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  1. Rank 1176. Tokumaru

    Japanese

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    406 Kameyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0941, Japan · Kyoto
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  2. Rank 1176. Tokuo

    Japanese

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    151 Tennocho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 600-8013, Japan · Kyoto
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  3. Rank 1176. Tokyo Chinese Ichirin

    Sichuan

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    1-5-8 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan · Tokyo
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  4. Rank 1176. Tomidokoro

    Sushi

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    6-13-3 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan · Tokyo
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  5. Rank 1176. Tomita

    Japanese

    A white dining room where nearly every serving vessel once belonged to the chef's mentor, which tells you something about the philosophy before a single dish arrives. This is a quiet Japanese restaurant in Ningyocho where the cooking aims for honesty over flourish, though the seasonal tempura rice, inspired by the old tenbara style and finished as chazuke on a second helping, shows there's a personality behind the restraint.

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    2F, 2-6-11 Nihombashiningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-0013, Japan · Tokyo
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  6. Rank 1176. Torisho sai

    Yakitori Japanese

    A yakitori counter where the chef grills free-range Hinai-jidori chicken over both charcoal and wood flame, a combination you don't see often. The chicken is aged to concentrate its flavor before it ever meets the fire, and every skewer is built in an inverted triangle, which sounds fussy until you see it. The meal opens with a single skewer of breast meat, a quiet way of saying: pay attention to what's actually in front of you.

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    237 Daimonjicho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-8315, Japan · Kyoto
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  7. Rank 1176. Toriyaki Ohana

    Japanese

    A kaiseki-style tasting menu built entirely around chicken, which sounds like a constraint until the courses start arriving. This intimate Ebisu spot moves from nori-wrapped breast and minced chicken spring rolls through wonton soup and char-grilled duck, closing with chicken bone broth over rice. The grill work is the standout, the birds scorched over high flame on a wire net rather than skewered. Nothing from the bird goes unaccounted for.

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    3-28-2 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 11:59 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  8. Rank 1176. Totoyoshi

    Japanese

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    666 Kanrocho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0994, Japan · Kyoto
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  9. Rank 1176. TRATTORIA SICILIANA Don Ciccio

    Sicilian Trattoria

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    1-2-6 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Tokyo
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  10. Rank 1176. TREMOLARE

    Italian

    A basement Italian spot in Nishi-Azabu where dramatic lighting falls hard on a stone-and-earth counter and the kitchen keeps going long after places upstairs have called it a night. The à la carte menu shifts with what came in that day, and the spread of appetizers and pasta is built for sharing, though full portions hold their own. The kind of room where a late dinner stops feeling like a compromise.

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    B1F, 1-8-21 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan · Tokyo
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  11. Rank 1176. Tsuneya Densuke

    Japanese

    A menu of over a hundred dishes, and the house policy is that you order exactly what you want, in whatever quantity you please. This izakaya in Nakagyo-ku leans on fish, so tilefish arrives grilled or fried, mackerel as sashimi or rolled, and the sake pairings are taken seriously. Beef dishes hold their own on the side. The sheer range is the point, a crash course in how many directions Japanese cooking can go in one sitting.

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    84 Kannoncho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0821, Japan · Kyoto
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  12. Rank 1176. Tsunokamizaka Koshiba

    Japanese

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    2F, 15 Arakicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 160-0007, Japan · Tokyo
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  13. Rank 1176. TSURUTOKAME

    Japanese

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    B1F, 6-7-15 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 10 PM

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  14. Rank 1176. Uisane

    Japanese

    Sea bream over rice, a staple of Uwajima, anchors the menu at this quiet Japanese restaurant on the second floor in Kagurazaka. The chef grew up fishing with his grandfather in Ehime Prefecture, trained at a ryotei, then looped through Chinese and French kitchens before coming back to the food he always meant to cook. Ingredients from Ehime still do most of the talking, and the name itself translates roughly as "original intention."

