List of Japanese restaurants

This is a list of notable Japanese restaurants. Japanese cuisine is the food—ingredients, preparation and way of eating—of Japan. The traditional food of Japan is based on rice with miso soup and other dishes, each in its own utensil, with an emphasis on seasonal ingredients. The side dishes often consist of fish, pickled vegetables, and vegetables cooked in broth. Fish is common in the traditional cuisine. It is often grilled, but it may also be served raw as sashimi or in sushi. Apart from rice, staples include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.

Types of Japanese restaurants include:

Conveyor belt sushi – a sushi restaurant where the plates with the sushi are placed on a rotating conveyor belt or moat that winds through the restaurant and moves past every table and counter seat
Izakaya – an informal Japanese gastropub
Robatayaki – a method of cooking, similar to barbecue, in which items of food on skewers are slow-grilled over hot charcoal
Ryōtei – a type of luxurious traditional Japanese restaurant. Traditionally they only accept new customers by referral and feature entertainment by geishas, but in modern times this is not always the case
Teppanyaki – a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food

Conveyor belt sushi
A Robatayaki restaurant in Osaka

Notable Japanese restaurants

Japan

Afuri
Ajisen Ramen – Japanese ramen soup fast food chain
Bincho – a London-based Japanese restaurant styled on the traditional izakayas found throughout Japan
Hokka Hokka Tei – a bento take-out chain with over 2,000 franchises and company-owned branches throughout Japan
Kayabukiya Tavern – a traditional-style Japanese "sake-house" restaurant (izakaya) located in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, Japan^[1]^[2]
Marugame Seimen – A Japanese restaurant chain specializing in udon
Marukin Ramen
Matsugen – the name of several Japanese restaurants owned by the Matsushita brothers located in Tokyo, Hawaii, and New York City
Matsuya – a Japanese fast-food chain specializing in rice bowls with meat
Nihonryori Ryugin – a fusion cuisine restaurant in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Okonomi-mura – a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki food theme park located at 5-13 Shintenchi in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan^[3]
Ramen Ryoma
Sukiya – a chain of gyūdon (beef bowl) restaurants
Sukiyabashi Jiro – a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan, it is owned and operated by sushi master Jiro Ono.^[4] The Michelin Guide has awarded it 3 stars.^[5] A two-star branch operated by his son Takashi is located at Roppongi Hills in Minato, Tokyo.^[6]^[7]
Sushi Saito – a three Michelin star Japanese cuisine restaurant in Minato, Tokyo, primarily known for serving sushi
Yoshinoya – a Japanese fast food restaurant chain, it is the largest chain of gyūdon (beef bowl) restaurants

Australia

Tetsuya's – a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, owned and operated by world renowned chef^[8] Tetsuya Wakuda

Bangladesh

Izumi

Brazil

Koni Store – a Brazilian chain of Japanese food headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Canada

Notable Japanese restaurants in Canada include:

Aburi Hana, Toronto
Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto, Toronto
Kappo Sato, Toronto
Kissa Tanto, a Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant in Vancouver
Masayoshi, Vancouver
Motonobu Udon, Vancouver
Okeya Kyujiro
Sarku Japan – an quick serve restaurant chain based in Markham, Ontario, Canada serving Japanese teppanyaki and sushi
Shoushin, Toronto
Sushi Hil, Vancouver
Yukashi, a Michelin star restaurant in Toronto

Denmark

Sticks'n'Sushi – a Copenhagen-based restaurant and take-away chain specializing in sushi and yakitori sticks

Indonesia

HokBen – a Japanese fast food chain of restaurants based in Jakarta, Indonesia

Singapore

Sakae Sushi – a restaurant chain based in Singapore serving Japanese cuisine, and is the flagship brand of Apex-Pal International Ltd.
Standing Sushi Bar – a Japanese-food restaurant chain in Singapore and Indonesia

United Kingdom

The Araki
Feng Sushi – a UK-based restaurant chain known for advocating sustainable fish farming
Itsu – a British chain of Asian-inspired fast food shops and restaurants, and a grocery company^[9]
Tokyo Diner – a three-floor Japanese restaurant on the corner of Newport Place and Lisle Street in the "Chinatown" area of the West End of London
Wagamama – restaurant chain
Wasabi – restaurant chain
Zuma – founded by chef Rainer Becker, inspired by informal izakaya-style Japanese dining in which dishes are brought to the table continuously throughout the meal

