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Japanese Food

Other Japanese Food

ASAKUSA IMAHAN Kokusai Street Head Restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Nishiasakusa 3-1-12

This venerable sukiyaki and shabu-shabu (Japanese hot pot) restaurant was founded in 1895. Their exquisite sukiyaki, made exclusively with top-class Japanese Black and Kobe beef and flavored with a secret stock, is beloved as one of the traditional flavors that best represents Asakusa and Japan. In addition to set meals featuring their first-rate sukiyaki-style shabu-shabu, steak, and other items, the restaurant also has a full lunch menu of reasonably-priced items. Seating options include table seating, private rooms, and a reception hall, making the restaurant a great place for entertaining guests, a dinner party, or a banquet.
Ibusuki City Tosen Gorge Somen Nagashi

4.0

198 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Kaimonjucchou 5967

Tosen Gorge is the birthplace of the circular somen noodle flume and this city-run restaurant and attraction is visited by some 200 thousand people annually. Open year round, here diners can enjoy somen noodles whirling in spring water selected as one of the 100 best waters in Japan in the modern era. In addition to somen, the restaurant’s sets comprised of such local dishes as trout broiled with salt, carp soup, and carp sashimi served over ice. Approximately 25 minutes by car from Ibusuki Station.

I am a noodle lover and had a brilliant time at this somen nahashi restaurant. Picking up noodle was a fan challenge and the dipping sauce was so tasty! It takes time to get there with limited public...
Kawatoyo Honten

4.0

390 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Naritashi Nakamachi 386

It is a long-established eel restaurant located on the road approaching Naritasan Shinshoji Temple. Every day, it is crowded with customers who come aiming to eat eel. The secret sauce enhances the flavor of the eel which has been gently grilled with proficient skill to retain a full texture: the secret sauce has continued to be added to the eel extract since the establishment of the business in 1910 during the Meiji period. The interior of the store is a place you can feel relieved as if you had come back to the countryside. Please be advised that seats cannot be guaranteed by making a reservation.

This little gem begging for a visit when Narita. It’s nestled halfway between Narita station and Shinshoji temple along the traditional Narita-san Omotesando street. With eel roasting on the grills...
Zekkei Restaurant Uzu no Oka

4.0

55 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hyougo Pref. Minamiawajishi Fukura Hei 936-3 Large Naruto Bridge Memorial Hall 2F

This restaurant is part of the Uzunooka Onarutokyo Memorial Hall complex in Fukurahei, Minami Awaji City. They specialize in fresh Awaji Island seafood purchased from local fishing ports. Dishes include their alum-free Uzu no Oka Kaisen Uni Shabu with delectable raw local sea urchin, Shima no Ogonhi featuring raw sea urchin, Awaji beef, and local eggs mixed with rice (available in limited quantities), and their miso dressed Awaji beef with onion, served with an entire Awaji Island onion.

海鮮うにしゃぶに、すきしゃぶ、桜鯛と生ワカメのしゃぶしゃぶ、サクラマスのマリネ、淡路島のたまねぎ。淡路島の食材を食べ尽くす。
Pontocho Robin

3.5

32 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Nakagyo-ku Pontono-machi 137-4 Wakamatsu-machi

A restaurant housed inside a 150 year old Kyoto townhouse in a back alley along the Kamogawa River in the Ponto-cho neighborhood serving Japanese cuisine prepared with select, seasonal ingredients from around the country. The restaurant’s signature kamameshi vegetable and meat rice pots make a perfect closer to any evening and are prepared in special order earthenware pots with koshihikari rice and high quality dashi. In May and September, the restaurant prepares a traditional wood deck on the bank of the river for diners to enjoy their meals from. Patrons can dine on delicious seasonal cuisine while gazing out over the Kamogawa River.

