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The best Japanese food in Taiwan, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and The 50 have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. logy comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Taipei and Taichung.

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Eika and Mizue hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The 50 next.

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  1. Rank 1. logy

    Japanese-Taiwanese

    Tucked into a Neihu alleyway, this two-Michelin-star contemporary Asian restaurant draws a straight line between Taipei and Tokyo: chef Ryogo Tahara trained under Hiroyasu Kawate at Florilège before bringing that same exacting sensibility here. The menu leans into Taiwanese ingredients while pulling techniques from across the continent, landing at No. 22 on Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Dishes arrive with the quiet confidence of people who have nothing left to prove.


  2. Rank 2. Eika

    Contemporary Japanese

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  3. Rank 2. Mizue

    Kanazawa Sushi

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  4. Rank 2. Mudan

    Tempura Japanese

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  5. Rank 2. NOBUO

    Japanese

    A Japanese façade gives way to a Scandinavian-spare interior where the room itself signals what's coming: nothing extraneous. This two-Michelin-star tasting counter builds a single menu around seafood and seasonal local vegetables, with modern technique used to pull flavors forward rather than show off. The team walks you through each dish, which sounds fussy until it genuinely helps. Clean, quiet, and layered in ways that take a moment to catch up with you.


  6. Rank 2. Yu Kapo

    Japanese

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  7. Rank 7. Ad Astra

    Contemporary Japanese

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  8. Rank 7. HAILI

    French Japanese

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  9. A Michelin-starred omakase counter in Da'an where the soup course alone justifies showing up, a minced fish dumpling bobbing in kelp bonito stock that manages to feel both precise and generous. Lunch leans toward raw fish and nigiri; dinner shifts into cooked kappo territory. The chef is the chatty kind, which at an omakase counter either charms or unnerves, and here it lands on the right side.

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  10. Rank 7. Kiku

    Japanese

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  11. Rank 7. Kitcho

    Sushi

    A sushi counter in Da'an where the chef has been at this for over three decades, and it shows in the quiet precision of the work. Raw and cooked dishes shift with the season, sake included, so the list you see tonight probably won't exist next month. A Michelin star sits on the wall. The room rewards people who let the chef lead rather than those who arrive with a checklist.

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  12. Rank 7. Motoichi

    Tempura Japanese

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  13. Rank 7. Oretachi No Nikuya

    Japanese Barbecue

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  14. Rank 7. Sho

    Japanese

    A wooden counter wraps the open kitchen at this Japanese-influenced fine dining room in Kaohsiung, white walls and shoji screens keeping things calm while the team works through seasonal ingredients sourced from Japan and Taiwan. The menu moves through subtle, layered courses, with kamameshi built around glossy Taitung rice as a recurring anchor. A Michelin star hangs on the wall, and the kitchen earns it quietly, without fuss.


  15. Rank 7. Sushi Akira

    Edomae Sushi

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  16. Birchwood panels and a counter that seats just a handful of guests frame the omakase sushi experience here, where the chef works through Edomae technique with a creative edge. Fish comes mostly from Tokyo's Toyosu Market, with fresh catches from Taiwan's northeastern coast filling in the rest. The kohada, balanced between chew, acidity, and sweet rice, makes a quiet case for the Michelin star on its own.

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  18. Solid wood countertops imported from Canada anchor a room that reads as quietly, deliberately Japanese. This is an omakase-only sushi counter, the kind where the chef controls the entire arc of the meal. Fish comes in from Japan three times a week, and the rice is seasoned with three different vinegars, which sounds fussy until you taste it. The place holds a Michelin star.

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  19. Rank 7. Sushiyoshi

    Edomae Sushi

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  20. Rank 20. House of Dawn

    Japanese Noodle Shop

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  21. Warm wood, minimal fuss, and a single-minded dedication to Japanese curry: this small Songshan dining spot holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and earns it by keeping the menu short and the dashi-based curry deeply savory. You pick from three toppings, fried chicken, a Scotch egg with a properly runny yolk, or kadaif-wrapped shrimp, and the kitchen rounds things out with seasonal vegetables. Matcha panna cotta closes the meal quietly and well.

