Best high-end kaiseki in Japan

2,736 restaurants, dinner from ¥15,000

The highest-rated kaiseki across Japan on Tabelog are Kataori, Shimbashi Hoshino, and Dojin, and a typical dinner costs about ¥24,000 per person.

Our analysis of these 2,736

¥17,200median cheapest dinner course (1,471 of 2,736)
28%book online in English (766)
¥9,000median lunch course (883)

At the 1,471 that publish a dinner course, the least expensive one has a median price of ¥17,200, about the same as the ¥16,500 median of all 6,995 restaurants in this guide; the lowest is ¥7,500 at Kyoto Senryo.

Counted 5 November 2026 from Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge and restaurant websites. Booking services ↓ · How we count

In our order: Tabelog rating, awards and ease of booking. Restaurant data checked November 2026. 763 of these 2,736 take bookings online.

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1Inside
Yukimoto柚木元
Kaiseki, Iida & Oshika, 3 min walk from Iida Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays
- ¥42,350 Omakase Course
- ¥42,350 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.60
2Inside
Kataori片折
Kaiseki, Kanazawa, near Hokutetsu Kanazawa Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Counter seats
- No children
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Lunch ¥40,000–49,999
Tabelog 4.71
3Inside
Onjaku温石
Kaiseki, Yaizu & Fujieda, 22 min walk from Yaizu Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥16,500 Omakase Course
- ¥16,500 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · about the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.58
4Inside
Honko Getsu本湖月
Kaiseki, Namba, Dotonbori & Nipponbashi, 5 min walk from Namba Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 4.56
5Inside
Shimbashi Hoshino新ばし星野
Kaiseki, Hamamatsucho & Shiba Park, 6 min walk from Onarimon Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Closed Sundays
¥60,000–79,999
dinner per person, about $400–530
Tabelog 4.68
6Inside
Dojin道人
Kaiseki, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, 6 min walk from Sanjō Keihan Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Counter seats
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Tabelog 4.65
7Inside
Ginza Shinohara銀座しのはら
Kaiseki, Ginza, 3 min walk from Ginza-itchōme Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Gold百名店2025
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Ages 16+
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Lunch ¥40,000–49,999
Tabelog 4.61
8Inside
Seizan日本料理晴山
Kaiseki, Tamachi & Mita, 12 min walk from Shirokane-takanawa Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Silver百名店2025
- UnionPay
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Ages 10+
- Closed Mondays and Sundays
- ¥39,600 Omakase course
- ¥39,600 Omakase course
- per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥40,000–49,999
Tabelog 4.48
9Inside
Sottaku Tsukamoto啐啄つか本
Kaiseki, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, 5 min walk from Gion-shijo Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Cash only
- Counter seats
- Closed Wednesdays
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Tabelog 4.52
10Inside
Matsukawa松川
Kaiseki, Roppongi, Nogizaka & Nishi-Azabu, 7 min walk from Roppongi-itchōme Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Sundays
¥60,000–79,999
dinner per person, about $400–530
Lunch ¥60,000–79,999
Tabelog 4.59
11Inside
Iida飯田
Kaiseki, Imperial Palace Area, 7 min walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Cash only
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Tabelog 4.58
12Inside
Shumoku Cho Shimizu橦木町しみず
Kaiseki, Shin-Sakae, 13 min walk from Takaoka Station
2026Gold百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 4.57
13Inside
Hira Sanso比良山荘
Kaiseki, Otsu
2026Silver百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays
- ¥30,000 Ayu-tabe Course
- ¥30,000 Yamanobe Course
- ¥30,000 Tsuki-nabe Course
- +4 more · per person
Lunch ¥40,000–49,999
Tabelog 4.47
14Inside
Chisou Sottaku Ito馳走啐啄一十
Kaiseki, Komachi・Jizo-dori (Jizo Street), 9 min walk from Chuden-mae Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- English-speaking staff
- Cash only
- Counter seats
- ¥27,500 Omakase Course
- ¥33,000 Art of Japanese Sake ◆ Omakas…
- per person, tax incl. · 60% above the list median
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.54
15Inside
Akasaka Ogino赤坂おぎ乃
Kaiseki, Akasaka, 4 min walk from Akasaka Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- English-speaking staff
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
Easy to book from abroad
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 4.53
16Inside
Niku no Takumi Miyoshiにくの匠三芳
Wagyu, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, 6 min walk from Gion-shijo Station
2026Silver
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- No children
- Closed Sundays
- ¥60,000 Special Tajima Beef Course (f…
- ¥75,000 Special Tajima Beef and Sukiy…
- per person · 249% above the list median
Tabelog 4.46
17Inside
Tominokoji Yamagishi富小路やま岸
Kaiseki, Pontocho, Kiyamachi & Kawaramachi, 9 min walk from Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Counter seats
- Closed Tuesdays
¥80,000–99,999
dinner per person, about $530–670
Tabelog 4.52
18Inside
Japanese cuisine Takamura日本料理たかむら
Kaiseki, Akita City, near Akita Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥14,950 Dinner course
- ¥17,250 Dinner course
- ¥20,700 Dinner course
- per person, tax incl. · 13% below the list median
Tabelog 4.44
19Inside
Kiyama木山
Kaiseki, Imperial Palace Area, 5 min walk from Marutamachi Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: one star2026Silver百名店2025
- English menu
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
Easy to book from abroad
- ¥30,250 Dinner course *market price s…
