Friday, September 4, 2026

  1. A family-run Japanese restaurant where the chef's daughters handle service while he works the kitchen, and the menu holds a Michelin star. The philosophy is almost austere: let the ingredients speak, and if you need a manifesto, the chef's own line is that cuisine reveals the person. Boiled vegetables dressed simply in bonito soy sauce are on the table, and somehow that's the argument.

    One honor, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 86

    How we score

    Address
    2F, VIV Bldg, 2-13 Tsurumai Higashimachi, Nara, Nara, Nara 631-0021, Japan · 奈良市
    Hours
    • Mon–Tue 11 AM–1 PM, 6:30 PM–11:59 PM
    • Wed Closed
    • Thu–Sun 11 AM–1 PM, 6:30 PM–11:59 PM

    by reservation only; closed Wednesday; 4 additional days monthly for preparation

    Phone
    0742476534
    Online
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