Japan's high-end restaurants, and how to get a table

Where to eat

• Tokyo2,864
• Kyoto554
• Osaka775
• Kobe & Hyogo230
• Hokkaido (Sapporo & Niseko)251
• Fukuoka275
• Kanazawa & Ishikawa102
• Kanagawa (Yokohama & Hakone)214
• Nagoya & Aichi359
• Naha & Okinawa111
• Nara53
• Hiroshima64

Also: Shizuoka (Atami & Izu) (108), Karuizawa & Nagano (102), Chiba (66), Saitama (54), Mie (52), Sendai & Miyagi (49), Niigata (45), Toyama (44), Matsuyama & Ehime (40), Kumamoto (40), Fukui (39), Okayama (39), Gunma (35), Nagasaki (35), Gifu (33), Shiga (31), Tochigi (28), Ibaraki (25), Oita (24), Kagoshima (23), Yamanashi (22), Yamaguchi (22), Akita (21), Wakayama (20), Takamatsu & Kagawa (20), Miyazaki (18), Aomori (17), Fukushima (17), Saga (17), Tottori (12), Iwate (11), Kochi (11), Matsue & Shimane (10), Tokushima (8), Yamagata (5)

The top tier: ¥30,000 and up

Restaurants where dinner starts at ¥30,000 per person, by city and cuisine.

• Luxury kaiseki in Tokyo270 restaurantsShimbashi Hoshino
• Luxury sushi in Tokyo230 restaurantsSushi Arai
• Luxury French fine dining in Tokyo90 restaurantsAo
• Luxury kaiseki in Kyoto63 restaurantsDojin
• Luxury wagyu in Tokyo63 restaurantsKawamura
• Luxury innovative fine dining in Tokyo51 restaurantsHayato
• Luxury kaiseki in Osaka38 restaurantsHonko Getsu
• Luxury Italian fine dining in Tokyo37 restaurantsPellegrino
• Luxury sushi in Osaka32 restaurantsSushi Ooga

The most expensive restaurants in Tokyo

What to eat

• Sushi (omakase)1,858 restaurants
• Kaiseki2,736 restaurants
• Tempura223 restaurants
• Wagyu982 restaurants
• Teppanyaki432 restaurants
• Yakiniku179 restaurants
• Sukiyaki & shabu-shabu124 restaurants
• Steak527 restaurants
• French984 restaurants
• Italian541 restaurants
• Chinese223 restaurants
• Innovative670 restaurants
• Spanish46 restaurants
• Fugu152 restaurants
• Unagi71 restaurants
• Crab127 restaurants
• Yakitori146 restaurants
• Kushiage27 restaurants

Also: Seafood (983), Soba (57), Hot pot (132), Korean (27), Western (57), International (28), Izakaya (131), Bars (351)

Lists to start with

• Kaiseki in Tokyo1,067
• Sushi in Tokyo866
• Wagyu in Tokyo396
• French Fine Dining in Tokyo393
• Kaiseki in Kyoto332
• Kaiseki in Osaka302
• Innovative Fine Dining in Tokyo246
• Italian Fine Dining in Tokyo221
• Steak in Tokyo205
• Sushi in Osaka202
• Kaiseki in Ginza162
• Kaiseki in Nagoya & Aichi150
• Teppanyaki in Tokyo145
• Kaiseki in Umeda, Kitashinchi & Osaka Station140
• Sushi in Ginza136
• Kaiseki in Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama129
• Kaiseki in Roppongi, Nogizaka & Nishi-Azabu122
• Wagyu in Osaka118

Famous restaurants, and how to book them

The restaurants visitors to Japan look up by name most often, with whether each one takes bookings online.

• Joël Robuchon Tokyo · ★★★Book online
• Sukiyabashi Jiro TokyoBy phone
• Sushi Saito TokyoBy phone
• Sushi Kanesaka Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Tempura Kondo Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Sezanne TokyoBook online
• Harutaka Tokyo · ★★★Book online
• Florilege Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Yoroniku Tokyo Azabudai Hills TokyoBy phone
• Ginza Kyubey Ginza Honten TokyoBy phone
• Oniku Karyu Tokyo · ★Book online
• Kanda Tokyo · ★★★Book online
• Sushi Arai TokyoBook online
• Ryuzu Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Akasaka Raimon TokyoBy phone
• Sushi Sakai FukuokaBook online
• Narisawa Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Kiyama Kyoto · ★Book online
• Den Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Tempura Asanuma TokyoBy phone
• Nishiazabu Sushi Shin Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Hajime Osaka · ★★★Book online
• Tempura Motoyoshi Tokyo · ★★Book online
• Gion Matayoshi Kyoto · ★★Book online