Top 30 Restaurants in Japan
Heading to Japan, Road Trips Foodies? Opinionated About Dining, a source of global restaurant rankings, has pronounced these the top 30 restaurants in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Selected by the survey’s membership, the list is comprised of establishments throughout 13 wards in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hokkaido. Destinations led by master chefs of sushi, kaiseki and French cuisine dominate the top five ranked restaurants in Japan including Sushi Saito (Tokyo), Matsukawa (Tokyo), Michael Bras Toya (Hokkaido), Sushi Sawada(Tokyo), and Jimbocho Den (Tokyo).
These are their selections:
Sushi Saito, Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Matsukawa, Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Michel Bras Toya, Toya, Hokkaido
Sushi Sawada, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Jimbocho Den, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Hajime, Nishi Ward, Osaka
Hyotei. Sakyo Ward, Kyoto
Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi.
Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Ryugin, Roppongi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
Ishikawa. Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Sushi Mizutani. Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Harutaka. Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
L’Osier, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Kitcho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto
Quintessence, Gotenyama Shinagawa, Tokyo
L’Effervescence, Nishiazabu, Minato, Tokyo
Cuisine[s] Michel Troisgros, Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo,
Ukai-tei Ginza, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Sushiso Masa, Nishiazabu, Minato, Tokyo
Chateau Restaurant Joel Robuchon, Minato, Tokyo
Mikawa Zezankyo, Fukuzumi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Les Creations de Narisawa, Minato, Tokyo
Sushi Yoshitake, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
7 Chome Kyobashi, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Obana, Minamisenju, Arakawa, Tokyo
Shima, Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo
Ginza Koju, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
Aragawa, Nishishinbashi, Minato, Tokyo
Hashiguchi, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Sushi Kaneseka, Ginza, Chuo, Tokyo
The Opinionated About Dining algorithm generates a ranking system that classifies restaurants based on the reviews of the membership community. Each member influences the results based on the number of restaurants he/she has visited and the current ranking of those restaurants. At the end of each rating year, restaurants are ranked using a combination of data including: the type of reviews they attract (from positive to negative); the level of reviewer who visited (the percentage of experienced and inexperienced reviewers), and whether the number of reviewers who visited that year is trending upward, downward, or holding steady. By using this method, OAD eliminates a dilution of results experienced in other voting systems that are based on surveys, while at the same time offering everyone an opportunity to participate.
(Photo of Chef Takashi Saito of Sushi Saito courtesy of Opinionated About Dining)