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    2F, 4-2 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 162-0825, Japan · Tokyo
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  15. Rank 1176. Unagi Tokito

    Japanese

    A prix fixe restaurant in Azabujuban devoted entirely to eel, where the chef's time cooking in Paris shows up as eel simmered in wine alongside the classical lacquer-box rice. The kabayaki arrives in a bun, the salt-grilled version gets yuzu-kosho and plum. It is a narrow obsession executed with a lot of range, and the kind of place that makes you realize how much had been left unexplored in a centuries-old tradition.

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    2F, 2-5-11 Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0045, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closes soon, 8:30 PM, in 11 min

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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  16. Rank 1176. UNE IMMERSION

    Modern French

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    1-28-8 Hommachi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 151-0071, Japan · Tokyo
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  17. Rank 1176. Une Pincée

    French

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    2-19-2 Higashiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0044, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until midnight

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  18. Rank 1176. Unkaku

    Japanese

    The name means cranes dancing in clouds, and the chef has built his Japanese dining room around that image and the Osaka principle of wasting nothing. The signature preparation simmers small sea bream whole in rapeseed oil, a nod to the canola fields that once surrounded a nearby temple, until even the bones are edible. It is a quiet, conviction-driven kind of cooking that would rather show you a philosophy than impress you with luxury.

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    1-18-17 Temma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-0043, Japan · Osaka
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    Open now, until 10 PM

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

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  19. Rank 1176. Utsubohommachi Gaku

    Japanese

    A kappo counter where the chef pairs seasonal fish with fruit in combinations that sound like a dare and eat like they were inevitable. The philosophy is that originality has to be earned through fundamentals, and the cooking shows it. Organic wines are chosen with the same care as the menu, which leans creative without tipping into spectacle. The room is small and personal, the way Osaka kappo tends to be.

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    1-14-15 Utsubohommachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka 550-0004, Japan
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  20. Rank 1176. VANKA

    Japanese French

    The restaurant's name comes from an archaic Japanese word for tomato, a small fact that unlocks the whole project: French technique absorbed and made Japanese, the way the tomato was. On the tenth floor in Kitaaoyama, the kitchen folds dried bonito, miso, and charcoal fire into a French framework, serving soup in lacquerware bowls while traditional painting motifs line the open kitchen. It's a thoughtful, quietly confident dinner out.

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    10F, 2-9-9 Kitaaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0061, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 6 PM–11 PM

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  21. Rank 1176. Varier

    French

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    2F, Nakanoshima Daibiru, 3-3-23 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-6102, Japan
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

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

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  22. Rank 1176. VERT

    Japanese

    A tea-and-sweets counter on the second floor in Kagurazaka where the star of every pairing is the tea, not the other way around. The chef travels to the growers and picks the leaves himself, then builds a menu around regional character, anchored by yokan, a fruit jelly fermented until the sweet-sour balance lands exactly where he wants it. Bring patience and a willingness to drink slowly.

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    2F, 3-1 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 162-0825, Japan · Tokyo
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  23. Rank 1176. Wa Asuka

    Japanese

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    4-3-15-2 Tomio Motomachi, Nara, Nara, Nara 631-0078, Japan · Nara
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 5:30 PM–8 PM

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  24. Rank 1176. wabiya

    Yakitori Japanese

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    554 Sangencho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 600-8097, Japan · Kyoto
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 6:30 PM–10 PM

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  25. Rank 1176. Wagyuchugokusai Kumanohanare

    Chinese

    A Chinese restaurant where the wagyu is not a topping but the entire premise: "Wagyu Chugoku-sai" translates roughly to Chinese cuisine built around Japan's prized beef, and the prix fixe menu takes that literally. Char-grilled chateaubriand arrives folded into Peking duck pancakes, which is either a scandal or a revelation depending on your orthodoxy. The chef layers Japanese and Western technique over a Chinese foundation, letting the seasons steer the menu.

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    1-4-4 Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-0004, Japan
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  26. Rank 1176. Wakasugi

    Japanese

    Fermented eel, cured in-house with salt and rice bran, tells you something about the chef's patience and point of view. This is a quiet Japanese restaurant where lunch means a single omakase menu and evenings open up to à la carte, pulling between old-fashioned home cooking and something more inventive. The chef trained across ryotei, kappo, and catering, and that breadth shows in a menu where nostalgia and the occasional left-field idea sit comfortably at the same table.

