The Best Spanish Food in Japan
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The best Spanish food in Japan, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, Gault&Millau, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Fujiya 1935 comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Tokyo and Osaka.
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akordu and Alarde hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Gault&Millau next.
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Rank 1. Fujiya 1935
Modern Spanish
A two-Michelin-star tasting menu restaurant in Osaka where the chef spent years cooking in Barcelona before coming home to run the family's Western-style dining room. The result is Japanese ingredients handled with modern Spanish technique, shaped by seasons and personal memory rather than any obvious rulebook. The menu shifts with what's around and what the chef seems to be thinking about, which keeps it from feeling like a concept.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Eater Eater: The 38 Best Restaurants in Osaka, Japan
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Osaka, Japan
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Rank 2. akordu
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
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Rank 3. Alarde
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 2 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Alarde (this place) 89.734
- #3 Ñ 89.734
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Rank 3. Ñ
Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 2 Toques
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Gault&Millau 2 Toques
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #3. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #3 Alarde 89.734
- #3 Ñ (this place) 89.734
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Rank 5. Respiracion
Iberian Spanish
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- The 50 The 50: #92 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- The 50 #92 · Asia's 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 6. TOKi
Contemporary Spanish
Yoshino cypress lines the walls and Akahada ware holds the food, so the room itself is already making an argument before the first course arrives. This is a Michelin-starred prix fixe restaurant on a quiet Shimbashi second floor, where a Nara-based team applies Spanish technique to Yamato-grown produce and local livestock. The effect is precise and unhurried, more ancient capital than Tokyo business district.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #6. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #6 TOKi (this place) 85.680
- #6 Zurriola 85.680
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Rank 6. Zurriola
Contemporary Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #6. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #6 TOKi 85.680
- #6 Zurriola (this place) 85.680
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Rank 8. eman
Spanish
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 9. anchoa
Spanish
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 anchoa (this place) 76.160
- #9 L'Ermita 76.160
- #9 YOSHIKI FUJI 76.160
- #9 ZURRIOLA 76.160
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Rank 9. L'Ermita
Iberian Spanish
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 anchoa 76.160
- #9 L'Ermita (this place) 76.160
- #9 YOSHIKI FUJI 76.160
- #9 ZURRIOLA 76.160
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Rank 9. YOSHIKI FUJI
Basque
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 anchoa 76.160
- #9 L'Ermita 76.160
- #9 YOSHIKI FUJI (this place) 76.160
- #9 ZURRIOLA 76.160
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Rank 9. ZURRIOLA
Basque
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 3 Toques
- Gault&Millau 3 Toques
A Tie
Four places have the exact same Score, so they share #9. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #9 anchoa 76.160
- #9 L'Ermita 76.160
- #9 YOSHIKI FUJI 76.160
- #9 ZURRIOLA (this place) 76.160
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Rank 13. ARROCERÍA La Panza
Spanish
A Spanish rice specialist in Ginza, La Panza works through the regional canon: Valencian paella, Basque clams in a clay pot, caldero from Mar Menor simmered in iron. The menu reads like a geography lesson you're happy to fail. Dry-cured ham and tapas keep things moving while you wait for the main event, and the Michelin Bib Gourmand keeps the price from being a surprise. The name means "pot belly," which is either a warning or a promise.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 ARROCERÍA La Panza (this place) 74.256
- #13 Arrocería Sal y Amor 74.256
- #13 Donostia 74.256
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
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Rank 13. Arrocería Sal y Amor
Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 ARROCERÍA La Panza 74.256
- #13 Arrocería Sal y Amor (this place) 74.256
- #13 Donostia 74.256
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
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Rank 13. Donostia
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 ARROCERÍA La Panza 74.256
- #13 Arrocería Sal y Amor 74.256
- #13 Donostia (this place) 74.256
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
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Rank 13. gastroteka bimendi
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 Arrocería Sal y Amor 74.256
- #13 Donostia 74.256
- #13 gastroteka bimendi (this place) 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
- #13 LAUBURU 74.256
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Rank 13. LANBRoA
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 Donostia 74.256
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA (this place) 74.256
- #13 LAUBURU 74.256
- #13 Los Reyes Magos 74.256
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Rank 13. LAUBURU
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
- #13 LAUBURU (this place) 74.256
- #13 Los Reyes Magos 74.256
- #13 Ueroku Wine 74.256
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Rank 13. Los Reyes Magos
Catalan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
- #13 LAUBURU 74.256
- #13 Los Reyes Magos (this place) 74.256
- #13 Ueroku Wine 74.256
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Rank 13. Ueroku Wine
Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Eight places have the exact same Score, so they share #13. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #13 gastroteka bimendi 74.256
- #13 LANBRoA 74.256
- #13 LAUBURU 74.256
- #13 Los Reyes Magos 74.256
- #13 Ueroku Wine (this place) 74.256
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Rank 21. Restaurante VASCU
Basque
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: 2 Toques
- Gault&Millau 2 Toques
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Rank 22. Asador ROCA
Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Asador ROCA (this place) 68.544
- #22 DuKKAh 68.544
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
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Rank 22. DuKKAh
Basque
A counter restaurant in Nishitemma where the chef spent years cooking through Galicia and the Basque Country before landing here. Northern Spanish traditions, both shaped by the Bay of Biscay, get quietly reframed with Japanese ingredients: kudzu, soba, green pepper flower. It's a specific, considered kind of cooking, the sort where the menu reads like a debate between two coastlines neither of which is anywhere nearby.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Asador ROCA 68.544
- #22 DuKKAh (this place) 68.544
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
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Rank 22. Etxola
Basque
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Asador ROCA 68.544
- #22 DuKKAh 68.544
- #22 Etxola (this place) 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
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Rank 22. MASIA
Catalan
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 DuKKAh 68.544
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA (this place) 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
- #22 Raiz 68.544
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Rank 22. Óptimo
Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo (this place) 68.544
- #22 Raiz 68.544
- #22 TINC GANA 68.544
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Rank 22. Raiz
Contemporary Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
- #22 Raiz (this place) 68.544
- #22 TINC GANA 68.544
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Rank 22. TINC GANA
Contemporary Spanish
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Seven places have the exact same Score, so they share #22. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #22 Etxola 68.544
- #22 MASIA 68.544
- #22 Óptimo 68.544
- #22 Raiz 68.544
- #22 TINC GANA (this place) 68.544
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Rank 29. EL ALMA
Iberian Spanish
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #29. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #29 EL ALMA (this place) 64.736
- #29 La concha y vascu 64.736
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Rank 29. La concha y vascu
Basque
The awards
- Gault&Millau Gault&Millau: Selected Restaurant
- Gault&Millau Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #29. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #29 EL ALMA 64.736
- #29 La concha y vascu (this place) 64.736