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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in Japan

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  1. Rank 401. Dewaya

    Japanese


  2. Rank 402. Bar Nayuta

    Cocktail Bar


  3. Eight seats at a counter on the 38th floor of the Mandarin Oriental, close enough to the oven to feel the heat on your face. This is an omakase pizza bar, Roman-style rounds served one slice at a time, eight courses in the manner of a sushi counter. The chef is originally from Rome, the ingredients lean Japanese and small-farm, and the menu shifts with the season. It holds a spot on 50 Top Pizza World. Book well ahead.


    Address
    38F, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, 2-1-1 Nihombashimuromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-8328, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 1:30 PM–3 PM, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM, 8 PM–10 PM

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  5. Rank 404. Yamazato Tokyo

    Kappo Japanese

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  6. Rank 406. JULIA

    Japanese

    Dinner at this Aoyama restaurant starts downstairs with an aperitif before guests move up to the main dining room, where the kitchen is fully on view. The chef and her sommelier husband run the room together, and the Japanese tasting menu leans hard into vegetables, pickled things, and foraged mountain produce. The converted house keeps the whole thing feeling like someone's very well-fed home, which is perhaps the point.



  7. Address
    4-16-15 Minamiaoyama, Minato Ward, Tokyo 107-0062, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–11:59 PM

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    Website
  8. Rank 408. Takumi

    French


    Address
    1-11-10 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 106-0031, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

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

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  13. Rank 409. a.ligne

    French

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    Address
    2-3-12 Shinsakae, Nagoya City, Aichi 460-0007, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  14. Rank 409. aca

    Portuguese

    Reservations run through a lottery here, which tells you most of what you need to know before you even sit down. This is an intimate counter-only omakase restaurant in Nihombashi serving Portuguese cuisine, where the chef threads the restrained rhythm of omakase through bold Iberian flavors across a 13-course progression. It moved from Kyoto and landed in Tokyo to the same quiet frenzy of demand. Bring patience for the reservation system and a loose evening.


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    Address
    1-1-22 Fukiage, Wakayama City, Wakayama 640-8137, Japan · Wakayama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    64 Honjo, Yurihonjo City, Akita 015-0809, Japan · Yurihonjo City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  17. Rank 409. AGRISCAPE

    French

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    Address
    177 Kobetsusawa, Sapporo City, Hokkaido 063-0011, Japan · Sapporo City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:40 PM

    Friday 12:10 PM–3:30 PM, 5:40 PM–10 PM

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  18. Rank 409. Aji Arai

    Japanese

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  19. Rank 409. Ajidokoro

    Japanese

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    Address
    40-35 Yuchi, Kuriyama Town, Hokkaido 069-1508, Japan · Kuriyama Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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    Website
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    22 Daikumachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa 920-0982, Japan · Kanazawa City
    Hours

    Open now, until 9:30 PM

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

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    1-3 Kioichou, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan · Chiyoda Ward
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    6-3-13 Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo 107-0052, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  23. Rank 409. aki nagao

    French

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    Address
    10907 Kin, Kin Town, Okinawa 904-1201, Japan · Kin Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Website
  26. Rank 409. Amegen

    Japanese

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  27. Rank 409. Amiral

    French

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    Address
    5-10-17 Nishichuo, Kure City, Hiroshima 737-0811, Japan · Kure City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  28. Rank 409. Ăn Đi

    Vietnamese


    Address
    3-42-12 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  29. Rank 409. anchoa

    Spanish

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    Address
    1-9-15 Shin-yashiki, Kumamoto City, Kumamoto 862-0975, Japan · Kumamoto City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  31. Rank 409. Ao

    Japanese

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  32. Rank 409. APICIUS

    French


    Address
    B1F, 1-9-4 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

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

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    3-5-22 Kokubuncho, Sendai City, Miyagi 980-0803, Japan · Sendai City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Friday Noon–12:30 PM, 6:30 PM–11 PM

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  34. Rank 409. aru

    French

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    2-28 Hirokouji, Toyohashi City, Aichi 440-0881, Japan · Toyohashi City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6:30 PM–9 PM

