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  2. Rank 432. FRUTTO

    Italian

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  3. Rank 432. Fukuya

    Japanese

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  4. Rank 432. Funachef

    French

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    Address
    4-11-27 Noma, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 815-0041, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  6. Rank 432. gentil H

    French

    A second-floor French restaurant in Shirokanedai where the menu reads like a thank-you note, listing each ingredient's origin and the producer behind it. The chef comes to the table with every dish to explain the thinking, which sounds fussy until it isn't. Bread and tea come from the chef's home prefecture of Shizuoka, baked by a classmate, which gives the whole room a quiet, personal logic that most tasting menus only pretend to have.


  7. Rank 432. Gessen

    Chinese

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  8. Address
    4-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  9. Rank 432. HAGI

    French

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    Address
    266 Uekimachi Iwano, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 861-0136, Japan · Kumamoto City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, 6 PM–7:30 PM

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  12. Rank 432. Hasunomi

    Chinese

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    1-11 Heiwacho, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0827, Japan · Okayama City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 20 min

    Friday 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  14. Eight seats, bamboo thatch on the ceiling, and a facade that could have been lifted from a Gion alleyway. This intimate sushi counter in Higashiazabu books out weeks ahead, which tells you something about the city's appetite for what the chef is doing. Seasonal sourcing runs to the obsessive end of the dial, and the omakase unfolds accordingly. Plan very far ahead, bring patience, and leave any idea of a quick dinner at the door.


    Address
    1-7-9 Higashiazabu, Minato Ward, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 6 PM–Midnight

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  16. Rank 432. hika

    French

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    4-7-14 Ote, Matsumoto City, Nagano 390-0874, Japan · Matsumoto City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  20. Rank 432. Hinode

    Japanese

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    19 Kawaguchimachi, Kuwana City, Mie 511-0021, Japan · Kuwana City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 5 PM–10 PM

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  21. Rank 432. HIRASANSOU

    Japanese

    A wooden ryokan-style restaurant tucked into the forested foothills of Mount Hiei, where a 600-year-old sacred tree anchors a rippling water garden outside and hinoki, chestnut, and cedar warm the rooms within. The cooking is Japanese, the wine cellar runs to a thousand bottles, and the setting is so far removed from ordinary life that guests arrive looking slightly stunned, which may be the point.


    Address
    94 Kuzukawaboumuramachi, Ootsu City, Shiga 520-0475, Japan · Ootsu City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, 5 PM–6:30 PM

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    Website
  22. Rank 432. Hirosawa

    Chinese

    A modern Chinese restaurant where the chef named it after himself, which is either confidence or a dare. The cooking blends French technique into Chinese foundations, with Japanese dashi folded into hot pot stocks and the plating done on traditional Japanese vessels. Garlic is dialed back so the ingredients carry the room themselves. Intimate and quietly serious, the kind of place where the effort is visible even when the menu isn't showing off.


    Address
    183 Fudocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-8215, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  23. Rank 432. hiroto

    French

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  24. Rank 432. Hirovanna

    Italian

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    2-1-2 Tebira, Wakayama City, Wakayama 640-8319, Japan · Wakayama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1:30 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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    2-17-6 Ogigayatsu, Kamakura City, Kanagawa 248-0011, Japan · Kamakura City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

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

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    Website
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  29. Rank 432. il AOYAMA

    Italian

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    1-17-38 Tokugawa, Nagoya City, Aichi 461-0025, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–8 PM

  30. Rank 432. IL Lato

    Italian

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  31. Rank 432. Imoto

    Japanese

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    Address
    4-15-29 Yakuin, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    4-33 Ikedamachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 920-0986, Japan · Kanazawa City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, 6 PM–7:30 PM

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    Website
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    1-9-13 Hirao, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0014, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  35. Rank 432. Ise Sangen

    Japanese

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    1362 Misonochouchouya, Ise City, Mie 516-0804, Japan · Ise City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Website
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    3-15-3 Inaho, Otaru City, Hokkaido 047-0032, Japan · Otaru City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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    21 Showacho, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki 880-0874, Japan · Miyazaki City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 432. itsuki

    Italian

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  39. Rank 432. IZA

    Italian

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    11-13 Onarimachi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa 248-0012, Japan · Kamakura City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 20 min

    Friday Noon–3:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  41. Rank 432. Jfree

    French


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    Address
    Maruo544 Yufuincho Kawakami, Yufu City, Oita 879-5102, Japan · Yufu City
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 5:30 PM–Midnight

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    Website

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    4-11-13 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

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

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

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 11 AM–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    Website
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    4239-1 Takeocho Oazatakeo, Takeo City, Saga 843-0022, Japan · Takeo City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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  48. Rank 432. Kaniyoshi

