Tempura Spots in Japan

  • Tempura Hirao (Main Restaurant)
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    4.5
    444 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Higashihirao 2-4-1
    A tempura specialty restaurant located in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City. The restaurant is famous for its piping hot tempura made with choice, fresh, seasonal ingredients and offered at reasonable prices. Notable for its long, 54 seat counter, the establishment bustles with locals as well as tourists.

    You should visit this restaurant at least once. I definitely recommend it.Depending on the time, you may have to wait, but be patient as you will be guided right away.

  • San-Sada
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-2-2
    This long-standing tempura restaurant situated in front of the Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa is the oldest in Japan. Founded in 1837, the shop has been in operation for over 170 years. San-Sada’s famous Edo-mae tempura is distinguished by the rich aroma and tawny color of the batter created by using sesame oil for frying. The shop uses its own unique sesame oil blend to fry only the freshest ingredients. Visited by countless numbers of tourists both domestic and international, San-Sada also offers a full menu of options for groups. In addition, the restaurant serves daily limited number sets and bento boxes for children. Lastly, San-Sada is also happy to discuss budget-appropriate options for parties and gatherings.
  • Tenpurameshi Kaneko Hannosuke
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Nihombashihonchou 1-4-3 Villa Art Nihonbashi 1F
    The sister shop of Tendon Kaneko Hannosuke, renowned for its old-fashioned Edomae tendon (tempura over rice). Despite its location in Nihonbashi, an area filled with renowned tempura shops, lines still form at this restaurant dedicated to tempura and rice. Inside the compact confines, patrons can observe artisans at work up close and personal as they craft exquisite tempura. Diners can enjoy a variety of delicious tempura at reasonable prices, and the shop is well-loved for its high “cost performance.” The shop’s unusual egg tempura is particularly taste eaten over rice.
  • Hama no Kakiageya
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shizuoka Pref. Shizuokashi Shimizu-ku Yuimajuku Beach 1127
    This popular restaurant in Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka City is known for their rice bowl piled high with handmade special sauce pickled fresh sakura shrimp made by local fishermen, as well as their crispy kakiage tempura. Their Kakiage Rice Bowl with two pieces of kakiage tempura is another popular menu item. They only open for the weekends when there is a restriction on fishing sakura shrimp, please confirm if they are open in advance.
  • Tenpura & Wine Kojima
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    4.0
    29 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nakamura-ku Meieki 4-15-2 Marunaka Central Market General Food Center
    A restaurant specializing in tempura and wine located in the Marunaka (Shokuhin) Center in the Yanagibashi Central Market in front of Nagoya Station. The restaurant serves tempura made with fresh, seasonal ingredients and wines carefully selected by the establishment's sommelier. The restaurant enjoys deep seated popularity not only with locals but tourists as well and lines of waiting customers often form outside its door. During lunch, the restaurant also serves set meals.

    Simple tempura restaurant in the heart of the fish marked. We had to wait in line at lunch time, always a good sign. There is a choice of 3 tempura menus, including a vegetarian option. The waiter...

  • Tempura Tsukunejima
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    4.5
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hiroshima Pref. Hiroshimashinakaku Horikawachou 4-2
    A tempura restaurant in Naka Ward, Hiroshima City. Seasonal vegetables and fish are fried before your eyes in a secret blend of sesame oil and corn oil. Come enjoy the piping hot and tender texture of tempura that can’t be had at home. Their popular menu items include their specialty luxurious meaty conger eel.

    Tried this place out based on previous Trip Advisor reviews. I really enjoyed the whole experience; the restaurant itself is very cosy, I liked watching the food being prepared in front of us and the...

  • Ginza Tenkuni Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 8-9-11
    Established in 1885, Ginza Tenkuni is a restaurant which serves exquisite Tokyo-style tendon tempura rice bowls and kakiage mixed vegetable and seafood tempura. The distinctive, delicious taste of the restaurant's flavorful yet light tendon sauce is the fruit of many, many years. Ginza Tenkuni's kakiage is packed with tasty ingredients and yet is still crisp, light, and fluffy all the way to the center.
  • Tempura Kurokawa
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    4.5
    27 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Tsukiji 6-21-8
    A tempura restaurant located close to Tsukiji Station where the skills of a chef who has focused on making nothing but tempura for 30 years shine. Kurokawa serves kakiage tempura rice bowls topped with hearty portions of tempura-fried vegetables procured from a contract farm in Chiba as well as fresh shrimp, scallops, and other seafood bought in the Tsukiji Market. The restaurant also serves young sweetfish tempura, yuba tofu skin roll tempura, and seasonal tempuras like gomafu sesame wheat gluten tempura, as well as more novel tempura varieties like egg yolk tempura and green pepper tempura. Whatever you order, you'll enjoy crisp tempura that isn't oily and which doesn't obscure the true deliciousness of the ingredients used. Kurokawa also offers renowned sakes from Toyama and Kanazawa and other drinks chosen based on how well they go with tempura.

