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  1. Rank 1682. Ok Coffee

    Coffee




  2. Rank 1682. PST Higashi Azabu

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  3. Rank 1719. ADAMS

    Italian

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    Address
    452-6 Kuwae, Chatan Town, Okinawa 904-0103, Japan · Chatan Town
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7 PM

    Wednesday 7 PM–11 PM

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  4. Rank 1719. Amistad

    Portuguese

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  5. Rank 1719. BACAR

    Italian

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  6. Rank 1719. bistro 11

    French

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    Address
    3-7-13 Takaban, Meguro Ward, Tokyo 152-0004, Japan · Meguro Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–Midnight

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  8. Rank 1719. campesino

    French

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    Address
    6-21 Shiromicho, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0824, Japan · Kochi City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

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

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  12. Rank 1719. EL ALMA

    Iberian Spanish

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

    Closed now, opens 3 PM

    Wednesday 3 PM–Midnight

  13. Rank 1719. Fungi do

    Italian

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  14. Rank 1719. gonki

    French

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  15. Rank 1719. Hikidashi

    Japanese

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  16. Rank 1719. Hitsujiya

    Japanese Barbecue

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    Address
    4220-15 Tominami, Murayama City, Yamagata 995-0208, Japan · Murayama City
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–9 PM

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  17. Rank 1719. jibunchi

    Italian

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    Address
    3-5-19 Fujitsukacho, Takamatsu City, Kagawa 760-0071, Japan · Takamatsu City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–2 PM, 5 PM–10 PM

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  21. Rank 1719. Mirongyuan

    Chinese

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    Address
    2-3-16 Harimayacho, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0822, Japan · Kochi City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 PM

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

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    Website
  22. Rank 1719. Nature

    French

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  24. Rank 1719. osteria due

    Italian

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    Address
    1-8-12 Tomari, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0012, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–2:30 PM, 5 PM–11 PM

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    Address
    2-18-11 Kume, Naha City, Okinawa 900-0033, Japan · Naha City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11:30 PM

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    374-1 Nishimaecho, Kyoto City, Kyoto 600-8083, Japan · Kyoto City
    Hours

    Open now, until 3 PM

    Wednesday 11:30 AM–3 PM, 5 PM–10:30 PM

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  27. Rank 1719. PEZ

    French

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    Address
    37-14 Udagawacho, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo 150-0042, Japan · Shibuya Ward
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11:30 PM

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  29. Rank 1719. Pizza Gorge

    Pizzeria

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    Address
    7 Koikecho, Nagoya City, Aichi 465-0047, Japan · Nagoya City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Wednesday 5:30 PM–10 PM

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    Address
    41 Minamimama, Kochi City, Kochi 780-0971, Japan · Kochi City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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    2-7-14 Watanabedori, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 810-0004, Japan · Fukuoka City
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  33. Rank 1719. rokusyo.

    French

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    Address
    527 Untembaru, Nago City, Okinawa 905-1634, Japan · Nago City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Wednesday 5:30 PM–11 PM

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  37. Rank 1719. VAGABUNDO

    Mexican

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    Address
    188-1 Okawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa 907-0022, Japan · Ishigaki City
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5:30 PM

    Wednesday 5:30 PM–11:30 PM

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  38. Rank 1719. Yakitori Morimoto

    Japanese Barbecue

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  40. Rank 1756. Ajihei

    Japanese Hot Pot


  41. Rank 1756. Akagakiya Namba

    Japanese Tavern


    Address
    3 Chome-1-32 Nanba, Chūō-ku, Ōsaka-shi, Ōsaka-fu 542-0076, Japan
    Hours

    Open now, until 10:30 PM

    Wednesday 10 AM–10:30 PM

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  42. A mixed-use complex in the heart of the city with over a hundred food options under one roof, which sounds like a nightmare until you realize it contains a second location of Sushi Saito. Florilège holds two Michelin stars here, and the rest of the lineup runs from Arabica Kyoto coffee to Sembikiya parfaits to wagyu burgers at Shogun Burger. Arrive hungry and without a fixed plan; the place rewards wandering.