- ¥54,450 Omakase Course with Grilled C…
- ¥78,650 Omakase Course Featuring Gril…
- +4 more · per person, tax incl. · 76% above the list median
Lunch ¥15,000–19,999
Tabelog 4.44
20Inside
Shunseki Suzue旬席鈴江
Kaiseki, Gion, Kiyomizu-dera & Higashiyama, 5 min walk from Higashiyama Station
2026Bronze百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥80,000–99,999
dinner per person, about $530–670
Tabelog 4.37
21Inside
Yanagiya柳家
Kaiseki, Tajimi, Toki & Mizunami
2026Silver百名店2021
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- ¥19,800 Omakase Course
- per person, tax incl. · 15% above the list median
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.35
22Inside
Seirin勢麟
Kaiseki, Hamamatsu, 7 min walk from Dai-Ichi-dōri Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Ages 13+
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Tabelog 4.41
23Inside
Tokuha Motonari徳ㇵ本也
Kaiseki, Takaragaike & Kitayama, 6 min walk from Kuramaguchi Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Gold百名店2025
- Online booking
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.55
24InsideInside
Oryori Matsuyama御料理まつ山
Kaiseki, Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu, 7 min walk from Kurosaki Station
2026Silver百名店2025Michelin ★ 2014 (as stated on the restaurant's website)
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- Ages 6+
- ¥35,000 Chef’s choice Course
- per person
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.45
25Inside
Japanese Cuisine Fuji日本料理FUJI
Kaiseki, Aoi-ku & Suruga-ku, 5 min walk from Hiyoshichō Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Counter seats
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥20,000–29,999
Tabelog 4.54
26Inside
Suetomi末冨
Kaiseki, Shibuya
2026Silver百名店2025
- UnionPay
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Closed Sundays
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Tabelog 4.52
27Inside
Makimuraまき村
Kaiseki, Omori & Heiwajima, 6 min walk from Ōmori-Kaigan Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 4.44
28Inside
Hiyama樋山
Kaiseki, Kawaguchi & Hatogaya, 5 min walk from Higashi-Kawaguchi Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Children welcome
- Closed Sundays
¥60,000–79,999
dinner per person, about $400–530
Tabelog 4.44
29Inside
Takeyamachi Mita竹屋町三多
Kaiseki, Shimogamo, Kita-Shirakawa & Ginkaku-ji, 8 min walk from Jingū-Marutamachi Station
2026Silver百名店2025
¥60,000–79,999
dinner per person, about $400–530
Tabelog 4.50
30Inside
Oryori Fujii御料理ふじ居
Kaiseki, Toyama, 8 min walk from Keirinjomae Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Closed Mondays
- ¥33,000 Evening: Toyama Seasonal Omak…
- ¥88,000 Evening: Live Snow Crab and K…
- ¥33,000 Lunch: Toyama Seasonal Omakas…
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 92% above the list median
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.45
31Inside
Ryoriya Uemura料理屋植むら
Kaiseki, Sannomiya, 7 min walk from Sannomiya Station
2026Bronze百名店2025Michelin ★★ 2016 (as stated on the restaurant's website)
- Online booking
- Counter seats
- ¥48,400 Dinner course
- ¥48,400 Lunch course
- per person, tax incl. · 181% above the list median
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.38
32Inside
Japanese Cuisine Tobi Ume日本料理 TOBIUME
Kaiseki, Yahatanishi-ku Kitakyushu, 10 min walk from Honjō Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- No children
- Closed Mondays
¥30,000–39,999
dinner per person, about $200–270
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.42
33Inside
Kagurazaka Ishikawa神楽坂石かわ
Kaiseki, Kagurazaka & Iidabashi, 6 min walk from Ushigome-kagurazaka Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: three stars2026Silver百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Ages 12+
- Wheelchair access
¥50,000–59,999
dinner per person, about $330–400
Lunch ¥50,000–59,999
Tabelog 4.42
34Inside
Kyotenjin Noguchi京天神野口
Kaiseki, Kinkaku-ji & Kitano-Tenmangu Area, 10 min walk from Kitano-Hakubaichō Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
¥20,000–29,999
dinner per person, about $130–200
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.38
35Inside
Kitajima鎌倉北じま
Kaiseki, Kamakura, 16 min walk from Kamakura Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- ¥33,000 Omakase Course
- ¥33,000 Omakase Course (for 2 people)
- ¥33,000 Omakase Course (for 4 people)
- per person, tax incl. · 76% above the list median
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.42
36Inside
Sojiki Nakahigashi草喰なかひがし
Kaiseki, Shimogamo, Kita-Shirakawa & Ginkaku-ji, 22 min walk from Mototanaka Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: two stars2026Bronze百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- Wheelchair access
- Closed Mondays
- ¥24,200 Dinner
- ¥31,460 Dinner full course
- ¥12,100 Lunch
- +1 more · per person, tax incl. · 41% above the list median
Lunch ¥10,000–14,999
Tabelog 4.29
37Inside
Myojaku明寂
Kaiseki, Roppongi, Nogizaka & Nishi-Azabu, 9 min walk from Roppongi Station
MichelinMichelin Guide 2026: three stars2026Silver百名店2025
- Online booking
- Private rooms
- Counter seats
- Closed Sundays
- ¥54,450 Omakase
- per person, tax incl. · 217% above the list median
Tabelog 4.47
38Inside
Japanese cuisine Beppu Hirokado日本料理別府廣門
Kaiseki, Beppu, near Beppu Station
2026Silver百名店2025
- Online booking
- Cards accepted
- Counter seats
- Children welcome
- ¥16,500 Disciple: Yamanaka Omakase Co…
- ¥35,000 From December 26, Omakase Cou…
- ¥33,000 Omakase Course (Lunch)
- per person, tax incl.
Lunch ¥30,000–39,999
Tabelog 4.43
39Inside
Iyuki井雪
Kaiseki, Ginza
2026Silver百名店2025
- Cards accepted
- Private rooms
- Closed Sundays
¥80,000–99,999
dinner per person, about $530–670
Tabelog 4.37
40Inside
Kisanuki木佐貫
Kaiseki, Kanazawa, near Hokutetsu Kanazawa Station
2026Silver
- Cards accepted
- Closed Sundays
¥40,000–49,999
dinner per person, about $270–330
Tabelog 4.57