    Tiny little tempura restaurant in the fish market. 5 seats at the bar in front of the chef and about 3 tables for 4. 1 chef + 1 server. Expert, speedy and non-stop prep of fresh tempura served as...

  • Tempura Abe (Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 4-3-7 Subaru Building B1
    A tempura restaurant located a one minute walk from Ginza Station on the Ginza subway line. Here you can enjoy Tokyo-style tempura carefully prepared by skilled and experienced chefs using seasonal ingredients. Tempura Abe takes great care in the selection of the ingredients it uses to make a la carte choices like the shrimp kakiage, Japanese tiger shrimp tempura, and Tokyo-style anago eel tempura. Another popular option is the lunch-only tempura-zen meal, which comes with your choice of tempura chazuke or a tempura rice bowl. In addition to counter seating, the restaurant also has more comfortable table seating, making it a great place for families as well.
  • Masaru
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    4.0
    38 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-32-2
    This tempura rice bowl specialty shop is located behind the Nakamise Shopping Street in Asakusa, Taito City. The tempura portions on the rice are so huge that you can't even close the lid of the bowl. One popular item is their Oiri Tokyo Style Tempura Bowl with prawns, conger eels, sillagos, and flatheads.

    This is a famous tempura restaurant in Asakusa. Tempura was delicious and the staff friendly and welcoming. Restaurant is small with a homely family feel. Go early to avoid long queue.

  • Tempura Osaka
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Minato-ku Nishishimbashi 2-13-16 Tada Bldg 1F
    A tempura restaurant located in 2 Chome Nishishimbashi, Minato City. The restaurant serves simple tempura dishes which bring out the innate flavors of the ingredients, deep frying choice, fresh ingredients from Tsukiji in a blend of cottonseed and sesame seed oil. In addition to evening course meals, the restaurant's lunch tendon tempura rice bowls and tempura set meals are quite popular. The restaurant also offers a special course meal which requires a reservation made at least three days in advance.
  • Tenmaru
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    3.5
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 2-4-1 Marunouchi Building 6F

    The title is their name for this excellent restaurant. A mouthful which (together with the misspelling here on TA) maybe explains the dearth of reviews. Pity as its tempura is a few notches above the...

  • Tenfusa
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Koto-ku Toyosu 6-3-2 Toyosu Shijo Seika Building 1F

    定食が何種類かと壁に貼っているものから単品も選べます 今回は定食のほかに春なのでフキノトウの天ぷらもいただきました 広くはないお店ですが 店頭のノートに名前を書いて待っているとあまり待たずに済みました 昼近くになると売り切れになるものが増えていくようです

  • Tempura Kappo Tenya
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Kashima-shi Miyatsudai 4755-11
    A shop specializing in tempura on Mikasa-dori Street in Miyatsudai, Kashima City. They offer tempura made with seasonal ingredients such as seafood harvested off the Kashima coast and vegetables grown in the prefecture. At the counter you can dine on a freshly fried tempura course with items selected by the chef or of your own preference. For lunch you can get a gozen Japanese style set meal with tempura and sashimi, regular meal sets, or tempura on rice. They also have bento boxed lunches that change daily.

    調理人の年齢によるのか?飯が柔らか過ぎて気持ち悪い。おまけのつもりなのか、2度訪ねて都度盛り込まれた「鯵」の天ぷら。鮮度が落ちていて…臭い。 定食は色々盛り沢山で、見た目は楽しいが 残念。

  • Gion Tempura Tenshu
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    4.0
    68 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Gionmachikitagawa 244 (Shijo Nawate Higashiiri North side)
    This is the only tempura specialist on the Gion shopping street. You can enjoy tempura in a shop interior filled with the aura of Kyoto. Their leading product is their filling Anago Eel rice bowl, topped with three whole anago eels. They use fresh eels coated with fluffy, crisp tempura batter for a perfect texture. Their Kakiage rice bowl is topped with a massive kakiage fritter the size of a sandal is so popular it often sells out right after opening. The crisp texture plentiful little shrimp and vegetables, and reasonable price, are its claims to fame.