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    5 Kinugasa Gaidocho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 603-8372, Japan · Kyoto
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  27. Rank 1176. Wakiya

    Nouvelle Chinese

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    6-11-10 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 41 min

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

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  28. Rank 1176. Washoku Ebihara

    Kyoto

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    19 Iwatocho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 162-0832, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 6 PM–10 PM

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  29. Rank 1176. Washoku Iikura

    Japanese

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    3-7-20 Nishitemma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-0047, Japan
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  30. Rank 1176. WASHOKU TOKU

    Japanese

    A Japanese restaurant near Murasakino where the à la carte format is a genuine philosophy, not an afterthought. The menu moves freely across seasons and registers, from sashimi dressed with green peppercorns to duck tenderloin cooked with a nod to yakitori tradition, and on to rice dishes in several forms. Portions flex up or down on request, which is a small courtesy that makes the whole meal feel like yours to arrange.

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    45-1 Murasakino Kamimonzencho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 603-8217, Japan · Kyoto
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 6 PM–11 PM

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  31. Rank 1176. Watanabe Ryouri-mise

    French

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    1-2-9 Tomioka, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 135-0047, Japan · Tokyo
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  32. Rank 1176. wavie

    French

    The name blends the Japanese "wa" (harmony) with the French "vie" (life), and the kitchen takes that fusion seriously rather than just decorating French technique with a few local garnishes. This prix fixe restaurant in Ukyo-ku builds its menu around Kyoto-area ingredients, with herb-fermented vegetables lending an earthy depth and wine-and-cream sauces keeping things clearly on the French side of the hyphen.

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    27-3 Hanazono Imachi, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 616-8042, Japan · Kyoto
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  33. Rank 1176. xiang hua

    Chinese

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    1-13-8 Nishitemma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-0047, Japan
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  34. Rank 1176. Yakitori Hinata

    Japanese

    A second-floor yakitori counter in Motoazabu built around a single obsession: Tamba-Sasayama chicken, raised locally and taken seriously. The chef pairs skewers with wine rather than beer or sake, and it works, particularly seared breast with Guérande salt and liver glazed with balsamic. The name translates loosely as a ray of sunshine on Darkness Hill, which is either poetic or a lot of pressure for a chicken restaurant.

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    2F, 3-12-4 Motoazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0046, Japan · Tokyo
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  35. Rank 1176. Yakitori Honda

    Japanese

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    3-5-1 Minato, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-0043, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Friday 6 PM–10:30 PM

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  36. Rank 1176. Yakitori Kyoto Tachibana

    Japanese

    A basement yakitori counter where the chef's fixation on Kyotamba chicken shapes every skewer. Many pieces are wrapped in skin to draw out the fat's flavor, and the kitchen borrows moves from Japanese cuisine, marinating chicken in kombu broth or folding it into meatballs with takikomi-gohan rice. The cleverest trick: skewers laid over vegetables as they grill, the vegetables quietly soaking up everything dripping from above.

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    B1F, 612 Tachibanacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0944, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 41 min

    Friday 6:30 PM–9 PM

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  37. Rank 1176. Yakitori Matsuoka

    Japanese

    A yakitori counter where the chef ages free-range Kagoshima chickens before they ever hit the grill, coaxing out a depth you don't usually expect from a skewer joint. Beyond the standard salt and tare, he brushes each stick with a fragrant oil he makes himself. The menu weaves in soups and fried chicken dishes between rounds, and closes with rice from earthenware pots or a bowl of chicken broth ramen, which is a graceful way to end.

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    1-4-17 Tohei, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka 542-0063, Japan
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    Closed now, opens 8:30 PM

    Friday 6 PM–8 PM, 8:30 PM–10:30 PM

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  38. Rank 1176. Yakitori Matsuri

    Japanese

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    2-2-33 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 530-0003, Japan
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  39. Rank 1176. Yakitori Mochizuki

    Yakitori Japanese

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    32-14 Surugamachi, Nara, Nara, Nara 630-8357, Japan · Nara
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  40. Rank 1176. YAKITORI Moe es

    Yakitori Japanese

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    7-13-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan · Tokyo
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  41. Rank 1176. Yakitori Nishiki

    Japanese

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    3-36-12 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan · Tokyo
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  42. Rank 1176. Yakitori Omino

    Yakitori Japanese

    A U-shaped counter wraps around a live charcoal grill at this yakitori counter near Oshiage, where the kitchen staff call out to each other like a well-drilled team. Chunky skewers of named-breed chicken go over high flame, and the chef leans toward salt over sauce, letting the meat do the talking. The room smells exactly like you want it to, and the skewers disappear faster than you planned for.