Thousands of miles away from Hong Kong compare over 20’s restaurants. I thought it was a fine dining dinner, but unfortunately from the second course was not finished. The waiters keep catching up...
Dote no Iseya

4.5

76 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Nihondutsumi 1-9-2

A long-standing tendon (tempura rice bowl) restaurant established in 1889 which has continued to serve the same great-tasting meals for 128 years. The restaurant's signature item is its anago garden eel tempura, and Dote no Iseya has a dedicated tank outside the restaurant to ensure customers enjoy only the freshest eel. Taking great care in the oil used to deep fry the tempura, the thick sauce drizzled on top, and the rice served in each bowl, Dote no Iseya serves truly first-rate tendon.

Dote-no-Iseya is not the easiest place to get to but I assure you the trip there was well worth the trip. Anago and unagi are different in that Anago is sea eel while unagi are the fresh water...
Innsyoutei

4.5

211 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Uenokouen 4-59

A formal restaurant founded in 1875 serving traditional kaiseki course cuisine located inside Ueno Park. The restaurant's striking interior is reminiscent of an old-fashioned Japanese home; its huge windows, encompassing whole walls, allow patrons to observe the changing of the seasons. Innsyoutei primarily serves bean and vegetable-based cuisine made with a colorful variety of ingredients. All of the restaurant's soybean dishes are handmade with 100% domestically produced soybeans ordered just for that day. Innsyoutei accepts reservations of parties from two to 80 people. The restaurant is perfect for a variety of functions, from entertaining an important business client to celebrating a special event.

By far the best restaurants that Ive tried in Japan. Quality of the food is stellar. Waiters are extremely professional and kind, they will guide you step by step through the menu. Every dish is a...
Wasabien Kadoya

3.5

64 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Shizuoka Pref. Kamogunkawaduchou Nashimoto 371-1

A restaurant located in Kawazu Town, Kamo County, Shizuoka Prefecture offering real fresh wasabi prepared by the owner, a wasabi farmer. The shop’s specialty fresh wasabi rice bowl has even been featured on popular food shows. This simple dish consists of plump cooked rice topped with katsuobushi bonito flakes and freshly grated wasabi and dribbled with soy sauce, allowing diners to enjoy the true flavor of the wasabi. The restaurant’s wasabi shochu liquor and soba noodles garnished with wasabi are also popular menu items. Situated close to the popular Kawazu Nanadaru Waterfalls tourist destination, an unending stream of sightseers stop by the restaurant before or after checking out the falls.

訪問時、壁には数多くのメニューが張り出されていたのだが、当日はワサビ丼とザルそばセットともう一品のみの提供とのことであった。私たちの目的はワサビ丼であるのでワサビ丼とざるそばセットを注文。注文し終わるとおろし金（鮫皮）と生わさびが運ばれてきた。提供品が出来るまで生わさびを摩り下ろしていてください、とのこと。鮫皮のおろし金なので思ったように摩り下ろせなかったが、提供される頃に...
Ganso Hakata Mentaiju

4.0

200 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Nishinakasu 6-15

Considering cod roe is usually just a topping on rice, this cod roe cuisine specialty restaurant, in Chuo Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has creative dishes on their menu. The specialty here is the Genso Hakata Mentaiju bowl, with marinated cod roe wrapped in kelp layered on rice and Nori and topped with sauce, Other unusual and rare dishes include Tsukemen noodles, and Osuimonosoups. The interior of the restaurant is artsy and stocked with a large selection of high quality western wines.

Hakata Mentaiju is a restaurant of Mentaiko on rice specialty. This restaurant, located near Hakata Deaibashi bridge, is well known, as many celebrities are visiting. Their autographs are displayed...
Tonjiru Tachibana

4.0

35 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Myoukoushi Kurihara 2-3-10

Tonjiru Tachibana located on National Route 292 at 2 Chome, Kurihara, Myoko City is a specialty tonjiru (pork soup) restaurant. Its simple tonjiru made from pork, onions, tofu and white miso (soybean paste) features a mild sweetness while having a stew-like richness. It offers noodles such as tonjiru ramen noodles and tonjiru soba noodles as well as a tonjiru set meal served with Koshihikari rice produced in Yashiro.

