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  2. A tonkatsu counter where the pork changes depending on which regional brand the chef has tracked down lately, so the menu is familiar but what's on the plate keeps shifting. The combination platter covers both tenderloin and loin cuts if the choice feels impossible. Named for the chef's wife, which tells you something about the warmth of the room. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, which in a city this serious about pork is saying something.

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  3. Rank 807. Tonkatsu Minato

    Tonkatsu Japanese

    A tonkatsu specialist backed by the tempura house Shunsaiten Tsuchiya, where the headline move is pork fried at lower temperatures than you'd expect, leaving the slices faintly pink and tender rather than steakhouse-brown. The mixed loin-and-fillet plate is what most people order. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand, and the room draws pilgrims from across Japan who take their breaded pork seriously, which in Osaka means everyone.

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  4. A tonkatsu shop in Jingumae where the chef fries named-breed pork in lard kept at a lower temperature than usual, which gives the crust that rare quality of being crisp without being loud about it. Rice comes out of clay pots and into wooden tubs, a two-step process that keeps it light and a little sweet. The chicken cutlet earns a mention too, which makes sense once you know the chef also runs a yakitori place. Michelin Bib Gourmand.

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  5. Rank 807. Tonpachitei

    Japanese

    Tucked down a back alley near Ameya-Yokocho, this old-school tonkatsu shop earns a Michelin Bib Gourmand for thick pork loin cutlets fried slowly in lard at a gentle heat, a Western technique the third-generation chef picked up in Europe and quietly brought back to Ueno. Four condiments on the table, rock salt to Worcestershire, invite some experimentation. There will be a queue, which in this neighborhood tells you more than any review could.

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    Address
    4-3-4 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 110-0005, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM

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  6. Rank 807. Tori Yamaguchi

    Yakitori Japanese

    A yakitori counter in Kashihara where the chef built the whole menu around Nara-raised chicken, working through cuts most places never bother with. Skewers get seasoned to order, salt on some, chicken fat or sake on others, and the tenderloin comes showered in Yamato tachibana, a pepper made from an ancient local citrus. The meal winds down with yakitori over rice or ramen in chicken broth. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand.

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  7. Rank 807. Torishige

    Yakitori Japanese

    An old photo on the first floor shows the original sign from the postwar stall this yakitori spot grew out of, which sets the tone. The name itself is a small history lesson: "tori" once covered pork and chicken both, and "shige" nods to a prime minister. You eat with two bamboo skewers instead of chopsticks. Rare cuts sit alongside the meat-stuffed peppers that have been on every menu since day one. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand.

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  8. The chef grinds two different unpolished buckwheat grains together by hand, adjusting for moisture before the noodles are made, which tells you how seriously this soba shop takes its business. The result comes as cold seiro with a katsuobushi-forward dipping broth or as hot kake, both clean and precise. Side dishes lean into old soba-shop classics. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand, and the quiet Setagaya address keeps the room unhurried.

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  9. Rank 807. Trattoria Buca'Massimo

    Tuscan Trattoria

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  10. Rank 807. Udondokoro Shigemi

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  13. Rank 807. Vegan Ramen UZU

    Vegan Japanese Noodle Shop

    A ramen shop where teamLab designed the dining room, so expect digital art that mirrors left and right across black tables and India-ink brushwork on the walls. The menu is fully vegan, and everyone sits at one long communal table, which either sounds like your thing or it doesn't. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, and the bowl holds up its end of that bargain.

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  14. An Italian restaurant in Osaka's Fukushima neighborhood that lets the Japanese calendar do the heavy lifting, so the menu shifts with whatever the season hands over, bamboo shoots giving way to sweetfish, pike conger, then game. The chef trained across both mountain and coastal kitchens, and you feel that range. Guests can mix and match pasta styles or nudge portion sizes, which is either thoughtful hospitality or proof that the regulars here have opinions. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand.

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  15. Rank 807. Washoku Haru

    Japanese

    A casual Japanese meal spot in Shimogyo-ku where the menu sets you up just enough to be pleasantly surprised by what arrives. The kitchen leans into simple, everyday washoku cooking, then quietly subverts it: potato salad made with whole fluffy potatoes in a creamy sauce, a minced cutlet with a whisper of duck, a thick sabazushi roll that rewards a second look. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place that earns it without trying to look like it's trying.