    Worst tempura I ever had. Batter is very thick and extremely oily, it is also very soggy. This goes against every aspect of a good tempura that I know. Maybe the quality is going down hill as...

  • Tempura Tsurukichi
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Shizuoka Pref. Atamishi Chuouchou 11-1
    Tempura Tsurukichi in Chuo Town, Atami City is a tempura restaurant. Kamatsuru dried fish shop, a well-established dried fish shop in Atami, directly operates this restaurant. The name of the first shop, Kamatsuru is prefixed in the name of the restaurant. Tempura as well as sashimi (raw fish) with standard ingredients, seasonal local fish and local vegetables is served. For a limited time, it also sells a shokado-style compartment bento box and a takeout lunch for tendon (a rice bowl topped with tempura) with two days advance bookings.

    ぼったくり弁当 Beware Rip-off !! これが2000円のお弁当です!スカスカ! このお弁当からは愛情のプライドも感じません。ぼったくる事しか伝わってきません。 This is $20 ToGo Tempura combo. I don’t recommend at all !!! 釜鶴は良いお店なのに、この天ぷら屋さんはどうしてだろう?お店で食べても感じ悪かった。もう行きません。

  • Tempura Washoku Sakuya
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    4.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Aichi Pref. Taharashi Kodachou Oiwashita 144-1
    A Japanese restaurant located in Oiwashita Koda-cho, Tahara City. The restaurant serves set meals and omakase chef's choice meals focusing on tasty tempura dishes. The restaurant's kakiage-don rice bowl, miso katsu-don, tenmusu, and other dishes made with huge Japanese littleneck clams are also popular.

    とてもリーズナブルに昼食がとれる天ぷら屋さんでした。外観は新築なのでモダンな佇まいですが、中はとっても普通な日本の定食屋さんという感じです。5席ほどの掘り炬燵のカウンター席があり、その目の前の天ぷら鍋で店主が天ぷらを揚げてくれます。揚げたての天ぷらの定食類はとてもリーズナブルにボリュームもたっぷり。美味しく昼食が取れます。市街地から少し離れているのでマイカー、レンタカーで来ることになりそうですが...

  • Yasuke
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagawa Shozu-gun Tonoshocho Fuchizaki Ko 2078-11
    This is a restaurant on Shodo Island's main street, the Shodo Island Olive-dori shopping arcade. Located across from the Shodo government offices, it primarily serves cuisine using the local fresh catch of the day. Their menu offers not only combination set meals, but full course dinners or al a cart items, accommodating large parties to a woman visiting alone. Naturally, in addition to the Seto Inland Sea bounties, the Sanuki-gyu beef or Olive Beef raised in this paradise of sun and breezes, one can also enjoy the microbrew sake produced in these environs. Almost a half a century since its founding, this restaurant is a beloved restaurant to the locals.

    瀬戸内海島巡りの旅で、旅猿メンバーが夜ご飯を食べていたお店です。 時価のオリーブ牛は5500円でした。やわらかくておいしい。 少々お値段高めですが、はずれなしです。お寿司やてんぷら、ホタルイカもおいしかったです。

  • Motomachi Umahalo
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hyogo Kobe-shi Chuo-ku Sakaemachi Dori 2-10-3
    A restaurant serving creative fare located right near the Seianmon Gate in Nankinmachi. They serve Okinawan dishes and fried food prepared with their superb dipping broth. Their popular and hearty katsudon bowl features a nicely textured fried pork cutlet cooked in creamy egg on top of rice. You can also choose vitamin-packed Kagoshima or Nanshu Natural brand pork for an additional charge. Their ten-don tempura on rice comes with their nearly addictive tempura dipping sauce. Each piece is carefully fried in a copper pot after the order is placed. Another plus is that all meals come with akadashi miso soup, a side dish of the day, and pickled vegetables.
  • Tempura KappoTenzan
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Minami-Ikebukuro 3-16-12
    Located about a seven-minute walk from Ikebukuro Station's East Exit, this a la carte style restaurant sits right on the street's eastern corner. The outside has an elegant, eye-catching appearance, and inside they offer tempura prepared with an amazing balance between moist ingredients and crispy fried batter. In addition to tempura they also have a selection of Western-style dishes, including a braised meat dish that is well-cooked for seven hours for maximum deliciousness. The restaurant's owner labors hard over this dish to craft its deep, rich flavor together with its extraordinary tenderness.

    池袋の少し駅から離れたところにある天ぷら屋さんです。お店の外見がとても雰囲気があります。ランチはコスパも良く、天ぷらの質も高く、人通りの多いお店だったら相当列ができるかもしれません。

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