Japanese Restaurants

Japanese Restaurants

Restaurants Overview
Name Price/
Cuisine
Location
 
Afuri
Ramen is the quintessential Japanese fast food in a bowl: thick...
$
Ebisu
 
Aoi-Marushin
This large and historic tempura restaurant, founded in 1946...
$$
Asakusa
 
Chano-ma
This stylish eatery serves modern Japanese cuisine. There are...
$$$
Yokohama
 
Darumaya
While the classic bowl of ramen is topped with slices of pork...
$-$$
Aoyama
 
Enju
Happo-en, a 300-year-old-Japanese garden wrapped around a lake...
$$$$
Shirokanedai
 
Fujimamas
This cozy eatery is in an old converted tatami mat factory, and...
$$
Harajuku
 
Ganchan
The Japanese expect their yakitori joints—restaurants that...
$$
Roppongi
 
Ginza Isomura Kamakuraten
This branch of the family-style kushiage (freshly grilled skewers)...
$$$-$$$$
Kamakura
 
Gyoshintei
This is the only restaurant in Nikko devoted to shojin ryori,...
$$$$
Nikko
 
Hachinoki Kita-Kamakura-ten
Traditional shojin ryori (the vegetarian cuisine of Zen monasteries)...
$$$$
Kamakura
 
Happy Sakaba
Happy Sakaba (or "Happy Tavern") re-creates the atmosphere of...
$$
Shinjuku
 
Higo-no-ya
The specialty of the house is kushi-yaki: small servings of meat...
$$$
Aoyama
 
Inakaya
The style here is robatayaki, a dining experience that segues...
$$-$$$$
Roppongi
 
Jidaiya
Like the Jidaiya in Roppongi, these two Akasaka branches serve...
$$$
Akasaka
 
Jidaiya
Entering Jidaiya, which loosely translates as "period house,"...
$$$$
Roppongi
 
Kaisen Misaki-ko
This kaiten-zushi (sushi served on a conveyor belt that lets...
¢
Kamakura
 
Kappo-Ajioka
When prepared incorrectly, fugu, the highly poisonous puffer...
$$$$
Ginza
 
Kisoji
The specialty here is shabu-shabu: thin slices of beef cooked...
$$$$
Akasaka
 
Kohmen
This lively ramen shop, like most in the city, has menus only...
¢-$
Roppongi
 
Kushinobo
The lively action of the cooks frying kushi-age (skewered meat...
$$$$
Shinjuku
 
Kyorai-an
A traditional Japanese structure houses this restaurant known...
$$-$$$
Kamakura
 
Maisen
Converted from a sento (public bathhouse), Maisen still has the...
$$-$$$
Aoyama
 
Masudaya
Masudaya started out as a sake maker more than a century ago...
$$$-$$$$
Nikko
 
Mist
Exercising your plastic in Tokyo's Omotesando Hills shopping...
$$-$$$
Harajuku
 
Morimoto XEX
Acclaimed chef Masaharu Morimoto's eponymous tri-level eatery...
$$-$$$$
Roppongi
 
Motomachi Bairin
The area of Motomachi is known as the wealthy, posh part of Yokohama...
$$$$
Yokohama
 
Nantai
The low tables, antiques, and pillows scattered on tatami flooring...
$$-$$$
Nikko
 
Ninja
In keeping with the air of mystery you'd expect from a ninja-theme...
$$$-$$$$
Akasaka-mitsuke
 
Oshima
The draw at Oshima is the Kaga ryori cooking of Kanazawa, a small...
$$$$
Ginza
 
R Style
Even in some of the swankiest restaurants, Japanese wagashi (sweets)...
¢-$
Harajuku
 
Rangetsu
Japan enjoys a special reputation for its lovingly raised, tender...
$$$-$$$$
Ginza
 
Rinka-en
If you visit the gardens of Sankei-en, you might want to have...
$$$-$$$$
Yokohama
 
Robata
Old, funky, and more than a little cramped, Robata is a bit daunting...
$$-$$$
Yuraku-cho
 
Sakuratei
Tucked away between two art galleries that feature works by young...
$$-$$$
Harajuku
 
Sasa-no-yuki
In the heart of one of Tokyo's old working-class shitamachi (downtown)...
$$$$
Ueno
 
Sasashin
Like most izakaya, Sasashin spurns the notion of decor: there's...
$$
Nihombashi
 
Sasashu
This traditional-style pub is noteworthy for stocking only the...
$$-$$$
Ikebukuro
 
Sawamoto
Charcoal-broiled unagi (eel) is an acquired taste, and there's...
$$-$$$
Nikko
 
Sawanoi
The homemade udon noodles, served in a broth with seafood, vegetables...
$-$$
Akasaka-mitsuke
 
Shin Hinomoto
This izakaya is located directly under the tracks of the Yamanote...
$$
Yuraku-cho
 
Suzuran
It's said that you can judge the quality of a Tokyo ramen restaurant...
$-$$
Shibuya
 
Takeno
Just a stone's throw from the Tokyo fish market, Takeno is a...
¢-$
Tsukiji
 
Tatsumiya
Here's a restaurant that's run like a formal ryotei but has the...
$$
Asakusa
 
Tenmatsu
The best seats in the house at Tenmatsu, as in any tempura-ya,...
$$-$$$
Shibuya
 
Tonki
Meguro, a neighborhood distinguished for almost nothing else...
$-$$
Meguro
 
Ume no Hana
The exclusive specialty here is tofu, prepared in more ways than...
$-$$
Aoyama
 
Wa no Mori Sumika
A short walk from the heart of Ginza, this respite from the haute...
$$$$
Ginza
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