Ranking
An editorial ranking of restaurants, cafés and bars: grades from A+ to F, price range, and the Tabelog score where one exists.
Places ranked: 1,522
Hiroshima · Casual Dining
A landmark ramen shop in Fukuyama, serving a textbook bowl of Onomichi-style ramen. Its rich, soy-based broth topped with sweet backfat makes it a local favourite, just minutes from Fukuyama Station.
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Hokkaido · Fast Casual
A popular standing sushi bar inside a seafood market at New Chitose Airport. It's known for exceptionally fresh, thick-cut Hokkaido seafood, served quickly for travellers wanting a high-quality meal before or after a flight.
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Osaka · Casual Dining
In Osaka's Dojima district, Sawada Shoten (澤田商店) serves a highly distinctive tantanmen. Its signature is a rich, fish-forward broth built on mackerel (saba), sesame, and nuts, with customizable spice and numbing levels.
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Hokkaido · Casual Dining
Enjoy high-grade wagyu sukiyaki in a registered cultural property dating to 1901. Located in Hakodate's Horaicho district, this restaurant offers private tatami rooms and table-side service, with meat from its own butcher shop.
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Osaka · Fine Dining
A local favorite in Nishishinsaibashi, Osaka, for its signature tecchan nabe, a chiritori-style hotpot piled high with beef, offal, and bean sprouts. The staff cook everything for you, finishing with a memorable two-part finale of udon and rice…
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Tokyo · Dessert Shop
A tiny pudding shop in Higashiazabu dedicated to "Milano pudding"—a unique, dense dessert with a texture between panna cotta and cheesecake. It's a popular spot for a high-quality takeout souvenir.
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Kyoto · Take-out / Takeaway
This is the takeout counter of the famed Kyoto restaurant Murasakino Wakuden, located in the JR Kyoto Isetan department store. It offers a chance to sample high-end restaurant techniques in beautifully packaged bento boxes and signature lotus-root…
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Hokkaido · Dessert Shop
A fourth-generation wagashi shop in Sapporo, celebrated for its regional, handcrafted sweets. Visitors come for the signature 'zukume dango'—soft rice dumplings you dig out of a box of fragrant black sesame powder.
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Hyōgo · Dessert Shop
A traditional teahouse in Kobe's Suidosuji district, celebrated for its handmade anmitsu, warabimochi, and seasonal shaved ice. It's a quiet, retro spot to enjoy classic Japanese desserts made with high-quality ingredients.
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Fukuoka · Izakaya
A lunch-focused counter in Fukuoka's Watanabedori district, famed for its "Pork Mania" bowl. It combines charcoal-grilled and soy-braised pork, with the remainder of the rice finished with a flying-fish dashi broth.
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Nara · Izakaya
A celebrated izakaya in Nara's Omiyacho district, known for its unique oden where each ingredient has its own dashi, and a standout pork shabu-shabu. A top choice for high-quality Japanese comfort food.
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Fukuoka · Casual Dining
A popular spot in Fukuoka's Nishi Ward for creative champon noodles. Chanpon Tamanegi is known for its signature raw onion topping and a rich, sweet broth, drawing queues for its inventive bowls like motsu and seasonal oyster champon.
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Hyōgo · Delicatessen (Deli)
A farm-owned butcher shop in the Kita ward of Kobe, renowned for its high-quality black-haired wagyu at remarkably fair prices. Visitors flock here for the excellent meat and the near-famous take-home croquettes and menchi katsu.
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Kyoto · Fine Dining
A seasonal hotpot specialist in Kyoto's Saiin district, open only from October to April. Kushi Tora is sought out by diners for its exceptional chicken chanko and sukiyaki, featuring high-quality local vegetables and fresh, morning-prepared chicken.
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Hokkaido · Casual Dining
Experience Osaka-style okonomiyaki made with premium Hokkaido ingredients in Kitami. Staff cook signature dishes like the Akatsuki-yaki and rich seafood monja at your table in this lively, family-friendly spot.
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