    Japanese Seafood

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    271 Suehiroonsenmachi, Tottori City, Tottori 680-0833, Japan · Tottori City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 2 PM–4 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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    3-38 Komachi, Murakami City, Niigata 958-0841, Japan · Murakami City
    Hours

    Open now, until noon

    Friday Open 24 hours, 5 PM–9:30 PM

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    1-10 Shimmachi, Aomori City, Aomori 030-0801, Japan · Aomori City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 6 PM–10:30 PM

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  53. Rank 432. kate cuore

    Italian

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  54. Rank 432. KAWASAKI

    French

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  55. Rank 432. Keichitsu

    French

    The restaurant takes its name from the old Japanese micro-season marking the moment insects stir back to life in early March, which tells you something about how the chef thinks. This is contemporary French cooking shaped by a close attention to what's growing and waking outside, with a single plate often carrying one main ingredient roasted, pureed, and sauced all at once. Yuzu and Japanese pepper quietly move things along with the seasons.


  56. Rank 432. Kii

    Italian

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    Address
    242 Kugikakushicho, Kyoto City, Kyoto 600-8423, Japan · Kyoto City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  58. Rank 432. KINON

    Barbecue

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    13-22 Onarimachi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa 248-0012, Japan · Kamakura City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  59. Rank 432. Kisanuki

    Japanese

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  60. Rank 432. Kitanozaka Kinoshita

    Modern Italian

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    1-24-14 Chuuoukunakayamatedoori, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0004, Japan · Kobe City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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  64. Rank 432. KOBAYASHI

    Chinese

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  65. Rank 432. KOCHUTEN

    French

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    Address
    1-19 Aoi, Nagoya City, Aichi 461-0004, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 11:45 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  66. Rank 432. KOGISHI

    French

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    6-3-12 Kashiiteriha, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 813-0017, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 20 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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    Website
  67. Rank 432. KOKAJIYA

    Italian

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  68. Rank 432. Korian

    Japanese

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    Address
    2307 Makinomachikaizu, Takashima City, Shiga 520-1811, Japan · Takashima City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 5 PM–7 PM

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  69. Rank 432. Kotan

    Sushi

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    4-2-11 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 110-0016, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–7:30 PM

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  71. Rank 432. Kougei

    Chinese

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  72. Rank 432. koujitsu

    Japanese

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  73. Rank 432. KUROMORI

    Chinese

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

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

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

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    6-5-3 Shirokane, Minato Ward, Tokyo 108-0072, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  79. Address
    B1F, 4-9-23 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 108-0071, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 5:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  80. Rank 432. L'Arbre

    French

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    Address
    490 Sannai, Akiruno City, Tokyo 190-0162, Japan · Akiruno City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–12:30 PM, 6 PM–6:30 PM

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  82. Rank 432. L'eau

    French


    Address
    B1F, 2-14-14 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    6-6 Daikan-yamacho, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 150-0034, Japan · Shibuya Ward
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–4 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  85. Rank 432. L'Ermita

    Iberian Spanish

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    2-14 Chuuoukukuromon, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0055, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6:30 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    4-9-3 Minamiaoyama, Minato Ward, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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    3-13-1 Haruyoshi, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–7:30 PM

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    Website
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    79-1 Yanaidamachi, Hakui City, Ishikawa 925-0018, Japan · Hakui City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

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

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    2-12-12 Sakae, Nagoya City, Aichi 460-0008, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  90. Rank 432. La Kanro

    French


  91. A fourth-floor French restaurant in Azabu-Juban where the chef trained under Pierre Gagnaire and carried the avant-garde instincts home with him, which is rather the point: the name translates to "comfortable house," and the cooking follows the logic, pairing seafood with meat and fruit with vegetables in combinations that feel less like rule-breaking and more like someone rearranging furniture until the room finally makes sense.


    Address
    4F, 3-7-4 Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0045, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    731 Agocho Shimmei, Shima City, Mie 517-0502, Japan · Shima City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

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

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  95. Rank 432. LACERBA

    Italian



  96. Address
    3-3-1 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closes soon, 10 PM, in 50 min

    Friday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    3-143 Kumanocho, Tokoname City, Aichi 479-0817, Japan · Tokoname City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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    Nakagoryou shinfuranopurinsuhoteru shikichinai, Furano City, Hokkaido 076-0016, Japan · Furano City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 20 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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    Website
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    8-2-1 Minami 4-jo nishi, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 064-0804, Japan · Sapporo City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 20 min

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

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    Website
  100. Rank 432. Le jardin

    French

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    Address
    4-28-16 Bunkyo, Fukui City, Fukui 910-0017, Japan · Fukui City
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3:30 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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