Best high-end fugu in Japan
152 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000
The highest-rated fugu across Japan on Tabelog are Ajiman, Maruyasu, and Mieda, and a typical dinner costs about ¥25,000 per person.
Our analysis of these 152
- ¥15,400median cheapest dinner course (63 of 152)
- 10%book online in English (15)
- ¥8,800median lunch course (21)
1Ajiman¥60,000–79,999
2Maruyasu¥50,000–59,999
3Mieda¥30,000–39,999
4Fugu Makino¥20,000–29,999
5Tokuyama¥20,000–29,999
At the 63 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥15,400, about the same as the ¥16,500 median of all 6,995 restaurants in this guide; the lowest is ¥7,500 at Oyogi Torafugu Ikegani Ryori Ajihei Sonezaki. 68 of these 152 open on Sundays, when many restaurants in Japan are closed.
Counted 5 November 2026 from Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge and restaurant websites. Booking services ↓ · How we count
Ranked list
In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 15 of these 152 take bookings online.
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- 1
Ajiman味満ん
Fugu, Roppongi, Nogizaka & Nishi-Azabu, 5 min walk from Roppongi Station
2026Silver- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥60,000–79,999
dinner per person, about $400–530
Tabelog 4.28
- 2
Maruyasu丸安
Fugu, Nishinomiya, 14 min walk from Kōshienguchi Station
2026Bronze- Private rooms
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Tabelog 4.16
- 3
Miedaみえ田
Kaiseki, Susukino, 2 min walk from Susukino Station
2026Bronze百名店2025- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Sundays
- ¥43,560 Dinner course
- per person, tax incl.
Tabelog 4.10
- 4
Fugu Makinoふぐ 牧野
Fugu, Ueno, Okachimachi & Yushima, 9 min walk from Inarichō Station
2025Bronze- Closed Thursdays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 4.05
- 5
Tokuyamaとく山
Kaiseki, Hiroo, 13 min walk from Hiroo Station
2021Bronze百名店2025- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
- ¥26,400 Toku Course
- ¥31,900 Kasumi Course
- ¥37,400 Sukumo
- per person, tax incl. · 71% above the list median
Tabelog 3.84
- 6
Fugu Fukujiふぐ 福治
Fugu, Ginza, 3 min walk from Higashi-ginza Station
2022Bronze- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Sundays
- ¥4,840 Dinner course
- ¥12,000 Dinner course
- ¥19,360 Dinner course
- +3 more · per person, tax incl. · 167% above the list median
Tabelog 3.70
- 7
Tanaka Ryokan田中旅館
Fugu, Yanai, Kaminoseki, Tabuse & Hirao
2023Bronze- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 3.74
- 8
Tatemotoたてもと
Fugu, Nishinari-ku, 4 min walk from Tengachaya Station
2020Bronze- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Tuesdays
- ¥18,000 Jukusen Course
- ¥25,000 Hojou Course
- per person, tax incl. · 17% above the list median
Tabelog 3.72
- 9
Kagurazaka Marutomiまる富
Kaiseki, Kagurazaka & Iidabashi, 5 min walk from Ushigome-kagurazaka Station
Michelin Guide2026百名店2023- UnionPay
- English menu
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥26,400 Omakase Kaiseki
- ¥27,500 Omakase Kaiseki (Starting Oct…
- ¥13,200 Lunch Kaiseki + (Saturday Onl…
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 71% above the list median
Tabelog 3.68
- 10
Yuunagi Bashi Takoyasu夕凪橋 多古安
Fugu, Tenpozan & Osaka-Nanko, 8 min walk from Asashiobashi Station
2021Bronze- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- ¥25,300 Course
- per person, tax incl. · 64% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.70
- 11
Isshin一眞
Fugu, Toyonaka, 4 min walk from Ryokuchi-kōen Station
- Cash only
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Tabelog 3.72
- 12
Kappou Yamaji割烹 山路
Kaiseki, Shimbashi & Shiodome, 3 min walk from Shimbashi Station
- Cards accepted
- Counter seats
- ¥16,500 Seasonal Omakase Course (Inbo…
- ¥16,500 Seasonal Omakase Course (Inbo…
- per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Tabelog 3.71
- 13
Sawa Ichi澤いち
Kaiseki, Roppongi, Nogizaka & Nishi-Azabu, 5 min walk from Roppongi Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥33,000 Fugu Course (excluding tax an…