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  17. Rank 807. Watabe

    Eel Japanese

    The lunch menu at this eel restaurant in Bunkyo is built around the Enma-ju, a lacquer box holding both shirayaki, grilled plain, and kabayaki, glazed and broiled over rice, named for a deity at the temple around the corner. By evening, the kitchen drifts toward France: eel terrine with foie gras, smoked eel alongside Brie. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a rare place where the pivot from fishmonger to Franco-Japanese eel house actually makes complete sense.

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  18. Rank 807. wokotote

    Japanese

    The name comes from the grammatical particles that hold Japanese sentences together, a small clue that language and craft matter here. This kaiseki-trained chef runs a casual Japanese dining room in Nezu where the omakase keeps things flexible, letting you add à la carte snacks alongside the set. The sashimi arrives with a malted rice and fish sauce dip. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a room that seems happy to let the evening stretch.

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    Address
    2-35-1 Nezu, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0031, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–10:30 PM

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    1-5-10 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 103-0028, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  20. Rank 807. Yakitori Abe

    Yakitori Japanese

    An omakase yakitori counter where the skewers keep arriving until you hold up a hand and say enough. The chef works one skewer at a time, headband knotted from a twisted towel in the old Japanese fashion, the kitchen running with quiet discipline behind him. Flavors swing from delicate to fatty, textures from yielding to snappy, with vegetables breaking the rhythm. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand.

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    2F, 64-4 Yaraicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo 162-0805, Japan
    Hours

    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

    Thursday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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  22. Rank 807. Yakumo

    Japanese Noodle Shop

    A wonton ramen shop in Meguro where the whole point is the wonton, which comes in two kinds: pork with ginger or shrimp, each with a noticeably different texture. Order the Tokusei if you want both. Then you pick your soup, white dashi or black dashi or a mix of the two, and your noodles, thin or flat. It's a lot of decisions for a bowl of ramen, but nobody seems to mind. The Michelin Guide awards it a Bib Gourmand.

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  23. A pizza spot on Mt. Ikomayama with a view over the city and a crust that owes its soft, fluffy character to local Ikoma spring water. The chef trained in Italy and then quietly went his own way, cutting back on salt and working with vegetables from nearby farms. The result is something Naples wouldn't recognize and probably couldn't reproduce. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Bib Gourmand. It closes for the entirety of February.

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  24. Rank 807. Yamato

    Japanese

    Guests pull up around a hearth and charcoal brazier while the proprietress tends the fire herself, grilling clams, ichiyaboshi, and whatever seasonal vegetables the market sent over. It's an intimate charcoal grill spot in Nihombashi, the kind of place where the sake pours and the smoke rises and nobody's in a hurry. The Michelin Guide has given it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks for a room this focused and unhurried.

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  25. Rank 807. Yōshoku Edoya

    Yoshoku Japanese

    The hamburger steak here arrives under a glossy demi-glace with a fried egg on top, and ordering anything else feels almost beside the point. Yōshoku Edoya is an old-school institution serving yoshoku, the Western-influenced Japanese cooking that peaked in postwar Tokyo and never really went out of style in the right neighborhoods. The beef is kneaded and grilled with a patience that reads as muscle memory. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and rice comes with.

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  26. The menu is built around soup, specifically the Italian peasant habit of tearing bread into bowls of braised beans and vegetables. This casual Italian osteria in Setagaya takes its name from a Tuscan hill town the chef fell for during his apprenticeship, and the cooking stays loyal to that simplicity: handmade pasta, char-grilled fish and meat, honest portions meant for sharing. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, which tracks with the price.

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  27. The pizza here crosses Naples with Japan without making a fuss about it, which is harder than it sounds. This is a Neapolitan-style pizzeria inside Azabudai Hills, run by a Neapolitan who has been in Tokyo long enough to know exactly where local ingredients fit into a classic dough. The menu is short and deliberate, the fermentation long, and the wine cellar personal. It holds the top spot on 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific and sits at number thirteen on the World list.