  43. Rank 1756. bar MEIJIU

    Cocktail Bar


  44. Rank 1756. Binbiya

    Izakaya



  45. Rank 1756. Butagumi

    Japanese


  46. Rank 1756. Coffee L'ambre

    Traditional Japanese Café


    Address
    3-chōme-31-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan · Tokyo
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Wednesday 9:30 AM–11 PM

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  47. Rank 1756. Daigen

    Japanese

    A takoyaki stand in Amerikamura, the Osaka district of vintage shops and record crates, where the teenage regulars clearly know something the Dotonbori tourist trail does not. The elderly couple running it have been at this for decades, turning out octopus balls piled with green onions and a version called takosen, where the whole thing gets sandwiched between two thin shrimp crackers. The batter lands soft inside and crisp out, which sounds obvious but rarely is.


  48. A pull-string activates a heating device tucked into the beef tongue bento, which tells you everything about how seriously Japan takes train food. This ekiben shop inside Tokyo Station stocks around 170 regional bento boxes sourced from across the country, each one a kind of edible postcard from wherever you're not going. Grab one with your green tea before boarding the shinkansen and feel extremely correct about your life choices.


  49. Rank 1756. 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.


  50. Rank 1756. Ginzaya

    Izakaya


  51. An old-school unagi restaurant that claims to have invented the Osaka style of preparing freshwater eel, which skips the steaming step common elsewhere and goes straight from sauce to flame. The result is a crispier, more intensely flavored dish than the Tokyo version. Head-to-tail cutting adds to the richness. Summer is the season locals treat this as a destination, though the place has been drawing them in for longer than anyone can reasonably claim to remember.


  52. Okonomiyaki, the savory pancake whose name translates to "whatever you'd like, grilled," is Osaka's most democratic dish, and this snug alley spot in Dotonbori takes it seriously. The chef layers batter, cabbage, and your chosen mix of beef tendon and konjac, or scallops and cheese, onto an iron griddle until it's light and cooked through, then finishes with sauce and an optional egg. Casual, cheap, and deeply Osaka.


    Address
    1 Chome-7-10 Dotonbori, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0071, Japan
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11 PM

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  53. Rank 1756. Itamae Yakiniku Itto

    Japanese Barbecue


  54. Every evening at this tiny street food stand, chef Toyoji Chikumoto torches tuna cheeks with something closer to a flamethrower than a kitchen tool, cigarette dangling, bare hands in the fish. The result is charred outside, raw and cold within. The rest of the menu leans into the same excess: fatty tuna, sea urchin, salmon roe piled together like a dare. Bring cash, bring patience, and lower your expectations for personal space.


  55. Rank 1756. Kagari Ramen

    Japanese Noodle Shop


  56. Rank 1756. Kanbukuro

    Dessert


  57. The wood counter is a little wobbly and the chefs are elderly and absolutely not interested in rushing. This old-school udon shop is credited with pioneering Osaka's zaru style, serving chewy, hand-cut noodles cold alongside a dipping sauce. The chefs slice the dough by hand with Japanese knives, which gives the noodles a smoothness a machine can't quite replicate. A bowl here feels like lunch at someone's kitchen, which is more or less the point.


  58. Rank 1756. La Pizza Napoletana Regalo

    Neapolitan Pizzeria


  59. Rank 1756. LIAISON

    French Japanese

    A French technique restaurant in Fukushima where the name does double duty: it's a culinary term and a philosophy, nodding to the chef's tight network of hunters, farmers, and fishmongers supplying Ezo deer, Aomori duck, and Awaji Island seafood. The whitewashed room is calm and unhurried, and the set menu moves from delicate amuse-bouches through earthy, fragrant combinations that feel like they required a lot of phone calls to pull off.


  60. Rank 1756. Maruyama

    Japanese


    Address
    Japan, 〒103-0026 Tokyo, Chuo City, Nihonbashikabutochō, 3−5 K5ビル 1階 · Tokyo
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  61. Rank 1756. Matsuyoshi

    Japanese Barbecue


  62. Rank 1756. Menya Jouroku

    Ramen Shop


  63. Rank 1756. Moeyo Mensuke

    Ramen Shop


  64. Rank 1756. Muguni

    Japanese


  65. Rank 1756. New Light

    Japanese


  66. The hassun tray arrives looking more like an ikebana arrangement than a dinner course, small dishes composed with the kind of deliberate beauty that makes you pause before picking up your chopsticks. This is a kappo counter in Nishitemma where the seasonal Japanese menu drifts into Burgundy wine and the occasional thread of cheese or duck. The all-female team runs the room with real warmth, which stands out in Osaka's fine dining scene.


