Friday, September 4, 2026

  1. Wa Yamamura

    Kaiseki Japanese

    Sashimi arriving in a bowl of ice, and a hassun plate dressed with actual cherry blossoms in spring, are the kind of touches that make it clear this is serious kaiseki, not a approximation of one. The chef trained in a traditional ryotei and arranges the flowers himself, swapping the seasonal tableware out to match the time of year. One Michelin star, and a room that feels like someone genuinely thought about your comfort before you arrived.

    One honor, in evidence:

    The record strongest first

    One number, weighted & current 86

    How we score

    The dishes from the writeups


Nearby in the record closest first

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Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Stay Score

      The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

        How we score →

        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. Most of it is the record: the scored places within reach, weighed by distance, so more good stuff nearby means a higher score. The rest is how life is in that country: how people there rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are, and what they breathe. If it looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.