  28. A pizzeria-grill sitting inside Nagoya's busiest shopping arcade, Cesari runs on the reputation of Pasquale Makishima, who won the World Pizza Championship and then quietly built what amounts to a small Italian food empire in Japan. The menu spans red and white pies made with imported Italian ingredients, grilled meat, classic Italian dishes, and desserts from the in-house lab upstairs. The wine list is organized to pair with all of it. Ranked in the 50 Top Pizza World list.


    Address
    3 Chome-36-44 Osu, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 460-0011, Japan · Nagoya
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  29. Rank 1029. Agni

    French

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    1-8-28 Tamachi, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0825, Japan · Okayama City
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 6 PM–Midnight

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  30. Rank 1029. AL CENTRO

    Italian

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    Address
    2-15-1 Nagashima, Aomori City, Aomori 030-0861, Japan · Aomori City
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    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 6 PM–11 PM

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    43 Ongagenjiine, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata 997-0806, Japan · Tsuruoka City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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  32. Rank 1029. Amayadori

    Japanese

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    8 Nagatacho, Morioka City, Iwate 020-0062, Japan · Morioka City
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 11:30 AM–Midnight

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  33. Rank 1029. Annata

    Italian

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  34. Rank 1029. Badalone

    Italian

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    1-5-12 Odori, Hanamaki City, Iwate 025-0092, Japan · Hanamaki City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  35. Rank 1029. bekki

    Italian

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    2-2-11 Kego, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0023, Japan · Fukuoka City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–1:30 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  36. Rank 1029. Bricole

    Japanese

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  37. Rank 1029. Çava.K.

    French

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    791-11 Sabaka, Kikugawa City, Shizuoka 439-0003, Japan · Kikugawa City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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    2-3-6 Chiyoda, Nagoya City, Aichi 460-0012, Japan · Nagoya City
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    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

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

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  41. Rank 1029. da zero

    Italian

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    3051 Hinoe, Takaokagunsagawa Town, Kochi 789-1203, Japan · Takaokagunsagawa Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  42. Rank 1029. DIRETTO

    Italian

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    5-16 Fujimicho, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima 730-0043, Japan · Hiroshima City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–1 PM, 6 PM–8:30 PM

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    487-1 Yamanouecho, Minokamo City, Gifu 505-0003, Japan · Minokamo City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–3 PM, 6:30 PM–10 PM

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  44. Rank 1029. EMMÉ

    French

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    2-3-19 Shibuya, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 150-0002, Japan · Shibuya Ward
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    Open now, until 1 AM

    Thursday Noon–4 PM, 5 PM–1 AM

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  45. Rank 1029. esse

    Italian

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  47. Rank 1029. Fenêtre

    French

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  48. Rank 1029. FIL D'OR

    French

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  49. Rank 1029. fudo

    Italian

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  50. Rank 1029. Fujio

    Japanese

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    Address
    6-1 Kajiyachou, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 850-0831, Japan · Nagasaki City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 6:30 PM

    Thursday 6:30 PM–10:30 PM

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    1064-1 Hirara, Miyakojima City, Okinawa 906-0008, Japan · Miyakojima City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–2 PM, 5:30 PM–10 PM

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  52. Rank 1029. Hashoku

    Chinese

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    6-5-3 Asakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan · Taito Ward
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

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

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  53. Rank 1029. IL CASINO

    Italian

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  55. Rank 1029. il Filo

    Italian

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    107 Dotemachi, Hirosaki City, Aomori 036-8182, Japan · Hirosaki City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

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

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  56. Rank 1029. il Pregio

    Italian

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    1-17-7 Uehara, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 151-0064, Japan · Shibuya Ward
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    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

    Thursday 6 PM–11 PM

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  57. Rank 1029. ITSUKIRI

    French

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    2891 Shimobuse, Isumi City, Chiba 298-0017, Japan · Isumi City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 5 PM

    Thursday 5 PM–9:30 PM

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  58. Rank 1029. Kawashima

    Japanese

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    1775 Kyoumachi, Karatsu City, Saga 847-0045, Japan · Karatsu City
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 6:30 PM–Midnight

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  60. Rank 1029. L'API

    Italian

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    Kamimitani, Iyo City, Ehime 799-3104, Japan · Iyo City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–12:30 PM, 6 PM–7 PM