  67. Rank 1756. Shabusen

    Japanese

    Each diner gets their own personal hot pot at this casual Ginza counter, cooking thin-sliced wagyu or pork through simmering broth and finishing in sesame dressing, ponzu, or a raw egg for sukiyaki. It's a no-fuss, deeply satisfying format, the kind of place where the tableware, handmade in the mingei folk-craft tradition, quietly outclasses the surroundings. The menu is essentially two items, and nobody seems to mind.


  68. Rank 1756. Shimanouchi Ichiyo

    Seasonal Kappo

    Kappo sits somewhere between kaiseki's ceremony and an izakaya's ease, and Shimanouchi Ichiyo leans hard toward the easy end. It's a small, informal spot built around whatever came in from the Seto Inland Sea that morning, so the menu shifts daily. The kitchen has a taste for unexpected pairings, eel with kelp, fried sweetfish with tartar sauce. The sashimi platter ventures into less familiar cuts, rainbow trout and filefish served with its own liver.


  69. A Shinto altar anchors the dining room, and that's not decoration, it's the concept. Shinon Washoku Senryu is an 18-seat kaiseki restaurant built around osagari, the practice of first offering food to the gods before serving it to you. Shoji screens, a hushed atmosphere, and seasonal dishes that lean subtle rather than showy follow from there. The kind of place where you eat slowly and think about things.


  70. Rank 1756. Sougo

    Vegetarian Japanese

    Shojin ryori, the centuries-old vegetarian cuisine of Buddhist monasteries, gets a modern Roppongi address at this quiet, thoughtful restaurant. The kitchen works with land and sea vegetables alongside traditional ingredients like fu and yuba, the kind of pantry that rewards curiosity. For the curious who want to go further, there's a cooking school inside. The international crowd in this neighborhood means the chef can lean into the tradition without having to explain it apologetically.




  71. Thirty-seven floors up in the Four Seasons, picture windows frame the Osaka skyline while Yannick Alléno's omakase counter pairs Yasuda Itaru's sushi technique with threads of French haute cuisine. The combination sounds like a concept pitch, but the kitchen commits, moving from bonito-and-kelp consommé through the day's nigiri and, somehow, mushroom ice cream. Dress accordingly, bring your appetite for the unexpected, and do not arrive expecting a traditional sushi bar.


  72. Rank 1756. Sushi Yuu

    Edomae Sushi

    An Edomae sushi counter in a quiet Nishiazabu residential pocket, a short walk from the chaos of Roppongi but a world away from it. The chef greets guests in Japanese, English, Russian, or Italian, which sets the tone: this is a high-end sushiya that skips the cathedral hush. Small seasonal bites come first, then the nigiri procession arrives. The kind of place that proves formality and warmth are not the same thing.



  73. Rank 1756. Taimeiken

    Japanese

    The omurice here was developed specifically for Juzo Itami's film Tampopo, and you can still order that exact version today. Taimeiken is an old-school yoshoku restaurant in Nihonbashi, serving Western-influenced Japanese classics like omurice and katsu to loyal crowds who've been coming for generations. Walk-ins fill the casual ground floor; the second floor takes reservations and dresses things up a little. The third-generation chef now runs the kitchen.


  74. A ten-seat counter in Shimanouchi where a chef who spent a decade at a two-Michelin-starred tempura house now runs his own show. The name means "new moon," which sets the tone: this is a tempura restaurant with ambitions beyond the obvious. A cottonseed-and-sesame oil blend gives the batter its signature crispness, and the vegetable cuts are calibrated to hold moisture. Come for the catch of the day, stay for the fried seasonal produce.


    Address
    1st Floor, 2-9-26, Shimanouchi, Chuoku, Osakashi, Osaka
    Hours

    Closes soon, 1 PM, in 35 min

    Wednesday 11 AM–1 PM, 6 PM–9 PM

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  75. Rank 1756. Tenko

    Tempura Japanese


  76. A glass atrium lounge on the 41st floor of the Park Hyatt Tokyo, where afternoon tea arrives in three acts: savory bites first, then pastries built around whatever fruit the season offers, and finally a trolley of madeleines and canelés rolled right to the table. The tea list runs from British classics to hojicha and matcha lattes, and the city spreads out below in every direction while you decide between them.



  77. Rank 1756. Toraya

    Japanese Dessert



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