Food & Drink
The best restaurants in Tokyo and Japan, destination by destination (2026)
Every restaurants guide we publish for Tokyo and Japan.
We also publish destination guides for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto. Every pick is hand-chosen and written up with its neighborhood, what it does well and what to know before you go.
Restaurants by destination
Tokyo · Restaurants
The 12 Best Restaurants in Tokyo (2026)
The best restaurants in Tokyo in 2026 are Den and Nihonryori RyuGin for modern Japanese, Narisawa and L'Effervescence for innovative cooking, Sézanne …
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The best restaurants in Osaka in 2026 are Mizuno and Fukutaro for okonomiyaki, Kiji in the Umeda Sky Building, Kukuru for takoyaki, Daruma in Shinseka…
Read the list Kyoto · RestaurantsThe 9 Best Restaurants in Kyoto (2026)
The best restaurants in Kyoto in 2026 are Kikunoi Honten and Hyotei for kaiseki, Okutan in Nanzen-ji for yudofu (simmered tofu), Omen for udon near Gi…
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