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The Best Places to Eat and Do in Japan

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  1. Address
    244 Daimonjichō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-0907, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

    Online
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  2. Address
    3-chōme-7-2 Hirano, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0023, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 9 AM–5 PM

    Online
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  3. Rank 1705. Chatei Hatou

    Japanese Café





  4. Address
    1-chōme-8-19 Harimachō, Abeno Ward, Osaka, 545-0022, Japan · Osaka
    Hours

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 18 min

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

    Online
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  5. Rank 1705. common.

    Coffee




  6. Rank 1705. Fuglen Tokyo

    Nordic Coffee





  7. Rank 1705. Kirimugiya Jinroku

    Japanese Noodle Shop



  8. Rank 1705. Kosoan

    Dessert




  9. Address
    2-chōme-43-15 Tomigaya, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 18 min

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

  10. Address
    5-chōme-65-4 Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0053, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 18 min

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  11. Rank 1705. Ok Coffee

    Coffee




  12. Rank 1705. PST Higashi Azabu

    Neapolitan Pizzeria













  13. Rank 1742. ADAMS

    Italian

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  14. Rank 1742. Amistad

    Portuguese

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  15. Rank 1742. BACAR

    Italian

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    Address
    3-16-15 Kumoji, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0015, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:15 PM

    Friday 5 PM–10:15 PM

  16. Rank 1742. bistro 11

    French

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  18. Rank 1742. campesino

    French

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    Address
    6-21 Shiromicho, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0824, Japan · Kochi City
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  22. Rank 1742. EL ALMA

    Iberian Spanish

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    Address
    8-19 Fukushima, Osaka City, Osaka 553-0003, Japan · Osaka City
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 3 PM–Midnight

  23. Rank 1742. Fungi do

    Italian

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  24. Rank 1742. gonki

    French

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  25. Rank 1742. Hikidashi

    Japanese

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  26. Rank 1742. Hitsujiya

    Japanese Barbecue

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    Address
    4220-15 Tominami, Murayama City, Yamagata 995-0208, Japan · Murayama City
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Website
  27. Rank 1742. jibunchi

    Italian

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    Address
    485-37 Hiratachou, Izumo City, Shimane 691-0001, Japan · Izumo City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    3-5-19 Fujitsukacho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa 760-0071, Japan · Takamatsu City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Instagram
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  31. Rank 1742. Mirongyuan

    Chinese

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  32. Rank 1742. Nature

    French

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    Address
    24 Asahimachi, Kouzan City, Gifu 506-0017, Japan · Kouzan City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Instagram
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  34. Rank 1742. osteria due

    Italian

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    Address
    1-8-12 Tomari, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0012, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

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

    Online
    Instagram
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    Address
    2-18-11 Kume, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0033, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:30 PM

    Online
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    Address
    374-1 Nishimaecho, Kyoto City, Kyoto 600-8083, Japan · Kyoto City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10:30 PM

    Online
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  37. Rank 1742. PEZ

    French

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  39. Rank 1742. Pizza Gorge

    Pizzeria

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    Address
    7 Koikecho, Nagoya City, Aichi 465-0047, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    41 Minamimama, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0971, Japan · Kochi City
    Hours

    Open now, until 9 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–9 PM

    Online
    Instagram
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    Address
    2-7-14 Watanabedori, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

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

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
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  43. Rank 1742. rokusyo.

    French

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    Address
    527 Untembaru, Nago City, Okinawa 905-1634, Japan · Nago City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11 PM

    Online
    Instagram
  47. Rank 1742. VAGABUNDO

    Mexican

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    Address
    188-1 Okawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa 907-0022, Japan · Ishigaki City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11:30 PM

    Online
    Website
  48. Rank 1742. Yakitori Morimoto

    Japanese Barbecue

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  50. Rank 1779. Ajihei

    Japanese Hot Pot


  51. Rank 1779. Akagakiya Namba

    Japanese Tavern


  52. A mixed-use complex in the heart of the city with over a hundred food options under one roof, which sounds like a nightmare until you realize it contains a second location of Sushi Saito. Florilège holds two Michelin stars here, and the rest of the lineup runs from Arabica Kyoto coffee to Sembikiya parfaits to wagyu burgers at Shogun Burger. Arrive hungry and without a fixed plan; the place rewards wandering.