- per person, tax incl. · 96% above the list median
Tabelog 3.70
- 14
Fugu Akasaka Myogaふぐ赤坂 めうが
Fugu, Shirogane, 4 min walk from Shirokane-takanawa Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 3.70
- 15
Sushi Yutaka鮨裕
Sushi, Chigasaki, 9 min walk from Chigasaki Station
百名店2022- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.65
- 16
Kichisei吉星
Kaiseki, Ningyocho & Kodenmacho, 4 min walk from Ningyōchō Station
- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Sundays
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥17,600 Amakusa Golden Hamo Shabu-Sha…
- ¥18,700 Kichisei Tsuki Course
- ¥20,900 Limited Time Special Matsutak…
- +4 more · per person, tax incl. · 14% above the list median
Tabelog 3.61
- 17
Yoshikoよし光
Fugu, Umeda, Kitashinchi & Osaka Station, 5 min walk from Kitashinchi Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star- Private rooms
- Closed Sundays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.68
- 18
Oita Usuki Fugu Yoshi no Ie大分臼杵ふぐ 良の家
Fugu, Oita, 14 min walk from Takajō Station
- Private rooms
- Closed Tuesdays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.67
- 19
Uemuraうえ村
Fugu, Kikuna–Sorimachi, 1 min walk from Tammachi Station
Michelin ★ 2013 (as stated on the restaurant's website)- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Wednesdays and Sundays
- ¥15,400 Fugu course
- ¥16,500 貝しゃぶコース
- ¥18,700 Fugu course
- +3 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Tabelog 3.67
- 20
Dojima Kozuru堂島幸鶴
Fugu, Kitahama, Yodoyabashi & Higobashi, 5 min walk from Watanabebashi Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.66
- 21
Kuzushi Nosukeくずし 之助
Kaiseki, Hamamatsu, 4 min walk from Shin-Hamamatsu Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- ¥17,600 A Selection of Dishes Featuri…
- ¥22,000 Savor the Ultimate Recommenda…
- per person, tax incl. · 14% above the list median
Tabelog 3.64
- 22
Sengakuji Monzen Monya泉岳寺門前 紋屋
Kaiseki, Shinagawa, 5 min walk from Sengakuji Station
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- ¥11,979 Course
- ¥11,979 Course
- ¥16,940 Course
- +7 more · per person, tax incl. · 10% above the list median
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.59
- 23
Fuku Masaふく政
Fugu, Saijō, 6 min walk from Saijō Station
Michelin Selected 2018 (as stated on the restaurant's website)- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- ¥6,600 Fugu course
- ¥13,000 Fugu course
- per person
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 3.63
- 24
Kappou Hirakawa割烹ひら川
Kaiseki, Kokura, 2 min walk from Heiwadōri Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥13,200 Omakase Course
- ¥16,500 Omakase Course
- ¥22,000 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · 14% below the list median
Tabelog 3.62
- 25
Kitahachi喜太八
Fugu, Senboku & Kishiwada, 10 min walk from Kishiwada Station
- Private rooms
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Tabelog 3.62
- 26
Sushi Hayataka鮨 はやたか
Sushi, Kohoku New Town, 6 min walk from Center-Minami Station
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
- ¥15,400 Night Omakase Course with Des…
- ¥22,000 Evening" Omakase Course with…
- ¥26,400 Night" [Omakase] Dessert Incl…
- +3 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥8,000–9,999
Tabelog 3.57
- 27
Shunpanro Shimonoseki Honten春帆楼 下関本店
Fugu, Shimonoseki, near Shimonoseki Station
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- ¥9,680 Fugu Kaiseki A
- ¥10,230 Fugu Kaiseki A (Private Room…
- ¥12,100 Fugu Kaiseki B
- +9 more · per person, tax incl. · 34% below the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 3.59
- 28
Denpachi傳八
Fugu, Takaragaike & Kitayama, 10 min walk from Kitayama Station
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥14,000 Dinner course
- ¥18,000 Dinner course
- ¥19,000 Dinner course
- +3 more · per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Tabelog 3.59
- 29
Sushi Rikaku鮨 りかく
