The Best Seafood in Japan
Sections
- Eat , on. Can't turn off the last section 1,846
- Drink , off. Turn on 84 Only Drink
- Stay , off. Turn on 423 Only Stay
- Do , off. Turn on 23 Only Do
Tap another section to add it. All sections
The best seafood in Japan, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and Gault&Millau have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ubuka comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Tokyo and Kyoto.
More Less
Kaniyoshi and Macauda hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Gault&Millau next.
-
Rank 1. Ubuka
Seafood
Shellfish devotion drove the chef here, and the menu reads like a personal manifesto: crab and prawn in every direction, some following kaiseki tradition, others veering French, including a hair crab terrine that would feel at home in Lyon. A Michelin-starred seafood restaurant in Shinjuku, snug and perpetually booked. Portions run generous, presumably because the chef worries you haven't had enough crab yet, and the meal closes with crab and vegetables over rice in an earthenware pot.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
-
Rank 2. Kaniyoshi
Japanese Seafood
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
-
Rank 3. Macauda
Seafood Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
-
Rank 4. farsi largo!
Seafood Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 farsi largo! (this place) 68.544
- #4 Hozan 68.544
- #4 Sakaki 68.544
- #4 scaglia 68.544
- #4 Zucchero 68.544
-
Rank 4. Hozan
Seafood Japanese
A Japanese counter restaurant where the menu is almost entirely fish, handled by a chef who spent years training at a seafood house and thinks about the difference between fresh and aged fish the way a sommelier thinks about vintages. Dashi pulled from the catch itself threads through the soups. The meal closes with rice from a clay pot, white or cooked through with fish, which is either comfort or a test of character.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 farsi largo! 68.544
- #4 Hozan (this place) 68.544
- #4 Sakaki 68.544
- #4 scaglia 68.544
- #4 Zucchero 68.544
-
Rank 4. Sakaki
Southern French Mediterranean Seafood
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 farsi largo! 68.544
- #4 Hozan 68.544
- #4 Sakaki (this place) 68.544
- #4 scaglia 68.544
- #4 Zucchero 68.544
-
Rank 4. scaglia
Seafood Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 farsi largo! 68.544
- #4 Hozan 68.544
- #4 Sakaki 68.544
- #4 scaglia (this place) 68.544
- #4 Zucchero 68.544
-
Rank 4. Zucchero
Seafood Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Five places have the exact same Score, so they share #4. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #4 farsi largo! 68.544
- #4 Hozan 68.544
- #4 Sakaki 68.544
- #4 scaglia 68.544
- #4 Zucchero (this place) 68.544