Restaurants in Japan

Australian-style specialty cafe right next to Fushimi Inari Shrine, popular with tourists.

Minimalist specialty coffee roaster with a stunning view of Yasaka Pagoda in Higashiyama.

Osaka's vibrant kitchen market offering fresh sashimi, wagyu skewers, and grilled seafood to eat on the spot.

Kyoto's 400-year-old covered market with dozens of stalls selling pickles, skewers, and snacks.

Beloved Asakusa sweet shop since 1902, famous for its sweet potato yokan and anmitsu.

Charming retro monjayaki and okonomiyaki spot in Asakusa, operating since 1937.

Iconic Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki near the Peace Memorial, with layered noodles and cabbage.

Osaka's most famous okonomiyaki restaurant on Dotonbori, grilling since 1945.

Iconic tonkatsu restaurant in a converted bathhouse, famous for juicy, tender pork cutlets.

Elegant tempura in a historic Kyoto machiya, where guests sit at a hinoki counter facing a garden.

Popular tempura rice bowl chain known for excellent value and crispy battered seafood.

Popular takoyaki chain in the heart of Dotonbori, serving crispy-outside soft-inside takoyaki.

24-hour seafood izakaya with tabletop grills, popular for late-night fresh shellfish.

Massively popular all-items-same-price yakitori izakaya chain loved by locals and students.

Popular sushi chain known for generous portions and excellent value in central Tokyo.

Pioneering Hakata-style tonkotsu ramen chain that helped popularize ramen worldwide.

Long-established tempura chain since 1924, offering high-quality tempura at accessible prices.

Kyoto's oldest soba restaurant, operating since 1465, once purveyor to the Imperial Palace.

Nagoya's beloved miso-katsu institution, drenching crispy pork cutlets in sweet red miso sauce.

Multi-floor okonomiyaki food court in central Hiroshima with over 20 competing stalls.