Sushi, Azabujuban, 5 min walk from Azabu-Jūban Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Tabelog 3.58
- 30
Akasaka Ninomae赤坂 にのまえ
Kaiseki, Akasaka, 5 min walk from Akasaka Station
- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Vegetarian options
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥30,000 Chef's Special Course: Indulg…
- ¥40,000 Hairy Crab and Snow Crab Cour…
- ¥52,000 Seasonal Omakase: Indulge in…
- +1 more · per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 3.50
- 31
Kokochiyoこゝちよ
Kaiseki, Awaji
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.58
- 32
Sanshoさん昇
Kaiseki, Daikanyama, 8 min walk from Daikan-yama Station
- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Vegetarian options
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥36,300 Omakase course
- per person, tax incl. · 43% above the list median
Tabelog 3.51
- 33
Torafugu no Kai Osaka kitaとらふぐの会 大阪 北
Fugu, Minamimorimachi, Tenma & Tenjin, 9 min walk from Ōsakatemmangū Station
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.57
- 34
Fuku Ryori Shinodaふく料理 しのだ
Fugu, Shimonoseki, 8 min walk from Shimonoseki Station
- UnionPay
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Tuesdays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 3.56
- 35
Torafugu no Kai Osaka Hontenとらふぐの会 大阪 本店
Fugu, Tennoji & Abeno, 5 min walk from Teradachō Station
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.56
- 36
Ikefugu Ryori Wada活ふぐ料理 和田
Fugu, Kitano, Shin-Kobe & Nada Area, 6 min walk from Shinkawa Station
- Counter seats
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.56
- 37
Soe Monmachi Yatsu Jaya宗右衛門町奴茶屋
Fugu, Namba, Dotonbori & Nipponbashi, 5 min walk from Nippombashi Station
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
- Closed Sundays
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Tabelog 3.56
- 38
Kan Tora可ん寅
Fugu, Sakae & Yabacho, 6 min walk from Sakae Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
- ¥5,500 Suzuran Course
- ¥6,600 Koufuku Zen
- ¥9,680 Koufuku Zen Hot Pot Included
- +6 more · per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥3,000–3,999
Tabelog 3.55
- 39
Koyanagi小やなぎ
Fugu, Azabujuban, 8 min walk from Azabu-Jūban Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥15,000–19,999
dinner per person, about $100–130
Tabelog 3.55
- 40
Ikkiいっ木
Kaiseki, Hamamatsu, 1 min walk from Dai-Ichi-dōri Station
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Mondays
- ¥12,000 Omakase course
- ¥16,000 Omakase course
- ¥19,000 Omakase course
- +1 more · per person
Lunch ¥6,000–7,999
Tabelog 3.55
Showing the top 40 of 152 in full. See all 152 and filter by price, children or online booking.
Numbers 41 to 152 in this list
- Tsuchida
- Shunsai Fuku Hotta
- Usuki Fugu Yamadaya Marunouchi
- fugu madonna
- Tatsufumi
- Sokawa
- Kappo Okada
- Yaki Fugu Yume Teppou Kitashinchi
- Aji Fuku
- Mita Yamadaya
- Ryotei Kamome
- Uoshiyo
- Oyogi Torafugu Ikegani Ryori Ajihei Sonezaki
- Masuya
- Fugu Club Miyawaki Bettei
- Fugu Ryori Umei
- Hamo Tennenn Fugu Ginza Fukuwa
- Kappou Kisara
- Kappou SOU
- CADET Yamadaya
- Japanese cuisine Mashino
- Torafugu no Kai Tokyo akasaka
- Kakurega Sushi Ebisu
- Kisetsu Ryori Ishii
- Naruto
- Tennen Torafugu Senmon Ten Roppongi Hamato
- Miyakami
- Fugu Ryori Mae
- Kaneman
- Tecchiri Hikari
- Yoshida
- Tennen Torafugu Ryori Akashi
- Wan Kyuu
- Fugu Take
- Hibanaya Fugu Ryori Ten
- Japanese Cuisine Hishinuma
- Shimonoseki Shunpanro Tokyo
- Roppongi Sushiya no Ikekan
- Asakusa Tsujimura
- Izumi
- Fugu Ryori Miyazaki
- Ginza Enishi
- Hiyoshi Zushi
- Shin Akashi
- Minokichi Tobu Ikebukuro
- Kanijennu Azabu
- Shunsai Gyo ai
- Kobikicho Tounai
- Akasaka Youetsu
- Hanamiyako
- Ningyocho Kimi
- Fugu Ryori Kawaraya
- Torafugu no Kai Tokyo ebisu
- Fuku Kappou Hanaya
- Kyoryori Satsuki
- Osumitsuki Someya
- Sushi Kappou Naniwa
- Wa no Takumi Yoshino
- Sushi Isshin
- Kitashinchi Kawai
- Fukui Meibutsu Zuwai Kani Ryori Komatsuya
- Fukudokoro Shinken
- Furu Hayashi
- Tomikyu
- Kappou Nakagawa Sanjo Kiyamachi
- Ike Fuku Ryori Takuan
- Ooya