Showing the top 40 of 2,736 in full. See all 2,736 and filter by price, children or online booking.

Numbers 41 to 460 in this list of 2,736

How to book these 2,736, and what they charge

1,471 of these 2,736 publish a dinner course on Tabelog, Ikyu, Pocket Concierge or their own website. 883 publish a lunch course, at a median of ¥9,000 (48% below the dinner median). 766 can be booked online in English, 1,021 online in Japanese only, 864 by phone only and 83 publish neither a phone number nor online booking; 2 limit bookings from overseas. The services that cover the most of them: Ikyu Restaurant (1,544, in Japanese), TableCheck (430), Pocket Concierge (250), OMAKASE (185).

Booking	Language	Restaurants	Least expensive dinner course	First in our order
TableCheck	English	430	¥7,986 · Waka Kaiseki Yamatokan	Onjaku
Pocket Concierge	English	250	¥8,470 · Hari Se	Yukimoto
OMAKASE	English	185	¥10,000 · Kuhara	Ginza Shinohara
AutoReserve	English	26	¥8,000 · Sushi Keyaki Shinsaibashi	Kutan
Tableall	English	11	¥18,500 · Japanese cuisine Komatsu	Niku no Takumi Miyoshi
OpenTable	English	2	¥13,000 · Binomu	Binomu
SevenRooms	English	2	¥18,000 · Choma	Tapas Molecular Bar
the restaurant's booking form	English	1	—	Nishi-Tenma Tsukiya
Ikyu Restaurant	Japanese only	1,544	¥7,500 · Kyoto Senryo	Yukimoto
Gurunavi	Japanese only	40	¥8,800 · Kitashinchi Yuki Shinten	SEN
By phone only	—	864	—	—
No phone or online booking published	—	83	—	—

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 kaiseki in Japan

Most are in Tokyo (1,067), Kyoto (332), and Osaka (302). There are 2,736 kaiseki restaurants across Japan in this guide where dinner costs ¥15,000 or more per person. By dinner price, 1,316 at ¥15,000–19,999, 955 at ¥20,000–29,999, 282 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 183 at ¥40,000 or more. 485 have won The Tabelog Award or a place on a Tabelog 100 list, including 24 Gold winners.

763 of the 2,736 can be booked online; the others take reservations by phone, usually in Japanese, which is where a hotel concierge helps. 2,592 accept credit cards. 343 do not admit young children, while 928 say children are welcome. 1,488 also serve lunch, often the easier and cheaper way in.

Questions visitors ask

What is kaiseki?