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  23. Rank 23. Chuan Fu

    Wagyu Japanese

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  24. Rank 23. Dasuke

    Contemporary Japanese

    Counter seating, dimmed lighting, and a sake list deep enough to require tasting notes set the tone at this intimate omakase spot in Da'an. The kitchen draws on Niigata flavors and locally sourced ingredients, and the menu lands somewhere between Japanese tradition and something harder to categorize, including a deep-fried patty of beef and sashimi served in a house bun, which is either an act of genius or a dare, possibly both.

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  25. Rank 23. Di Yi Ding

    Omakase Japanese

    A restored 1960s mansion houses this intimate omakase counter, where the price of your meal is set by the ingredients rather than a fixed menu, an arrangement that keeps things honest and slightly suspenseful. Seafood is sourced from partner fishing boats around Taiwan and select Japanese imports, and first-timers tend to anchor the meal around crab or lobster. The wine list leans French, but BYOB is welcome.

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  26. Rank 23. fumée

    Yakitori Japanese

    The open kitchen runs loud and hot, with flames climbing high enough to make the modern room feel like an old Tokyo alley. Fumée is a yakitori restaurant inside the Regent Hotel, running two nightly seatings through a set tasting menu with an optional sake pairing. It's the sister spot to an Osaka original, and the sourcing shows in the skewers. Sleek space, serious smoke.


  27. Rank 23. Hara Peko

    French-influenced Japanese

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  28. Perched on a mountainside nearly 500 meters up, this Zen-inspired Japanese restaurant frames lush hills by day and city lights by night through its immaculate gardens. Inside, a 10-course omakase built on kaiseki traditions unfolds with tea rituals woven between dishes, and the team narrates each course with enough context that it feels like a seminar you didn't want to skip. The kind of meal that earns its altitude.

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    Address
    111, Section 1, Zhongxingling Street, Xinshe District, Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan · Taichung
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

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

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  29. Rank 23. Isagi

    Japanese

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  30. Rank 23. J Parc

    French-Italian Japanese

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  31. Rank 23. Ji Zai Ten

    Vegan Japanese Noodle Shop

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  32. Rank 23. Jun

    Japanese

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  33. Rank 23. KOICHIRO

    Japanese

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    Address
    5F, 301 Lequn 3rd Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Open now, until 2:30 PM

    Wednesday Noon–2:30 PM, 6 PM–10 PM

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    WebsiteInstagram
  34. Rank 23. KUR

    Contemporary Japanese

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  35. Rank 23. Li Yueh

    Japanese

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  36. Rank 23. Li.nu

    French-influenced Japanese

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  37. Rank 23. Mayu Cocoon

    Japanese

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  38. Rank 23. Mochi Baby

    Japanese Dessert

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  39. Rank 23. NIKU RYOURI FUKU

    Creative Japanese

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  41. Rank 23. SABI

    Modern Japanese

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  42. Rank 23. Sasa

    Sushi

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  45. Rank 23. Sushi Nomura

    Edomae Sushi

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  51. Rank 23. Torien Yakitori

    Yakitori Japanese

    A dinky Japanese garden leads into a yakitori counter where local chickens, prepped fresh each day, go over the grill with nothing but salt so each cut can argue for itself. The chef spent time honing the craft in Japan, and the set menu moves through cuts most people have never thought to order. Counter seats watch the kitchen the whole time, which is half the point. Call ahead if you want chicken sashimi or squab.

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  53. Rank 23. Uke

    Edomae Sushi

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  54. Rank 23. Uosho

    Japanese

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  56. Rank 23. Wamaki

    Japanese

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    Address
    119-1 Jingshan Road, Shilin District, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan · Taipei
    Hours

    Open now, until 5 PM

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

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  58. Rank 23. Yuu

    Japanese

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