United States

Notable Japanese restaurants in the United States include:

15 East, New York City
Asanebo, Los Angeles
Behind the Museum Café, Portland, Oregon
Benihana – an American restaurant company based in Aventura, Florida. It owns or franchises 116 Japanese cuisine restaurants around the world
Biwa, Portland, Oregon
Boxer Ramen, Portland, Oregon
Bush Garden, Seattle
Cagen, New York City
Cranes, Washington, D.C.
Hapa PDX, Portland, Oregon
Hashiri, San Francisco
Hayakawa, Atlanta, Georgia
Hayato, Los Angeles, California
Hiden, Miami, Florida
Icca, New York City
Itsumono, Seattle
Ivan Ramen – New York City
Jinya Ramen Bar – a chain of restaurants based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in ramen noodle dishes
Jewel Bako, New York City
Kadence, Florida
Kaede, Portland, Oregon
Kajitsu, New York City
Kamonegi, Seattle
Kanoyama, New York City
Katsu Burger, Washington State
Kenzo, Napa, California
Kinjo, San Francisco
Kisser, Nashville, Tennessee
Kona Grill – based in Scottsdale, Arizona; operates over 30 locations in the U.S.
Kono, New York City
Kosaka, New York City
Koya, Tampa, Florida
Kurumazushi, New York City
Kusakabe, San Francisco
Kyo Ya, New York City
Ltd Edition Sushi, Seattle
Mako, Chicago
Masa – New York City
Menya Hosaki, Washington, D.C.
Momiji, Seattle
Morihiro, Los Angeles
Mujō, Atlanta, Georgia
n/naka, Los Angeles
Nisei, San Francisco
Nippon – the oldest operating Japanese restaurant in Manhattan, the first to serve sushi and fugu, and according to its proprietor the birthplace of Beef Negimayaki^[10]^[11]^[12]
Noda, New York City
Nodoguro, Portland, Oregon
Noodle in a Haystack, San Francisco
Noz 17, New York City
Nozawa Bar
O Ya, Boston
Odo, New York City
Okuda, New York City
Omakase, San Francisco
Omakase Yume, Chicago
Ooink, Seattle
Q Sushi, Los Angeles
Saburo's, Portland, Oregon
Sasabune – a Japanese sushi restaurant located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City^[13]^[14]^[15]
Satsuki, New York City
Shin Sushi, Los Angeles
Shizuku by Chef Naoko, Portland, Oregon
The Shota, San Francisco
Shunji, Santa Monica, California
Soichi, San Diego
Soseki, Florida
Soto, New York City
Sushi Amane, New York City
Sushi Azabu, New York City
Sushi Ginza Onodera, West Hollywood, California and Honolulu
Sushi Inoue, New York City
Sushi Kaneyoshi, Los Angeles
Sushi Kashiba, Seattle
Sushi Noz, New York City
Sushi of Gari – New York City
Sushi Seki – New York City^[16]^[17]
Sushi Tadokoro, San Diego
Sushi Taro, Washington, D.C.
Sushi Yasuda – New York City
Sushi Yoshizumi, San Mateo, California
Sushi Zo, Los Angeles and New York City
Takibi, Portland, Oregon
Taku – Seattle; owned by Shota Nakajima^[18]
Tanaka, Portland, Oregon
Tanuki, Portland, Oregon
Tempura Matsui, New York City
Tokyo Sando, Portland, Oregon
Torien, New York City
Torishin, New York City
Ushiwakamaru, New York City
Wako, San Francisco
Wakuriya, San Mateo, California
Yess, Los Angeles
Yoshi's – San Francisco Bay Area
Yoshi's Sushi, Portland, Oregon
Yoshino, New York City
Yoshitomo, Omaha, Nebraska
Yume Wo Katare – Cambridge, Massachusetts

References

External links

Media related to Japanese style restaurants at Wikimedia Commons

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