高いだけですね。特別美味しいとは思わないな。おにぎりセットのおにぎりが、コンビニおにぎりみたい。豚汁ラーメンは、ただ中華麺を入れただけのお粗末さ。価格設定がどうかしてます。コンビニのイートインみたいな店でした。
Nosaka

4.0

80 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Saitama Pref. Chichibushi Nosakamachi 1-13-11

Nosaka opened as a Japanese style restaurant in 2000. It restyled itself as a miso pork-bowl shop in 2008, and since has become the home of miso pork-bowl. This exquisite dish is made with pork marinated in Chichibu’s famed miso, then roasted over a charcoal flame, laid over specially selected rice and topped with the house’s special soy-based sauce.

たまたま近くで昼食を取ろうと、知らないで行ったのですが有名人が訪問している有名な豚丼屋さんでした。味が濃くて、「おいしい！」の一言に尽きました。
Kurochaya

4.5

66 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Akirunoshi Konakano 167

Kurochaya is a charming restaurant set in the main house of the Shoya Residence built 250 years ago relocated to the Akigawa Gorge. Visitors can enjoy a course menu of Tokyo’s sole beef brand, Kuroge Wagyu beef, and freshwater fish alongside the Akigawa Gorge. The popular restaurant has an atmosphere of the history and lifestyle of the mountain hamlet and also has rooms where guests can enjoy the cuisine while overlooking a bamboo forest. For reservations of ten people or more, a pick-up service is available.

Average costs 10,000yen per person if you like to enjoy famous beef steak. Very traditional plate settings and beautiful Japanese decoration with small plates for each cuisine. I recommend choosing...
Restaurant Ukai Toriyama

4.5

258 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Hachioujishi Minamiasakawamachi 3426

This Japanese restaurant in a mountain hamlet surrounded by nature feels like a secret getaway. It's about three minutes by car from Takaosan Interchange on the Keno Expressway. They serve savory cuisine made with seasonal ingredients cooked on the charcoal fire of their irori hearth. Their plump and tasty thick-cut charcoal grilled chicken is a popular. The shop alters its ambiance to coincide with the changing seasons. Visitors look out on cherry blossoms in spring, fireflies in the garden in summer, the colored foliage of fall, and winter's snowy cover. The photogenic location makes it in demand for business dinners and wedding receptions.

Individual rooms with personal meal preparation was a particular treat. The food was exquisite. The detail of which I have spoken to friends since 1986 was the fireflies. An announcement was made...
Wakamatsuya

4.0

142 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukuoka Pref. Yanagawashi Okinohatamachi 26

Wakamatsuya is an eel specialist established in 1860. Built near the Yanagawa River, it has a rich feeling of tradition and beautiful garden. The gorgeous steamed eel and aromatic broiled eel are both wonderful. Other course meals and individual dishes are also served.

Yanagawa is well known for eel culinary, and there are many restaurants which serve eel specialty. Wakamatsuya is maybe one among the most renowned restaurants. Due to Covid, there were not many...
HANTEI

4.0

173 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Bunkyou-ku Nedu 2-12-15

Located in a building in the Nezu part of Tokyo’s Bunkyo City that is designated as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property, this is an unusual spot to enjoy kushi-age (fried food on skewers) using plentiful servings of seasonal tastes. The restaurant, which is in an old three-story wooden house that survived the Great Kanto Earthquake, welcomes you with a very nostalgic atmosphere that is purely Japanese. Beginning with the “starter set” that features six types of kushi-age including carefully selected meat, fish, and vegetables and two types of shusai (appetizers to go with drinks), you can order an additional set or just one skewer at a time. There are also private dining rooms available for extra charge.

Love this place and try to visit every time Im n Tokyo. For a while it was closed but was pleasantly surprised when it re-opened. The lunch menu revolves around kushiage which is different items...
Isegen

4.0

60 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Kandasudacho 1-11-1

A restaurant specializing in goosefish cuisine located a five-minute walk from JR Akihabara Station and Kanda Station. This history-leaden restaurant was established at the end of the Edo period in 1830. Originally opened as a loach restaurant close to what is now Kyobashi 3 Chome, since the modern Taisho period this establishment has been beloved as the only dedicated goosefish restaurant in Tokyo. The old-fashioned and imposing restaurant building itself has been designated a Historic Building by the Tokyo government. In addition to the main dining area, the restaurant has relaxing private dining rooms where you can savor anko nabe, a flavorful hotpot steeped in tradition made with only the freshest goosefish from the Kazamaura Sea.