  53. Rank 1779. bar MEIJIU

    Cocktail Bar


  54. Rank 1779. Binbiya

    Izakaya



  55. Rank 1779. Butagumi

    Japanese


  56. Rank 1779. Coffee L'ambre

    Traditional Japanese Café


  57. Rank 1779. Daigen

    Japanese

    A takoyaki stand in Amerikamura, the Osaka district of vintage shops and record crates, where the teenage regulars clearly know something the Dotonbori tourist trail does not. The elderly couple running it have been at this for decades, turning out octopus balls piled with green onions and a version called takosen, where the whole thing gets sandwiched between two thin shrimp crackers. The batter lands soft inside and crisp out, which sounds obvious but rarely is.


  58. A pull-string activates a heating device tucked into the beef tongue bento, which tells you everything about how seriously Japan takes train food. This ekiben shop inside Tokyo Station stocks around 170 regional bento boxes sourced from across the country, each one a kind of edible postcard from wherever you're not going. Grab one with your green tea before boarding the shinkansen and feel extremely correct about your life choices.


  59. Rank 1779. EUREKA!

    Sake Japanese Cocktail Bar

    A sake bar up a flight of stairs in Nishiazabu, where the sign reads "strawberry meeting," a translation of ichigo ichie that sounds like a very polite jam session. The list runs past 200 bottles, from sparkling to cloudy doburoku, plus a few made with local breweries that you won't find elsewhere. The egg in black squid ink mayonnaise looks like a river rock until you crack it, which is the whole bit.


  60. Rank 1779. Ginzaya

    Izakaya


  61. An old-school unagi restaurant that claims to have invented the Osaka style of preparing freshwater eel, which skips the steaming step common elsewhere and goes straight from sauce to flame. The result is a crispier, more intensely flavored dish than the Tokyo version. Head-to-tail cutting adds to the richness. Summer is the season locals treat this as a destination, though the place has been drawing them in for longer than anyone can reasonably claim to remember.


    Address
    中央区高麗橋2丁目5-2, 大阪市, 大阪府, 541-0043 · Osaka
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10:30 AM

    Friday 10:30 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  62. Okonomiyaki, the savory pancake whose name translates to "whatever you'd like, grilled," is Osaka's most democratic dish, and this snug alley spot in Dotonbori takes it seriously. The chef layers batter, cabbage, and your chosen mix of beef tendon and konjac, or scallops and cheese, onto an iron griddle until it's light and cooked through, then finishes with sauce and an optional egg. Casual, cheap, and deeply Osaka.


    Address
    1 Chome-7-10 Dotonbori, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0071, Japan
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11 PM

    Online
    Website

  63. Rank 1779. Itamae Yakiniku Itto

    Japanese Barbecue


  64. Every evening at this tiny street food stand, chef Toyoji Chikumoto torches tuna cheeks with something closer to a flamethrower than a kitchen tool, cigarette dangling, bare hands in the fish. The result is charred outside, raw and cold within. The rest of the menu leans into the same excess: fatty tuna, sea urchin, salmon roe piled together like a dare. Bring cash, bring patience, and lower your expectations for personal space.


  65. Rank 1779. Kagari Ramen

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  66. Rank 1779. Kanbukuro

    Dessert


  67. The wood counter is a little wobbly and the chefs are elderly and absolutely not interested in rushing. This old-school udon shop is credited with pioneering Osaka's zaru style, serving chewy, hand-cut noodles cold alongside a dipping sauce. The chefs slice the dough by hand with Japanese knives, which gives the noodles a smoothness a machine can't quite replicate. A bowl here feels like lunch at someone's kitchen, which is more or less the point.


  68. Rank 1779. La Pizza Napoletana Regalo

    Neapolitan Pizzeria


  69. Rank 1779. LIAISON

    French Japanese

    A French technique restaurant in Fukushima where the name does double duty: it's a culinary term and a philosophy, nodding to the chef's tight network of hunters, farmers, and fishmongers supplying Ezo deer, Aomori duck, and Awaji Island seafood. The whitewashed room is calm and unhurried, and the set menu moves from delicate amuse-bouches through earthy, fragrant combinations that feel like they required a lot of phone calls to pull off.


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