- Fugu Ryori Sushi Hikari
- Miki Matsu
- Fugu Kappou Suzuki
- Tairyo Mukoujima
- Mitsutomi
- Omorita
- Mutsu no Ie
- Japanese cuisine Tsubaki Tei
- Japanese cuisine Tengu Do
- Japanese cuisine Takahashi
- Igarashi Fugu Ryori Ten
- Ichiriki
- Fukuryoan Shimo Shokaikan
- Ajiro
- Fuku Masa
- Uokuma Suisan
- Yoi Tora
- Fugu Hamo Suppon Buntarou
- Gen Naoshi
- Tetsu Tora
- Hanare Itamae Tempura Shikibu An
- Furutor Higashinihonbashi
- Shirata
- Tsukasa
- Fugu Yamaho
- Ginza Sugata
- Uohei
- Yamanakako Shogetsu
- Kishu
- Fugu Labo
- Daifuku
- Echizen Umi no Sachi Ryori Hama Saki
- Kappou Miyamoto
- Naya Ten
- Shimonoseki Fuku Hyakka Seki Tora Honten
- Mantoku
- Oimatsu Yashiro
- Yoshiki
- Gokou
- Fugu Ryori Sumi
- Omiya Uoshun
- Mutsumi MUTSUMI
- fukusemmonten fukube
- Oozeki Shimabara
- Genpin Okami no Counter
How to book these 152, and what they charge
63 of these 152 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 21 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥8,800 (43% below the dinner median). 15 can be booked online in English, 57 online in Japanese only, 69 by phone only and 11 publish neither a phone number nor online booking. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (66, in Japanese), Gurunavi (7, in Japanese), Pocket Concierge (6), TableCheck (5).
| Booking | Language | Restaurants | Least expensive dinner course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket Concierge | English | 6 | ¥12,000 · Miyakami |
| TableCheck | English | 5 | ¥15,000 · Kappou Kisara |
| AutoReserve | English | 3 | ¥11,500 · Hibanaya Fugu Ryori Ten |
| OMAKASE | English | 2 | ¥16,500 · Fugu Club Miyawaki Bettei |
| Ikyu Restaurant | Japanese only | 66 | ¥7,500 · Oyogi Torafugu Ikegani Ryori Ajihei Sonezaki |
| Gurunavi | Japanese only | 7 | ¥12,100 · Uoshiyo |
| the restaurant's booking form | Japanese only | 4 | ¥24,200 · Genpin Okami no Counter |
| Hot Pepper Gourmet | Japanese only | 3 | ¥11,000 · Tsuchida |
| Hitosara | Japanese only | 1 | ¥12,000 · Miyakami |
| By phone only | — | 69 | — |
| No phone or online booking published | — | 11 | — |
Each restaurant counted once for every service it takes bookings through; the least expensive dinner course is the lowest among the restaurants that service covers, as published on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or the restaurant's website.
About high-end fugu in Japan
Most are in Tokyo (64), Osaka (25), and Kyoto (10). There are 152 fugu restaurants across Japan in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 69 at ¥15,000–19,999, 56 at ¥20,000–29,999, 15 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 12 at ¥40,000 or more. 11 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list.
15 of the 152 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 134 accept credit cards. 11 do not admit young children, while 59 say children are welcome. 54 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.
Questions visitors ask
How much does high-end fugu cost in Japan?
Dinner at the 152 fugu restaurants listed here ranges from ¥15,000 to ¥79,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥25,000: 69 at ¥15,000–19,999, 56 at ¥20,000–29,999, 15 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 12 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 63 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥15,400.
Which fugu restaurants in Japan have won awards?
Ajiman, Maruyasu, Mieda, Fugu Makino, Tokuyama, and Fugu Fukuji, among 11 in total, have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.
Can I book fugu in Japan online?
Yes for 15 of the 152: they can be booked online in English, most through Pocket Concierge (6), TableCheck (5), and AutoReserve (3). 57 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 69 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.
Are children allowed at high-end fugu restaurants in Japan?
It depends on the restaurant: 59 say children are welcome and 11 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.