It was the first time for me to try monkfish. We enjoyed it with various cooking styles and they were all good. We also liked their old, traditional building.
Ajidokoro Mitake Branch

3.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hyougo Pref. Sasayamashi Kuroka 18

This long-established restaurant is located approximately a 10-minute drive from the East Exit of Sasayamaguchi Station on the JR Fukuchiyama Line. It is known for its menu items that are unavailable at the main store. Popular dishes include their mackerel sushi, with big portions and full of fat, and Shishiniku Tororodon, with grated yams dissolved in miso with sweet and sour simmered wild boar meat over rice. The simmer boar meat is cooked for half a day, and goes perfectly with grated mountain yams. There is a tatami room in the quaint and calm shop, where you can enjoy the flavors of Sasayama while relaxing comfortably.

久しぶりに篠山に来たので鯖寿司をと。東京ではあまり見かけない押し寿司。丹波味まつりの最中で街は結構、賑わってます。JAで黒豆枝豆を入手してから向かいにある、みたけで昼食。うどんと鯖寿司3貫のセットで950円。関西に戻ってきたなあと、嬉しい気持ちになりました。
Kamameshi Nakai

4.5

23 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Nishitamagunokutamamachi Otaba 175

Kamameshi Nakai, sitting in the mountains of Okutama, is a relaxed restaurant surrounded by nature. All the kamameshi (rice dish served in a pot) dishes served here are delicious but their bamboo shoot kamameshi and chestnut kamameshi served only in season are particularly popular. Their salt-grilled river fish, such as rock fish, ayu (sweetfish) and trout are not to be missed either.

紅葉が見頃の季節に、奥多摩温泉地に訪れ、ネットからのグルメ情報を頼りに、きのこ釜めしを美味しく賞味した。また是非来たい。
Osakana Kurabu

4.5

55 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Minamibousoushi Tomiurachoutadara 1254-75

Osakana Kurabu (“Fish Club”) is a seafood restaurant located near Tomiura fishing harbor in Tadara, Tomiura Town, Minamiboso City. The restaurant is run by the Iwai-Tomiura Fishing Cooperative, besides Donburi (rice bowl) dishes—including “Tomiura Fisherman’s Don” made with fresh fish and seafood landed at Tomiura fishing harbor, Tendon (rice with tempura), etc.—it also serves a range of other dishes, including sashimi arrangements and grilled fish, etc., at very low prices. Osakana Kurabu is famous for its “Manpuku Set-meals,” featuring sashimi, deep-fried foods, etc.

富浦ICより漁港に向かって車で5分。富浦漁港前にある漁協直営の人気店。平日13時頃に到着、混雑のピークは超えているようで即入店。品数は豊富でしたが完売が目立ってました。富浦漁協おすすめの希少な魚、黒ムツ煮魚定食を注文。スタッフより、これから煮付けるので待ち時間10分と説明、なんと驚きのサイズ、30センチはある姿煮。煮付けの味加減が抜群、脂の乗りがよく、白身はふわふわで美味しい魚でした。絶...
Tempura Daikokuya

3.5

312 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Asakusa 1-38-10

This long-established tempura restaurant located near Senso-ji was founded in 1887. Using just sesame oil the tempura with a fragrant smell is eaten with a sauce that has been carefully passed down since the time of it founding. The pure Japanese atmosphere is even loved by non-Japanese as well. Recommended dishes include the tendon rice bowl that uses large juicy shrimp that seem to be flying out of the bowl. The rich sauce that captures the hearts of fans for its unforgettable taste.

There was a queue outside when I arrived on a Sunday night but it was worth the short wait. I was given an English menu straight up and ordered the Prawn and fish Tempura. The batter was a little...