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  61. Rank 1029. L'atelier

    French

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    2-23-21 Kume, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0033, Japan · Naha City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–10 PM

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    26 Sanganaijinaka, Kaifugunminami Town, Tokushima 779-2307, Japan · Kaifugunminami Town
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  64. Rank 1029. Masahito

    Japanese

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  65. Rank 1029. Masuki

    Chinese

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    1-14-15 Obiyamachi, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0841, Japan · Kochi City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

  67. Rank 1029. minami

    Chinese

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  68. Rank 1029. monk

    Pizzeria


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    1-14-4 Ebisunishi, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 150-0021, Japan · Shibuya Ward
    Hours

    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

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

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  70. Rank 1029. muk

    French

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    79-1 Toukai, Itoigawa City, Niigata 941-0021, Japan · Itoigawa City
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 6 PM–Midnight

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  72. Rank 1029. N-3 trois

    French

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    2076-1 Saikinami, Ube City, Yamaguchi 755-0151, Japan · Ube City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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  73. Rank 1029. NAKAGAWA

    Italian

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    2-1-82 Watanabedori, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan · Fukuoka City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:45 AM

    Thursday 11:45 AM–3 PM, 6 PM–10:30 PM

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  74. Rank 1029. Neki

    French

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    8-1 Nihombashi Kabutocho, Chuo Ward, Tokyo 103-0026, Japan · Chuo Ward
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

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

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  76. Rank 1029. nikap

    Italian

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    7-8 Oasa Shimmachi, Ebetsu City, Hokkaido 069-0863, Japan · Ebetsu City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

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

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    3-26 Namiki, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan · Tsukuba City
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    Open now, until midnight

    Thursday 6 PM–Midnight

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  80. Rank 1029. o no hidume

    Italian

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    Address
    10-6 Tsuruta, Tsuruta Town, Aomori 038-3503, Japan · Tsuruta Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11 AM

    Thursday 11 AM–7 PM

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  83. Rank 1029. RAVI

    French

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    3-4-1 Hachimancho Nakatsubo, Gujo City, Gifu 501-4211, Japan · Gujo City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  84. Rank 1029. Renshan

    Chinese

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    Address
    4-1-7 Shirokane, Minato Ward, Tokyo 108-0072, Japan · Minato Ward
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    Closed now, opens Fri 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–10 PM

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    2-2-17 Dogasaki, Iwanuma City, Miyagi 989-2451, Japan · Iwanuma City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 6 PM–9:30 PM

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    28-13 Ekimotomachi, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0024, Japan · Okayama City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–3 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    3-3-3 Omotemachi, Nagaoka City, Niigata 940-0071, Japan · Nagaoka City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 6 PM–8 PM

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    1-4 Matsukagecho, Hakodate City, Hokkaido 040-0003, Japan · Hakodate City
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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    Website
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    3-13-7 Tamagawa, Setagaya Ward, Tokyo 158-0094, Japan · Setagaya Ward
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    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

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

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    2-2-51 Kyoueimachi, Imabari City, Ehime 794-0024, Japan · Imabari City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 11:30 AM

    Thursday 11:30 AM–Noon, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM

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  94. Rank 1029. Ryuen

    Chinese

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    3-1-9 Nishiasakusa, Taito Ward, Tokyo 111-0035, Japan · Taito Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–1:30 PM, 6 PM–8 PM

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    1967-1 Nakama, Onna Village, Okinawa 904-0401, Japan · Onna Village
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 7 AM

    Thursday 7 AM–11 AM, 5 PM–10:30 PM

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    2-21-12 Achi, Kurashiki City, Okayama 710-0055, Japan · Kurashiki City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    2-63-2 Kakubancho, Yonago City, Tottori 683-0812, Japan · Yonago City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens Fri 6 PM

    Thursday 6 PM–9 PM

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  98. Rank 1029. SOLATIO

    Italian

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    1-112 Takahanacho, Saitama City, Saitama 330-0803, Japan · Saitama City
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    Closed now, opens Fri noon

    Thursday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    1-10-26 Nodayacho, Okayama City, Okayama 700-0815, Japan · Okayama City
    Hours

    Closes soon, 11 PM, in 1 min

    Thursday 6 PM–11 PM

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