delicate white fish through to richer cuts, with the rice seasoned sharply with rice vinegar in the old tradition. The appetisers dig into Edo cuisine proper, treating Nihonbashi, the old cradle of sushi culture, as a living reference point rather than a decoration.


    Address
    4-5-13 Nihombashihoncho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-0023, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3 PM, in 11 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6:30 PM–11 PM

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    4-1 Esashinakamachi, Oshu City, Iwate 023-1113, Japan · Oshu City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3:30 PM, in 41 min

    Friday Noon–3:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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    18-51 Natasho Mie, Oi Town, Fukui 917-0381, Japan · Oi Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 5 PM–7 PM

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    22-2-15 Minami 1-jo nishi, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 064-0801, Japan · Sapporo City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3 PM, in 11 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  20. Rank 262. nishiiru

    Japanese

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    Address
    1968 Shinhama, Miyazu City, Kyoto 626-0016, Japan · Miyazu City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–Midnight

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  21. Rank 262. Noda

    Fusion Japanese


    Address
    6-9-9 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Friday 12:30 PM–2 PM, 7 PM–11:59 PM

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  22. Rank 262. nôtori

    Japanese

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    Address
    3192-8 Shibokusa, Oshino Village, Yamanashi 401-0511, Japan · Oshino Village
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–12:15 PM, 6 PM–6:15 PM

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    Website
  23. Rank 262. Noyashichi

    Chinese-Japanese

    Incense burns quietly in a room dressed with flowers and Japanese ceramics, which sets the mood before a single dish arrives. This intimate restaurant in Shinjuku explores what Chinese cooking looks like when filtered through a Japanese sensibility, the chef having spent years in Shanghai before deciding that question was worth a career. Expect clear broths deepened with kombu and sashimi dressed in chilli oil, a pairing that sounds like a provocation and eats like a conversation.


    Address
    2-9 Arakicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 160-0007, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–11 PM

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  24. Rank 262. Nukumi

    Japanese

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  26. Rank 262. Onjaku

    Japanese

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    Address
    6-14-12 Honchou, Yaizu City, Shizuoka 425-0022, Japan · Yaizu City
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 12:30 PM–Midnight

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    4-1 Minamitateishikouenmachi, Beppu City, Oita 874-0827, Japan · Beppu City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3 PM, in 11 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  29. Rank 262. oryori sato

    Japanese

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    Address
    145 Yahatamachi, Hakusan City, Ishikawa 920-2113, Japan · Hakusan City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–7:30 PM

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  33. A counter kaiseki restaurant where the chef draws the first dashi right in front of you, which does more for anticipation than any menu description could. The kitchen and dining room are the same small space, so you watch every step from the charcoal grill's smoky moment to the quiet precision of a wanmono. The chef cooks everything himself and keeps the conversation easy, which gives the meal a personal, unhurried feeling rare at this level.


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    Address
    3-11 Kiyokawamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 921-8032, Japan · Kanazawa City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 4 PM–10 PM

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    Website
  35. Rank 262. Ryouriya So

    Japanese

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    Address
    3-9-21 Chuo, Fukui City, Fukui 910-0006, Japan · Fukui City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    Website
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    1-17 Monzenmachishikaiso, Washima City, Ishikawa 927-2166, Japan · Washima City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 6 PM–7:30 PM

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  40. Rank 262. Shinoda

    Japanese

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    3-24-10 Haruyoshi, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 12:30 PM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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  42. Rank 262. Soubiki

    Japanese

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  43. Rank 262. Sugaya

    Sushi

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    Address
    1-29-15 Higashiazabu, Minato Ward, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Friday 6:30 PM–Midnight

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    Website
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    3-3-32 Kamisugi, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-0011, Japan · Sendai City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan · Chiyoda Ward
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3 PM, in 11 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    1-2-7 Ichibancho, Matsuyama City, Ehime 790-0001, Japan · Matsuyama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–8:20 PM, 8:40 PM–11 PM

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  61. Rank 262. Suyama

    Japanese

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    Address
    17-2 Sugiyamacho, Gifu City, Gifu 500-8829, Japan · Gifu City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  64. Rank 262. Takiya

    Japanese


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    Address
    1408 Yogocho Kawanami, Nagahama City, Shiga 529-0523, Japan · Nagahama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  71. Rank 262. Tonoya Yo

    Japanese

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  73. Rank 262. TSUBAJIN

    Japanese

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    Address
    5-1-8 Teramachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 921-8033, Japan · Kanazawa City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  74. Rank 262. Tsukioka