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  35. Rank 409. Arutokoro

    Japanese

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    Address
    732 Kagami, Karatsu City, Saga 847-0022, Japan · Karatsu City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  36. Rank 409. Asuke

    Sushi

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    Address
    1-5-5 Azabujuban, Minato Ward, Tokyo 106-0045, Japan · Minato Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–8 PM

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    Website
  39. Rank 409. Bini

    Italian

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    20-24 Hommachi, Ise City, Mie 516-0074, Japan · Ise City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

    Online
    Website
  41. Rank 409. Bon.nu

    French

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    4-22-17 Yoyogi, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 151-0053, Japan · Shibuya Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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    Website
  42. Rank 409. Cá sento

    Portuguese


  43. Rank 409. ca'enne

    Italian

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    Address
    10222-25 Toyohirajitougaku, Chino City, Nagano 391-0213, Japan · Chino City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Website
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  48. Rank 409. Cheval

    French

    The name is French for horse, and the chef named it partly because she was born in the Year of the Horse and partly because the neighborhood translates roughly as "post-horse town," which is the kind of origin story that sounds made up but isn't. This is a French restaurant with an à la carte menu only, the preparations kept deliberately simple, and a risotto on the menu that riffs on a local clam-and-rice dish from the chef's home ward.


    Address
    12-20 Nihombashiodemmacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-0011, Japan
    Hours

    Open now, until 11:30 PM

    Friday 5 PM–11:30 PM

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  49. Rank 409. Chez Inno

    French


    Address
    2-4-16 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 104-0031, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

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

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    Website
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  52. Rank 409. common

    Japanese

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  53. Rank 409. Convivio

    Italian

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  54. Rank 409. Courage

    French


  55. Rank 409. CRAFTALE

    French

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  56. Rank 409. credo

    French

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    Address
    5-21-11 Iida, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-2332, Japan · Yamagata City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  58. Rank 409. Dogo Kaishū

    Japanese

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    Address
    5-13-5 Kanagusuku, Naha City, Okinawa 901-0155, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6:30 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6:30 PM–11 PM

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    Instagram
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    2-4-10 Annoyamachi, Toyama City, Toyama 930-0087, Japan · Toyama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    25 Edomachi, Kuwana City, Mie 511-0022, Japan · Kuwana City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–12:30 PM, 6 PM–7 PM

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  63. Rank 409. Eizan

    Japanese

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    Address
    10-3 Noboricho, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 730-0016, Japan · Hiroshima City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Website
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  65. Rank 409. eman

    Spanish


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  68. Rank 409. ÉPURÉ

    French

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  69. Rank 409. Erretegia

    Wood-fired Mediterranean

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    Address
    5513-142 Kitayama, Chino City, Nagano 391-0301, Japan · Chino City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:45 PM

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 5:45 PM–7 PM

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  71. Rank 409. essere

    Italian

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    2-13-1 Kitakutamachi, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0825, Japan · Okayama City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  72. Rank 409. et NOU

    French

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  73. Rank 409. Etsumi Ittou

    Japanese

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    Address
    2-1-7 Haruyama, Fukui City, Fukui 910-0019, Japan · Fukui City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday 6 PM–10 PM

    Online
    Website
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    Address
    10-8 Tatsumicho, Takasaki City, Gunma 370-0835, Japan · Takasaki City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  75. Rank 409. fenua

    French

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  76. Rank 409. fierté

    French

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  78. Rank 409. FRUTTO

    Italian

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  79. Rank 409. Fukuya

    Japanese

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  80. Rank 409. Funachef

    French

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

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  82. Rank 409. 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.


  83. Rank 409. Gessen

    Chinese

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  85. Rank 409. HAGI

    French

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

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

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

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    Instagram
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  88. Rank 409. Hasunomi

    Chinese

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  90. 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.


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  92. Rank 409. hika

    French

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

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

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

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  96. Rank 409. Hinode

    Japanese

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  97. Rank 409. 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

    Open now, until 6:30 PM

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

    Online
    Website
  98. Rank 409. 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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  99. Rank 409. hiroto

    French

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