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    1-38-4 Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 131-0045, Japan · Tokyo
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  43. Rank 1176. Yassan

    Japanese

    Calabashes hang from the rafters here, a nod to the founding chef's habit of drinking sake from gourds, and the counter fills the moment the shop curtain goes up outside. This is a meat kappo, meaning an intimate counter meal built around beef offal and cuts, handled with quiet precision. Staff still call tongue "Zunge" and heart "Herz," a house code that traces back to the German physicians who were once its regulars and apparently never left.

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    347 Giommachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 605-0073, Japan · Kyoto
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  44. Rank 1176. YAUMAY

    Dim Sum Chinese

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    2F, Nijubashi Square, 3-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan · Tokyo
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  45. Rank 1176. Yiwanshui

    Chinese

    The sign out front says "set menu" in Chinese, which tells you exactly what you're in for. Yiwanshui is a small Chinese home-cooking spot in Nishi-ku where the kitchen keeps the oil light and lets familiar ingredients do the talking. The lunch spread arrives as a colorful nine-dish appetizer platter, the kind of meal that feels restorative rather than showy. The sort of place where regulars stop thinking of it as a restaurant.

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    2-6-13 Utsubohommachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka 550-0004, Japan · Osaka
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  46. Rank 1176. Yoshitaka

    Oden Japanese

    Oden is Japan's great underestimated comfort food, and Yoshitaka treats it with the precision of kaiseki, serving each piece one at a time in its own distinct dish. The dashi here draws on Osaka's old kombu-merchant heritage, and toppings like dried kombu shavings or ground sesame nudge familiar flavors somewhere new. The meal closes with ramen or peppered rice in the Edo style, which is a satisfying way to end something that never quite announces itself as a special occasion dinner but quietly is.

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    2F, 2-8-5 Higashishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka 542-0083, Japan · Osaka
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    Open now, until 11 PM

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  47. Rank 1176. Yosuke Yamaji

    French

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    570-151 Giommachi Minamigawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 605-0074, Japan · Kyoto
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  48. Rank 1176. Youshoku Ogata

    Yoshoku Japanese

    Yoshoku, the old Western-influenced Japanese comfort food, gets counter-style kappo treatment here, with the chef cooking and chatting in equal measure. Deep-fried horse mackerel, hamburger steak, and sautéed pork are the crowd pleasers, but the sauces carry the fingerprints of a French kitchen. Ingredients travel in from a Shiga butcher, a Shizuoka fishmonger, and a Kyoto farmer, which is a lot of logistics for what is, lovingly, a plate of comfort food.

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    32-1 Tojijicho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0956, Japan · Kyoto
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  49. Rank 1176. Yugetsu

    Japanese

    The menu arrives handwritten in the chef's own brushwork, which sets the tone for an izakaya that takes its craft seriously without losing the easy warmth the format demands. Seasonal sake pairs naturally with dishes built around small surprises, and shochu comes blended and rested before it reaches you. The vessels are made by artisans, the service is run by a couple who clearly communicate, and the name, meaning glaze and moon, says the rest.

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    3-4-1 Higashinihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-0004, Japan · Tokyo
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  50. Rank 1176. Yui Nogizaka

    Sichuan

    A Sichuan-rooted restaurant in Nogizaka where the restrained seasoning is a philosophy, not an oversight: the chef pulls back on the heat so the farm-direct vegetables can actually say something. The name means "ties" or "connections," and that idea runs through everything, from the producers supplying the kitchen to the warm-hearted front-of-house who makes the room feel like someone's home. Seasonal menus keep honest time with the Japanese calendar.