    Japanese

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  76. Rank 262. Utsushiki

    Japanese

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  78. Rank 262. WATAYA

    Japanese

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  79. Rank 262. Yamazaki

    Japanese

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  81. Rank 262. YO

    Japanese

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  82. Rank 262. Yoshichou

    Japanese

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  83. Rank 262. YUKIMOTO

    Japanese

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    Address
    1-9-3 Towacho, Iida City, Nagano 395-0086, Japan · Iida City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–10 PM

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  84. Rank 262. ZENIYA

    Japanese

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  85. Rank 389. JIBUNDOKI

    Teppanyaki

    The okonomiyaki here arrives bouncy inside and lacquered-crisp outside, built on a base of pork and chicken broth that most spots skip entirely. This is a teppan restaurant where the savory pancake is the headline, but the grill goes further: shiitake with foie gras butter, Awaji beef, and kushiyaki skewers that sneak in tteokbokki and prosciutto with cheese. The Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps it honest about the price point, which is to say, very honest.


  86. A katsuobushi shaver sits at the center of the counter, and everything follows from that. This small set-menu restaurant in Shibuya's basement level is built entirely around bonito, from the grilled fish to shaved flakes over rice to the miso soup drawn from bonito broth. The chef handles the shaver the way a craftsperson handles a good tool, with care and a clear point of view. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.


  87. Standing sushi bar tucked onto the second floor of Azabujuban, where you order one piece at a time and nobody minds if you linger over the rice. The kitchen leans into the pairing of rice vinegar and fatty fish, and the logic holds bite after bite. Digital menus and billing keep things moving. It's a Michelin Bib Gourmand take on Edo street-stall culture, which is a more elegant sentence than it has any right to be.


    Address
    2F, 2-8-7 Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0045, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

    Online
    Website
  88. Tonkatsu is Japan's great comfort food, but this tiny counter in Asahi-ku treats it with the seriousness of a French kitchen. The chef trained in patisserie and applies that precision to the batter, sources rarefied pork breeds for their marbling, and blends oils with the care of someone who has opinions about oil. The result is a cutlet that's pink in the middle, juicy, and quietly surprising. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand.


  89. Rank 393. Ramen Break Beats

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The chef used to be a DJ, and the name isn't just branding: the break-beats philosophy shapes the playlist and, apparently, the pacing of a bowl. This Meguro ramen shop holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the draw is a soy-sauce broth that runs clear and clean in a way that makes you wonder what everyone else is doing with theirs. Compact, focused, the kind of counter you leave slightly amazed that lunch cost so little.


    Address
    4-21-19 Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 153-0063, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 3:15 PM, in 26 min

    Friday 11 AM–3:15 PM

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  91. Rank 394. Aozora blue

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The chef trained as a soba craftsman before wheat pulled him toward udon, and that soba discipline shows in every bowl at this small udon shop in Hiranomachi. Grain is stone-ground in house, then rolled and boiled to order. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand. Noodles arrive with salt and wasabi rather than the usual dipping sauce, and the meal closes with udon water instead of soba water, a small but pointed statement of allegiance.

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    Address
    4-5-8 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka 541-0046, Japan · Osaka
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
  92. Rank 394. Asakusa Hirayama

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    The shop curtain out front was painted by the chef's grandmother, a calligraphy teacher marking her grandson's leap into independence. Inside, it's a soba shop with counter seating that carries over from his years cooking kappo, and the mood is unhurried and warm. The meal moves through conger eel jelly and duck stew before arriving at 100% buckwheat noodles milled in-house, with tempura fried to order alongside. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  93. Rank 394. Ayamedo

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  94. Rank 394. Ayamuya

    Yakitori Japanese

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  95. Rank 394. Benikurage

    Japanese

    The name belongs to an immortal jellyfish, chosen by a chef who clearly plays a long game. This intimate Japanese dining room runs on carefully sourced sake from across the country, and the food earns its place alongside it: sashimi cut to let the soy sauce do its job, clear soup deepened with kombu. The kimono-clad proprietress keeps the room unhurried. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which should tell you something about the price.

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  96. Rank 394. Chikuyuan Taro no Atsumori

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    A sign at this old-school Kyoto soba shop declares that soba is medicine, and the kitchen takes that seriously enough to frame the whole menu around yakuzen, the idea of food as remedy. The noodles are buckwheat-dark and earthy, and the Atsumori-soba arrives straight from the pot, kept warm over a bamboo steamer, with hot dipping sauce loaded with Kujo green onion, egg, and wasabi. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand.

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