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.

Prime Minister Abe and President Obama at Sukiyabashi Jiro, Tokyo, in April 2014

Japanese restaurants

A chef preparing a dinner at a Benihana restaurant

A bento meal at a HokBen restaurant

Various foods at a Matsugen restaurant

"Paper steamboat" is a Sakae Sushi dish

• Ajisen Ramen - Japanese ramen soup fast food chain
• Benihana – an American restaurant company based in Aventura, Florida. It owns or franchises 116 Japanese cuisine restaurants around the world
• Bergh–Stoutenburgh House
• Bincho – a London-based Japanese restaurant styled on the traditional izakayas found throughout Japan
• Feng Sushi – a UK-based restaurant chain known for advocating sustainable fish farming.
• Freshness Burger – a fast food restaurant from Japan founded in 1992, it purveys hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, and coffee drinks
• HokBen – a Japanese fast food chain of restaurants based in Jakarta, Indonesia
• Hokka Hokka Tei – a bento take-out chain with over 2,000 franchises and company-owned branches throughout Japan
• Ichibanya – owns the top curry rice restaurant chain in Japan, Curry House CoCo Ichibanya
• Italian Tomato – a Japanese Italian restaurant and bakery chain
• Itsu – a British chain of Asian-inspired fast food shops and restaurants, and a grocery company[1]
• Ivan Ramen – a ramen noodle restaurant with two locations in New York City
• Jinya Ramen Bar – a chain of restaurants based in Los Angeles, California, specializing in ramen noodle dishes
• Kayabukiya Tavern – a traditional-style Japanese "sake-house" restaurant (izakaya) located in the city of Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, Japan.[2][3]
• Kissa Tanto - a Japanese-Italian fusion restaurant in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Kona Grill – a restaurant company based in Scottsdale, Arizona that owns and operates over 30 locations in the United States
• Koni Store – a Brazilian chain of Japanese food headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Marugame Seimen - A Japanese restaurant chain specializing in udon
• Masa – a Japanese and sushi restaurant located in Manhattan, New York City
• Matsugen – the name of several Japanese restaurants owned by the Matsushita brothers located in Tokyo, Hawaii, and New York City
• MOS Burger – a fast-food restaurant chain (fast-casual) that originated in Japan, it is now the second-largest fast-food franchise in Japan after McDonald's Japan. The MOS Rice Burger uses a bun made of rice mixed with barley and millet.
• Nihonryori Ryugin – a fusion cuisine restaurant in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
• Nippon -- The oldest operating Japanese restaurant in Manhattan[4], the first to serve Sushi and Fugu[5] and birthplace of the Beef Negimayaki.[6]
• Okonomi-mura – a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki food theme park located at 5-13 Shintenchi in Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan.[7]
• Sakae Sushi – a restaurant chain based in Singapore serving Japanese cuisine, and is the flagship brand of Apex-Pal International Ltd
• Sasabune – is a Japanese sushi restaurant located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.[8][9][10]
• Standing Sushi Bar – a Japanese-food restaurant chain in Singapore and Indonesia
• Sticks'n'Sushi – a Copenhagen-based restaurant and take-away chain specializing in sushi and yakitori sticks
• 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.[11] The Michelin Guide has awarded it 3 stars.[12] A two-star branch operated by his son Takashi is located at Roppongi Hills in Minato, Tokyo.[13][14]
• Sushi of Gari – a Japanese sushi restaurant located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City
• Sushi Saito – a three Michelin star Japanese cuisine restaurant in Minato, Tokyo, primarily known for serving sushi.
• Sushi Seki – a Japanese sushi restaurant located on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City[15][16]
• Sushi Yasuda – a Japanese sushi restaurant located in the Grand Central area of Midtown Manhattan, New York City
• Tetsuya's – a restaurant in Sydney, Australia, owned and operated by world renowned chef[17] Tetsuya Wakuda.
• Thomas Hynes House – today it is used as one of Nobu Matsuhisa's eponymous Japanese restaurants
• 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
• Yoshinoya – a Japanese fast food restaurant chain, it is the largest chain of gyūdon (beef bowl) restaurants
• Yoshi's – a jazz club of the San Francisco Bay Area, it started as a Japanese restaurant in Berkeley
• Yume Wo Katare – a ramen shop in Cambridge, Massachusetts where diners are encouraged to share their dreams and aspirations to their fellow diners after finishing their meal
• 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

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  Chefs prepare sushi at Sushi Yasuda in New York City
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  Tokyo Diner in London
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  A Yoshinoya restaurant in Nagahori, Osaka city in Japan

Types of restaurants

• 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

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  Conveyor belt sushi
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  A Robatayaki restaurant in Osaka

See also

• List of Japanese condiments
• List of Japanese cooking utensils
• List of Japanese dishes
  • List of Japanese desserts and sweets
• List of Japanese ingredients
• Lists of restaurants
• List of sushi restaurants
• Ramen shop
• Restaurants in Japan (category)

References

1. Moules, Jonathan. "Itsu founder nurtures a new generation", The Financial Times, London, 21 January 2014. Retrieved on 21 January 2014.
2. Jamie Rhein (2008-10-11). "Monkey waiters in Japan a hit with diners". Gadling.com. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
3. Gary Fennelly (2008-10-06). "Monkey works as waiter in Japanese restaurant". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
4. "The Legendary Restaurateur Who Opened NYC's First Sushi Bar Has Died". Eater NY. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
5. "Japan's Fugu Is a Delicacy—but Is It Poisson or Poison?". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
6. Fabricant, Florence. "ADAPTING AMERICAN FOODS TO JAPANESE CUISINE". Retrieved 2018-08-03.
7. Mishima, Shizuko. "Hiroshima Okonomimura". About.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
8. Bruni, Frank (December 27, 2006). "Tough Love at the Sushi Bar". The New York Times.
9. Benjamin Kneen (November 7, 2006). "Sasabune – Upper East Side – New York Magazine Restaurant Guide". Nymag.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
10. Sasabune | Manhattan | Restaurant Menus and Reviews. Zagat. 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
11. Sukiyabashi Jiro website
12. Kitamura, Makiko (November 17, 2009). "Michelin Guide Gives 3 Stars to 11 Tokyo Restaurants". bloomberg.com. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
13. 鮨 すきやばし 次郎 [Sushi Sukiyabashi Jiro]. Roppongi Hills website (in Japanese). Mori Building Co., Ltd. 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
14. Richard Vines and Makiko Kitamura (24 Nov 2010). "Japan Matches France in Michelin Three-Star Eateries". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 April 2012. The new two-star restaurants in Tokyo: ... Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi (Japanese Sushi) ...
15. Sushi Seki | Manhattan | Restaurant Menus and Reviews. Zagat. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
16. The Chowhound's Guide to the New York Tristate Area. Penguin. 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
17. "Tetsuya Wakuda of Waku Ghin wins The Diners Club® Lifetime Achievement Award – Asia 2015". The World's 50 Best Restaurants. Retrieved 2015-10-22.

External links

• Media related to Japanese style restaurants at Wikimedia Commons