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    1-23-12 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Tokyo
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  51. Rank 1176. Yuyu

    Japanese

    Sashimi arrives with Daitokuji natto instead of soy sauce, which tells you something about the kitchen's appetite for a quiet left turn. Yuyu is a Japanese dinner restaurant named for a phrase about living free of worldly cares, and the format follows through: à la carte only, no rush. Beef tongue comes in a white miso that resembles a stew, and the final course lets you pick your own ending, rice, noodles, curry, or otherwise.

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    8 Koyama Kitakamifusacho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 603-8142, Japan
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  52. Rank 1176. Zucchero

    Seafood Italian

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    2F, 55-1 Matsuyacho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto 604-0831, Japan · Kyoto
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    Open now, until 10:30 PM

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  53. Rank 1653. pizza marumo

    Tokyo-style Pizzeria

    The charred crust here pulls like freshly grilled mochi, which tells you something about where this pizza fits in the world. It's a sit-down pizza restaurant in Ebisu run by a chef who came up in traditional Japanese kitchens and decided neither Naples nor Rome quite covered what he was after. The menu runs from familiar classics to pies topped with katsuobushi or soy-marinated tofu, where the comfort is Japanese even when the shape is Italian.

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    Japan, 〒150-0022 Tokyo, Shibuya, Ebisuminami, 1-chōme−11−１３ 恵比寿ヴェルソービル 1階 · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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  54. Rank 1654. æ(ash)

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    1-5-2 Jinnan, Shibuya, Tokyo · Shibuya
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  55. Rank 1654. MASSIMOTTAVIO

    Italian Pizzeria

    Anime figurines and actual artwork line the walls of this two-floor pizzeria in quiet Eifukucho, a neighborhood that feels a world away from central Tokyo. The chef, Massimo, has spent decades making pizza in Japan and the pies here run generously sized, which is its own kind of statement in this city. Italian wines and a full menu of pasta, secondi, and desserts round things out for anyone who arrives hungry enough to go the distance.

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    4 Chome-4-4 Eifuku, Suginami City, Tokyo 168-0064, Japan · Tokyo
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    Open now, until 10 PM

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

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  56. Rank 1654. Pizzeria da Ciro

    Neapolitan Pizzeria

    Tucked between temples in Sakyo Ward, this Neapolitan pizza spot is run by a chef who trained in Naples and sources his ingredients strictly from Campania. The pies run larger than the Japanese norm, soft and light in the way that only a wood-fired dough done right can manage. The room is small and familiar, the staff attentive, and an Italian beer alongside is not a bad idea. It ranked 36th in 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific.

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    Japan, 〒606-8417 Kyoto, Sakyo Ward, Jodoji Nishidacho, 75 1階 · Kyoto
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  57. Rank 1654. TONCINI

    Pizzeria

    An Italian chef running a proper Italian restaurant in snowy Tomakomai, and yet the pizza is built around Hokkaido's local produce rather than any nostalgic recreation of the homeland. The dough is soft and the menu runs well past pizza into pasta, secondi, and Italian desserts, with a wine list that spans the whole peninsula. It ranked 49th on 50 Top Pizza's Asia-Pacific list, which is an unexpected thing to say about a town famous for its snowfall.

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    3 Chome-3-4 Suehirocho, Tomakomai, Hokkaido 053-0011, Japan · Tomakomai
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  58. Rank 1658. Mill Pour Coffee

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    +1 more awards at Mill Pour Coffee
    Address
    3-chōme-6-1 Minamisenba, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0081, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

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  59. Rank 1658. Okaffe Kyoto

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at Okaffe Kyoto
    Address
    235-2 Shinmeichō, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8092, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–8 PM

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  60. Rank 1658. Passage Coffee

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at Passage Coffee
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    Japan, 〒108-0014 Tokyo, Minato City, Shiba, 5-chōme−14−１６ 大正堂ビル １Ｆ · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 7:30 AM–6 PM

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  61. Rank 1661. 42195 COFFEE

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at 42195 COFFEE
    Address
    3-chōme-12-15 Nakatsu, Kita Ward, Osaka, 531-0071, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–5 PM