Kaiseki is Japan's formal multi-course meal: small seasonal dishes served one after another in a set order, from a starter and sashimi through simmered and grilled dishes to rice, miso soup and pickles, then dessert. The chef chooses the dishes for the season, so there is usually nothing to order. This guide lists 2,736 kaiseki restaurants in Japan with dinner from ¥10,000; a typical dinner costs about ¥24,000.

What is the difference between kaiseki and omakase?

Both are set menus chosen by the chef and booked ahead. Omakase ("I leave it to you") most often means a sushi counter's course, each piece made in front of you; kaiseki is a sequence of cooked and raw dishes in a seasonal order, sometimes served in a private room. In this guide a typical kaiseki dinner costs about ¥24,000 and a typical omakase sushi dinner about ¥25,000.

How much does high-end kaiseki cost in Japan?

Dinner at the 2,736 kaiseki restaurants listed here ranges from ¥10,000 to ¥99,999 per person, and a typical dinner costs about ¥24,000: 1,316 at ¥15,000–19,999, 955 at ¥20,000–29,999, 282 at ¥30,000–39,999, and 183 at ¥40,000 and up, by Tabelog's dinner budgets. 1,471 of them publish a dinner course; the least expensive one at each has a median price of ¥17,200.

Which kaiseki restaurants in Japan have won awards?

Yukimoto, Kataori, Onjaku, Honko Getsu, Shimbashi Hoshino, and Dojin, among 485 in total, have won The Tabelog Award or been selected for a Tabelog 100 list.

Can I book kaiseki in Japan online?

Yes for 766 of the 2,736: they can be booked online in English, most through TableCheck (430), Pocket Concierge (250), and OMAKASE (185). 1,021 more take online bookings in Japanese only. 864 take bookings by phone only, often in Japanese; a hotel concierge can call.

Are children allowed at high-end kaiseki restaurants in Japan?

It depends on the restaurant: 928 say children are welcome and 343 do not admit young children. Each listing shows the restaurant's policy where it has one.

Best high-end kaiseki in Japan

Our analysis of these 2,736

Ranked list

Yukimoto柚木元

Kataori片折

Onjaku温石

Honko Getsu本湖月

Shimbashi Hoshino新ばし 星野

Dojin道人

Ginza Shinohara銀座 しのはら

Seizan日本料理 晴山

Sottaku Tsukamoto啐啄 つか本

Matsukawa松川

Iida飯田

Shumoku Cho Shimizu橦木町 しみず

Hira Sanso比良山荘

Chisou Sottaku Ito馳走 啐啄一十

Akasaka Ogino赤坂おぎ乃

Niku no Takumi Miyoshiにくの匠 三芳

Tominokoji Yamagishi富小路 やま岸

Japanese cuisine Takamura日本料理 たかむら

Kiyama木山

Shunseki Suzue旬席 鈴江

Yanagiya柳家

Seirin勢麟

Tokuha Motonari徳ㇵ本也

Oryori Matsuyama御料理 まつ山

Japanese Cuisine Fuji日本料理FUJI

Suetomi末冨

Makimuraまき村

Hiyama樋山

Takeyamachi Mita竹屋町 三多

Oryori Fujii御料理ふじ居

Ryoriya Uemura料理屋 植むら

Japanese Cuisine Tobi Ume日本料理 TOBIUME

Kagurazaka Ishikawa神楽坂 石かわ

Kyotenjin Noguchi京天神 野口

Kitajima鎌倉 北じま

Sojiki Nakahigashi草喰 なかひがし

Myojaku明寂

Japanese cuisine Beppu Hirokado日本料理 別府 廣門

Iyuki井雪

Kisanuki木佐貫

Numbers 41 to 460 in this list of 2,736

How to book these 2,736, and what they charge

About high-end kaiseki in Japan

Questions visitors ask

What is kaiseki?

What is the difference between kaiseki and omakase?

How much does high-end kaiseki cost in Japan?

Which kaiseki restaurants in Japan have won awards?

Can I book kaiseki in Japan online?

Are children allowed at high-end kaiseki restaurants in Japan?

Shimbashi Hoshino新ばし星野

Ginza Shinohara銀座しのはら

Seizan日本料理晴山

Sottaku Tsukamoto啐啄つか本

Shumoku Cho Shimizu橦木町しみず

Chisou Sottaku Ito馳走啐啄一十

Niku no Takumi Miyoshiにくの匠三芳

Tominokoji Yamagishi富小路やま岸

Japanese cuisine Takamura日本料理たかむら

Shunseki Suzue旬席鈴江

Oryori Matsuyama御料理まつ山

Takeyamachi Mita竹屋町三多

Ryoriya Uemura料理屋植むら

Kagurazaka Ishikawa神楽坂石かわ

Kyotenjin Noguchi京天神野口

Kitajima鎌倉北じま

Sojiki Nakahigashi草喰なかひがし

Japanese cuisine Beppu Hirokado日本料理別府廣門