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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in Japan

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  1. A New York roaster that planted a flag in Osaka's quieter Kitahama district, this specialty coffee shop leans into minimalist design and natural light in a way that makes laptops appear almost as often as flat whites. The pour-overs get the attention they deserve, and the baristas can actually explain why. A good place to remember that Osaka has neighborhoods where nothing is especially loud.





  2. Address
    1-chōme-18-9 Gōtokuji, Setagaya City, Tokyo 154-0021, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 8:30 AM–6 PM

    Online
    Instagram
  3. Rank 1695. Kaikado

    Coffee


    Address
    352 Sumiyoshichō, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8143, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 8 AM

    Friday 8 AM–5:30 PM

    Online
    Instagram

  4. Address
    551 Yamanakachō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-0815, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram



  5. Address
    382-3 Mogamichō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8303, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

    Online
    Instagram




  6. Rank 1695. Sniite

    Coffee




  7. Address
    7-chōme-6-9 Takadono, Asahi-ku, Osaka, 535-0031, Japan · Osaka
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–5 PM

    Online
    Instagram
  8. Rank 1719. Aidaya

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  9. Rank 1719. Alt

    Coffee


    Address
    28-4 Shinsenenchō, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, 604-8371, Japan · Kyoto
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 11 AM

    Friday 11 AM–6 PM

    Online
    Instagram





  10. Rank 1719. Kagura-ya

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  11. Kiha is a train-themed standing bar where the decor commits harder than most commuters do. Ambient rail sounds play, empty ekiben boxes line the staircase, and upstairs there's a full replica of a train car, with conductor outfits for photos. You pay by the clock rather than the drink, so the snacks stay simple: canned sardines under cheese, karaage, fries. It's The Infatuation's pick for both Tokyo's best bars and izakayas.


  12. Rank 1719. Kissa Ray

    Coffee



  13. Rank 1719. Kushiwakamaru

    Yakitori Japanese





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

    Closed now, opens Sat 9 AM

    Friday 9 AM–6 PM

    Online
    Instagram
  15. By day this is a fishcake shop with trays of neatly arranged product and no particular interest in your evening plans. At 7pm it flips into a standing-room oden bar tucked into Harmonica Yokocho, where you eat simmered fishcakes off your feet and drink sake in cheap, small cups. Tell the staff when you're halfway through and they'll top it off with oden broth, which locals insist helps the hangover. Nobody has verified this, but it's warm.


    Address
    1 Chome-1-8 Kichijoji Honcho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-0004, Japan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat 10 AM

    Friday 10 AM–6:30 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram





  16. 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
    Instagram

  17. Ball is a tiny natural wine bar in Koto City, built around a U-shaped standing counter where every glass costs the same ¥1,000, so ordering requires no math and very little courage. The list runs to bottles from Japan and France, and the food is the kind of small-plate cooking that makes you forget the lack of chairs, including chicken drumlets fried to look like tulips. It fills up by 6pm on a Monday, so arrive early.


  18. Bar Lupin is a windowless basement cocktail bar in Ginza, named after the gentleman thief and long a drinking spot for Japan's literary heavyweights. Dazai and Ranpo both put in their hours here. The room runs dark and Showa-era, with weathered books on the shelves and black-and-white portraits of famous patrons watching you order. The Golden Fizz comes with whipped egg yolk and a writer's endorsement.


  19. Rank 1738. Bar Orchard

    Cocktail Bar

    Bar Orchard is a Ginza cocktail bar where the menu is a heap of fresh fruit and you point at one, like a very expensive farmers market. The bartender builds something tiki-ish around your pick, then serves it in a ceramic shark, a turkey leg, or a tiny bathtub with suds on top. A flock of rubber ducks in outfits watches from the bar. Seats vanish fast, so arrive when the doors open at 6.



  20. Rank 1738. Chatei Hatou

    Japanese Café





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

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 10 min

    Friday 11 AM–7 PM

    Online
    Instagram

  22. Rank 1738. common.

    Coffee




  23. Rank 1738. 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.


  24. Rank 1738. Fuglen Tokyo

    Nordic Coffee


  25. Rank 1738. Gen Yamamoto

    Cocktail Bar

    Eight seats, one bartender, and a flower chosen to match each drink: Gen Yamamoto runs cocktails the way Kyoto runs kaiseki. You choose a flight of four, six, or seven courses, each one built around whatever ingredient the season hands over, each served in its own piece of glassware. It is a cocktail bar in the way a tea ceremony is a cup of tea. Yamamoto-san holds a spot on The 50 Discovery list.





  26. Rank 1738. Jazz Bar Samurai

    Cocktail Bar

    A small jazz listening bar on the fifth floor in Shinjuku, where the soundtrack is smooth, the drinks are dive-bar cheap, and roughly a thousand cat figurines watch you order. A five-foot white maneki neko presides over the shelves like a landlord. The cocktail list leans feline, including a peach-schnapps number topped with a neon green cherry, and most pours cost about what a train ride does.


  27. Rank 1738. Kirimugiya Jinroku

    Japanese Noodle Shop



  28. Rank 1738. Kosoan

    Dessert




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

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 10 min

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

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

    Closes soon, 7 PM, in 10 min

    Friday 9 AM–7 PM

    Online
    WebsiteInstagram
  31. Little Soul Cafe is a listening bar in Setagaya where the owner shakes your drink, then crosses the room to pick the next record from a wall of vinyl that runs well past ten thousand. Soul and funk come through a very good sound system, and you'll sit at a seven-seat counter or sink into a couch that feels borrowed from a friend. The menu is short except for the rum, which gets four pages. Smoking is still allowed.


  32. Rank 1738. Ok Coffee

    Coffee


  33. Rank 1738. Omnipollos

    Beer Bar

    Omnipollos is a craft beer bar from a Stockholm brewery, tucked into a former eel restaurant with a traditional tile roof, rainbow neon, and a yellow smiling-face lantern, all dropped into a grey business district. Inside it goes psychedelic, with baby blue walls, cloud-shaped lanterns, and ombre tabletops. Half the taps are Japanese, and the beer slushy with soft serve is a cheerful way to ignore your commute. It's on The Infatuation's Best Bars In Tokyo list.




  34. Rank 1738. PST Higashi Azabu

    Neapolitan Pizzeria


  35. Rock Fish is a standing bar in Ginza where the kakubin highball is the whole conversation, and regulars put them away by the dozen. The whisky is a Suntory bottling that reaches almost no one else, the soda is a Japanese brand sharp enough to feel in your throat, and there's no ice, so the glass is simply chilled until it behaves. The Infatuation lists it among Tokyo's best bars. A fried sesame sphere handles snack duty.













  36. Rank 1784. ADAMS

    Italian

    The awards


  37. Rank 1784. Amistad

    Portuguese

    The awards


  38. Rank 1784. BACAR

    Italian

    The awards


    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

  39. Rank 1784. bistro 11

    French

    The awards


  40. The awards


  41. Rank 1784. campesino

    French

    The awards


    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

  42. The awards


  43. The awards


  44. The awards


  45. Rank 1784. EL ALMA

    Iberian Spanish

    The awards


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

    Open now, until midnight

    Friday 3 PM–Midnight

  46. Rank 1784. Fungi do

    Italian

    The awards


  47. Rank 1784. gonki

    French

    The awards


  48. Rank 1784. Hikidashi

    Japanese

    The awards


  49. Rank 1784. Hitsujiya

    Japanese Barbecue

    The awards


    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
  50. Rank 1784. jibunchi

    Italian

    The awards


  51. The awards


    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
  52. The awards


    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
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