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  62. Rank 1661. Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba
    Address
    1-chōme-1-21 Shikitsuhigashi, Naniwa Ward, Osaka, 556-0012, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 9 AM–8 PM

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  63. Rank 1661. graf

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at graf
    Address
    Japan, 〒530-0005 Osaka, Kita Ward, Nakanoshima, 4-chōme−1−９ graf studio
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10:30 AM

    Friday 10:30 AM–6 PM

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  64. Rank 1661. IN THE COFFEE KYOTO

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at IN THE COFFEE KYOTO
    Address
    460 Yoshimizuchō, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8403, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–5 PM

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  65. Rank 1661. MOTO COFFEE

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at MOTO COFFEE
    Address
    Japan, 〒541-0041 Osaka, Chuo Ward, Kitahama, 2-chōme−1−１ ライオンビル · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  66. Rank 1666. Blue Bottle Coffee - Umeda Chayamachi Cafe

    Coffee

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    +1 more awards at Blue Bottle Coffee - Umeda Chayamachi Cafe
    Address
    Japan, 〒530-0013 Osaka, Kita Ward, Chayamachi, 15−２２ アーバンテラス A棟 · Osaka
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 41 min

    Friday 8 AM–9 PM

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  67. Rank 1667. Blue Bottle Coffee - Kyoto Rokkaku Cafe

    Coffee

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    226-1 Sanmonjichō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8135, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

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  68. Rank 1667. Direct Coffee Kyoto

    Coffee

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    Address
    106-2 Yaoyachō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8072, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  69. Rank 1667. DRIP & DROP COFFEE SUPPLY GINKAKUJI

    Coffee

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    Address
    1F, 55-1 Jōdoji Higashidachō, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, 606-8411, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  70. Rank 1667. DRIP & DROP COFFEE SUPPLY TERAMACHI

    Coffee

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    99-1 Enokichō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-0931, Japan · Kyoto
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  71. Rank 1667. Red Stone Coffee Shirasagi Park

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒599-8232 Osaka, Sakai, Naka Ward, Shinkechō, ６９３−１ フジタビル
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

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  72. Rank 1667. Single O Ryogoku Roastworks/Cafe

    Coffee

    The roasting happens on-site, so the smell hits you before the door does. This specialty coffee cafe from the Australian-born Single O group sits in Ryogoku, a neighborhood better known for sumo than pour-overs, which gives it a pleasantly unpretentious edge. The space is spare and deliberate, the kind of room that makes you want to sit quietly and pay attention to what's in your cup.

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    Address
    3-chōme-21-5 Kamezawa, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-0014, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6 PM

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  73. Rank 1667. Switch Coffee Tokyo Yoyogi-Hachiman

    Coffee

    A towering Mahlkönig grinder dominates the counter of this quiet Tomigaya coffee bar, which is the whole thesis statement in one piece of equipment. The room looks too spare to sit in until you realize it isn't, and then you stay. Single-origin espresso is the move, pulled with the kind of unhurried focus that makes the surrounding neighborhood noise feel irrelevant.

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    Address
    1-chōme-53-2 Tomigaya, Shibuya, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 8 AM–3 PM

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  74. Rank 1667. Walden Woods Kyoto

    Coffee

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    508-1 Sakaechō, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8194, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–6 PM

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  75. Rank 1667. WIFE & HUSBAND

    Coffee

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    Address
    106-6 Koyamashimouchikawarachō, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8132, Japan
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

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  76. Rank 1676. Amameria Espresso

    Coffee

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    Japan, 〒142-0062 Tokyo, Shinagawa City, Koyama, 3-chōme−6−１５ 1階 · Tokyo
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  77. Rank 1676. Astrea Coffee

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒600-8487 京都府京都市下京区橘町３１ · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 7:30 AM

    Friday 7:30 AM–3 PM

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  78. Rank 1676. BONGENCOFFEE Ginza

    Coffee

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    2-chōme-16-3 Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

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  79. Rank 1676. COYOTE the ordinary shop

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒600-8216 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Higashishiokōjichō, ９３９ 1階 · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8:30 AM

