★★★ Michelin
Masa
Japanese · Sushi
4.9
Expert 9.7/10
A hinoki counter for 26 diners where Masa Takayama flies in fish daily and prices the omakase accordingly.
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Cuisine
Best Japanese restaurants
23 Japanese restaurants ranked by FlightLogic expert score and editorial research.
Quick answer
What is the best Japanese restaurant on FlightLogic? Masa in New York leads with a 4.9/5 rating and 9.7/10 expert score.
All Japanese restaurants (23)
★★★ Michelin
★★★ Michelin
Myojaku
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.9
Expert 9.7/10
A subterranean nine-seat spruce counter built entirely around restraint, promoted to Three MICHELIN Stars in 2026.
★★★ Michelin
Japanese Cuisine RyuGin
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.9
Expert 9.7/10
Seiji Yamamoto's temperature-obsessed kaiseki counter that rewired what modern Japanese cooking is allowed to be.
★★★ Michelin
Azabu Kadowaki
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.8
Expert 9.6/10
An eight-seat counter where Toshiya Kadowaki has held three stars since 2020 on precision alone.
★★ Michelin
César
French · Japanese
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A silent, eighteen-seat counter where César Ramirez plates raw fish and French technique with jeweler's precision.
★★ Michelin
Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
Japanese · French
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A 20-seat counter where co-chefs Max Natmessnig and Marco Prins rebuilt a fallen three-star kitchen into a disciplined two-star Japanese-French tasting room.
★★ Michelin
Ginza Shinohara
Kaiseki · Japanese
4.8
Expert 9.3/10
A Ginza kaiseki room where seasonal Japanese ceremony is delivered with warmth, polish, and exact timing.
★★ Michelin
Hakuba
Japanese · Japanese-French
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A nine-seat counter near the Palais-Royal where Kyoto technique meets French produce, without ceremony or compromise.
★★★ Michelin
Harutaka
Japanese · Sushi
4.8
Expert 9.6/10
An eight-seat Ginza counter where aged Edomae sushi is served one exacting piece at a time.
★★ Michelin
Humble Chicken
Japanese · East Asian
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A twelve-seat Soho counter turning yakitori technique into a two-Michelin-star omakase.
★★★ Michelin
Kagurazaka Ishikawa
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.8
Expert 9.7/10
A nine-seat counter in a converted machiya where Hideki Ishikawa has defined Tokyo kaiseki since 2009.
★★★ Michelin
Kanda
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.8
Expert 9.6/10
A nine-seat counter where Hiroyuki Kanda has run the same quiet, dashi-first kaiseki for three-star scrutiny since 2008.
★★ Michelin
Odo
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
An unmarked door off Flatiron opens onto eight seats where chef Hiroki Odo builds kaiseki course by course, live.
★★ Michelin
Sushi Kanesaka
Japanese · Sushi
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A twelve-seat Shinbashi counter where Shinji Kanesaka ages his own fish and lets rice temperature do the rest.
★★ Michelin
Sushi Noz
Japanese · Sushi
4.8
Expert 9.2/10
A nine-seat Edo-style counter behind a courtyard door, where Nozomu Abe ages fish with the patience of a craftsman who has nothing to prove.
★★★ Michelin
Sushi Sho
Japanese · Sushi
4.8
Expert 9.6/10
Keiji Nakazawa's Edomae counter near the Public Library became the first sushi room in New York to reach three stars since Masa.
★★ Michelin
Akasaka Kikunoi
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.7
Expert 9.2/10
Kyoto kaiseki grammar transplanted to a hushed Akasaka townhouse, two Michelin Stars intact.
★★ Michelin
Den
Japanese · Innovative
4.7
Expert 9.2/10
Zaiyu Hasegawa turns nostalgic Japanese home cooking into two-starred theater, one sly course at a time.
★★ Michelin
Ginza Kojyu
Japanese · Kaiseki
4.7
Expert 9.2/10
An eight-seat hinoki counter in Ginza where dashi does the talking and the menu changes by the week.
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Japanese · Omakase
4.7
Expert 8.9/10
A nine-seat counter inside Ilham Tower where the service is as precise as the fish.
MICHELIN Selected
★★ Michelin
Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi Branch
Japanese · Sushi
4.7
Expert 9.2/10
The Roppongi counter that extends the Jiro lineage, built on the same unforgiving rice and knife work.
★★ Michelin
Tempura Kondo
Japanese · Tempura
4.7
Expert 9.2/10
Fumio Kondo fries vegetables into the main event at one of Japan's most disciplined tempura counters.
Kazu
Japanese · Sushi
4.6
Expert 8.7/10
An eight-seat Edomae counter in Damansara Heights where the rice, not the room, does the talking.
MICHELIN SelectedJapanese restaurants — common questions
What is the best Japanese restaurant?
Masa in New York is the highest-rated Japanese restaurant in the FlightLogic directory, with a 9.7/10 FlightLogic expert score and a 4.9/5 editorial rating. Scores are editorial assessments — see our methodology for how they are calculated.
Which cities have the most Japanese restaurants on FlightLogic?
Tokyo, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Paris have the widest Japanese coverage, across 23 rated venues in total.
Are any Japanese restaurants Michelin-starred?
Yes — 21 Japanese restaurants in this directory hold at least one Michelin star. Michelin stars are awarded by the Michelin Guide and are independent of FlightLogic's own expert scores.