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  3. Rank 499. a.ligne

    French

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  4. Rank 499. 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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    1-1-22 Fukiage, Wakayama City, Wakayama 640-8137, Japan · Wakayama City
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  7. Rank 499. AGRISCAPE

    French

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

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

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  8. Rank 499. Aji Arai

    Japanese

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  9. Rank 499. Ajidokoro

    Japanese

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

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 6 min

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 36 min

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

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    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

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  13. Rank 499. aki nagao

    French

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  16. Rank 499. Amegen

    Japanese

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    1058-2 Hamatamamachi Gotanda, Karatsu City, Saga 849-5102, Japan · Karatsu City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 6 min

    Friday 11 AM–3:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  17. Rank 499. Amiral

    French

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

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  18. Rank 499. Ăn Đi

    Vietnamese


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

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  19. Rank 499. anchoa

    Spanish

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  21. Rank 499. Ao

    Japanese

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  22. Rank 499. APICIUS

    French


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

    Open now, until 11 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

    Open now, until 11 PM

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

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  24. Rank 499. aru

    French

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

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 6 min

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6:30 PM–9 PM

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  25. Rank 499. Arutokoro

    Japanese

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    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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  26. Rank 499. Asuke

    Sushi

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

    Closed now, opens Sat 5:30 PM

    Friday 5:30 PM–8 PM

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  29. Rank 499. Bini

    Italian

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

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 36 min

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 5:30 PM–9:30 PM

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    Website
  31. Rank 499. Bon.nu

    French

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

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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  32. Rank 499. Cá sento

    Portuguese


  33. Rank 499. ca'enne

    Italian

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  38. Rank 499. 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.


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    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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  39. Rank 499. Chez Inno

    French


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

    Closed now, opens Sat 11:30 AM

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

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  42. Rank 499. common

    Japanese

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  43. Rank 499. Convivio

    Italian

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  44. Rank 499. Courage

    French


  45. Rank 499. CRAFTALE

    French

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  46. Rank 499. credo

    French

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

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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  48. Rank 499. Dogo Kaishū

    Japanese

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

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6:30 PM–11 PM

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–12:30 PM, 6 PM–7 PM

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  53. Rank 499. Eizan

    Japanese

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  55. Rank 499. eman

    Spanish


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  58. Rank 499. ÉPURÉ

    French

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  59. Rank 499. Erretegia

    Wood-fired Mediterranean

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

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–1:30 PM, 5:45 PM–7 PM

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  61. Rank 499. essere

    Italian

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  62. Rank 499. et NOU

    French

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    9-19 Sennichicho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima 892-0843, Japan · Kagoshima City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 9 PM, in 6 min

    Friday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  63. Rank 499. Etsumi Ittou

    Japanese

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  65. Rank 499. fenua

    French

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    3338-2 Miyakubocho Tomoura, Imabari City, Ehime 794-2204, Japan · Imabari City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Sat noon

    Friday Noon–2 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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  66. Rank 499. fierté

    French

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  68. Rank 499. FRUTTO

    Italian

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  69. Rank 499. Fukuya

    Japanese

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  70. Rank 499. Funachef

    French

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  72. Rank 499. 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.


  73. Rank 499. Gessen

    Chinese

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    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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  75. Rank 499. HAGI

    French

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    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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  78. Rank 499. Hasunomi

    Chinese

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

    Closes soon, 9:30 PM, in 36 min

    Friday 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  80. 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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  82. Rank 499. hika

    French

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

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

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  86. Rank 499. Hinode

    Japanese

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  87. Rank 499. 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
  88. Rank 499. 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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  89. Rank 499. hiroto

    French

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  90. Rank 499. 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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  95. Rank 499. 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

  96. Rank 499. IL Lato

    Italian

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  97. Rank 499. 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

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

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Friday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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