    Friday 8:30 AM–5 PM

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  80. Rank 1676. Embankment Coffee

    Coffee

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    1-chōme-1-23 Kitahama, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 541-0041, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  81. Rank 1676. Kaze to COFFEE Kissa Kazeko

    Coffee

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    Address
    266-2 Daimonjichō, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto, 602-8323, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6 PM

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  82. Rank 1676. KIELO COFFEE AKIHABARA

    Coffee

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    Address
    第一共和ビル 1F, 1-chōme-29-4 Taitō, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0016, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–6 PM

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  83. Rank 1676. Manaia Coffee & Things

    Coffee

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    Address
    6 223 Koyamachō, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8152, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–5 PM

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  84. Rank 1676. Sanwa Coffee Works TENMA

    Coffee

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    17-7 Ikedachō, Kita Ward, Osaka, 530-0033, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  85. Rank 1676. SOT COFFEE Tenmabashi

    Coffee

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    Belle Voix, １−２階, 1-chōme-3-7 Ōtedōri, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 540-0021, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–7 PM

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  86. Rank 1676. Takamura Wine & Coffee Roasters

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    2-chōme-2-18 Edobori, Nishi Ward, Osaka, 550-0002, Japan · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–7:30 PM

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  87. Rank 1676. Woodberry Coffee

    Café

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    Address
    3-chōme-17-1 Tamagawa, Setagaya City, Tokyo 158-0094, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–7 PM

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  88. Rank 1688. Blue Bottle Coffee Aoyama

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒107-0062 Tokyo, Minato City, Minamiaoyama, 3-chōme−13−１４ 増田ビル 2階 · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–7 PM

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  89. Rank 1688. Coffee Wrights Kuramae

    Coffee

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    4-chōme-20-2 Kuramae, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0051, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 11 AM–4 PM

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  90. Rank 1688. DRIP & DROP COFFEE ROASTERY

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒602-8453 Kyoto, Kamigyo Ward, Sasayachō 1chōme, 1−５１９ Marble BLDG B1F
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    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–8 PM

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  91. Rank 1688. Goodman Roaster Kyoto

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒600-8442 Kyoto, Shimogyo Ward, Yadachō, １１５−２ ベアフルートイイノ 一階 · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–7:30 PM

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  92. Rank 1688. Okaffe ROASTING PARK

    Coffee

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    Address
    51 Kameyacho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8451, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–5 PM

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  93. Rank 1688. WOODBERRY BAKERY

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒150-0011 Tokyo, Shibuya, Higashi, 2-chōme−18−７ 渋谷アトウビル
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  94. Rank 1688. WOODBERRY COFFEE Ogikuboten

    Coffee

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    1-chōme-2-2 Momoi, Suginami City, Tokyo 167-0034, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 8:30 AM

    Friday 8:30 AM–7 PM

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  95. Rank 1695. % ARABICA Kyoto Higashiyama

    Coffee

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    Address
    87-5 Hoshinochō, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0853, Japan · Kyoto
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

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  96. Rank 1695. AMAMERIA COFFEE ROASTER

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    1-chōme-13-18 Himonya, Meguro City, Tokyo 152-0003, Japan · Tokyo
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  97. Rank 1695. aoma coffee

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒541-0056 Osaka, Chuo Ward, Kyūtarōmachi, 3-chōme−4−２ WRAP/英守大阪ビル１F · Osaka
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

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  98. Rank 1695. Arise Coffee Roasters

    Coffee

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    Address
    1-chōme-13-8 Hirano, Koto City, Tokyo 135-0023, Japan · Tokyo
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    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

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  99. Rank 1695. Astarte Coffee

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒604-8166 Kyoto, Nakagyo Ward, Mikurachō, 68−１ プリオール烏丸三条 101
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    Closed now, opens Sat 7:30 AM

    Friday 7:30 AM–5 PM

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  100. Rank 1695. AUN COFFEE ROASTERS

    Coffee

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    Address
    Japan, 〒556-0016 Osaka, Naniwa Ward, Motomachi, 2-chōme−10−２ クレアーレ元町 1階 AUN COFFEE ROASTERS
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    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

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