Creative Cuisine Spots in Japan

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Creative Cuisine

Araiya Bankokubashi Branch

4.5

98 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Kaigandori 4-23 Sagami Building 1F

Located a three minute walk from Bashamichi Station on the Minatomirai Line. A long-standing and local Yokohama gyu-nabe (beef hotpot) restaurant which was established in 1895. The hall from the front entrance to the reception desk is walled in with a Japanese cedar lattice, creating a fairy tale-like atmosphere. Inside the restaurant’s elegant atmosphere, you can enjoy nabe course meals, a la carte items such as kushi-yaki skewers, steaks, gyu-meshi beef rice bowls, and more. The lunch kaiseki course, changed monthly, is limited to 30 customers per day. The restaurant buys its domestic kuroge wagyu beef by the head, enabling it to offer a variety of cuts of meat for enjoying in gyu-nabe, shabu-shabu, gyu-nikomi, and other dishes.

Had a great meal, wondefully fresh with the best meat and veg. The staff were more than helpfull. Absolutly recommend to all
Shari the Tokyo Sushi Bar

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 2-4-18 Albore Ginza Building 8F

A hideaway-style restaurant and bar serving creative sushi which overturns traditional Japanese cuisine concepts and makes bold use of new cooking techniques and ingredients. Shari offers around 30 varieties of colorful, original sushi rolls combining fresh, seasonal organic vegetables and fruits with seasonal seafood delivered from Tsukiji Market. The restaurant also serves creative Japanese cuisine which takes inspiration from traditional regional cuisine from areas around the country as well as cooking techniques from around the world, such as the signature mascarpone tofu, strained tamago-dofu egg tofu mixed with mascarpone cheese. You can also enjoy select sake and wine here. Lastly, Shari offers seasonal bento box meals (reservation required).
Takaragaike Yubasen

4.0

50 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakuraminamimiyakechou 70-1

This restaurant offers a French style dining experience for the traditional Kyoto food of yuba and is located around a five-minute walk from subway Karasuma Line Kokusaikaikan Station. The warm wood of the interior gives off a relaxed atmosphere. The yuba (tofu skin) on offer is made at their in-house workshop with domestic soybeans, and is distinctive for its “melt in your mouth” tastiness. The French-style course featuring fresh drawn yuba and other seasonal ingredients is particularly popular. The drawn yuba has an especially simple yet tender taste, served warm with grated ginger and diluted soy sauce.

I had never been to a restaurant specializing in Yuba dishes before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was certainly not disappointed. The Yuba (dried tofu skin), prepared in various forms, was...
Kinoko Okoku (Otaki Main Shop)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Dateshi Otaki-ku Sangaitakichou 637-1

Store and restaurant with local Hokkaido items on National Route 276, Otaki City, Hokkaido. The Kingdom Restaurant offers dishes made from local Otaki district mushrooms such as mushroom miso soup and mushroom tempura. In Kingdom Souvenirs you can find local products like Mentai Name-take (salmon roe with mushrooms) and other mushroom based items that are made only in Hokkaido.
Sake & Dining Hirai (Tokushima Store)

3.5

33 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokushima Pref. Tokushimashi Terashimahonchouhigashi 3-7-2

Some of the popular items at this izakaya (Japanese-style pub) include their famous Tokushima gyoza (pot stickers), their honetsuki-dori (roasted bone-in chicken), and their garlic and soy sauce sautéed Irikasu, a Tokushima delicacy. They offer a menu full of delicious and safe dishes made with ingredients sourced locally in Shikoku. The izakaya offers two different course meals which can also be paired with two hours of all-you-can-drink. Course meals require a reservation for at least four diners.

外観・内装共にいわゆる普通の居酒屋で、大人数でも1人などの少人数でも気軽に利用できます。スタッフも活気良くハキハキとしていますが、決して馴れ馴れしすぎず適度な距離感をもって接客しているのも好印象でした。小皿料理が充実しているように見受けられました。それが様々な人数の客にも対応できる特徴の一つだと思います。勿論料理によって量は様々であるため、注文の際にどれだけの量なのかを聞くといいかもしれません...
Yuba-no-Sato Tosen

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ibaraki Pref. Kujigundaigomachi Hanawa 734

This restaurant specializing in cuisine featuring yuba tofu skin is in Hanawa, Daigo Town, Kuji County. They make their yuba with traditional methods using prefecture-grown soybeans and spring water from the Yamizo Mountains. They have a variety of meals available including their Mamesen Bento boxed lunch that's packed with yuba and seasonal cuisine. Their gozen Japanese style meal set features yuba and shabushabu, thinly sliced meat boiled with vegetables and dipped in sauce. The gozen set must be ordered in advance. They also have a shop that sells yuba, tofu, and other items.

ゆばと豆腐の工場見学後、買い物、その後に食事をしました。豆腐の食べ放題がついた豆仙弁当は2300、ゆばのお刺身や天ぷら、シューマイ風、豆乳入りの茶わん蒸し等食べ応えありお勧めです。併設の売店は茨城県民にお得なサービス実施、いばらきkidsカードやシニアカードの提示で5%引きになります。
Barrel Valley Praha & Gen

4.0

59 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kirishimashi Mizobechoufumoto 876-15

This malt theme park is located near Kagoshima Airport. Inside the park's vast grounds, there is Umakamon Market, where visitors can purchase items such as Kirishima Plateau pickles and other malt products and Kyushu souvenirs, as well as restaurants where visitors can enjoy authentic Czech cuisine. There are also tours that visitors can enter and see Kirishima Plateau beer and shochu being made. The park offers a free pick-up service from the airport.

鹿児島空港との間を無料で送迎してくれます。焼酎工場の見学と色々の説明もありますし、売店もありました。レストランは休業中でしたが、雰囲気のある作りで、いつか利用してみたいと思いました。
Tsukuriya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Obihiroshi Nishichijouminami 10-7 Ichuku-dori Avenue Ninth Avenue

A restaurant serving creative Japanese cuisine located about midway along the Kita no Yatai area on Ikinuki Dori in Obihiro. The restaurant's concept is a street stall which has a comfortable atmosphere even women will find friendly and approachable. The restaurant was designed in collaboration with a woman designer and features many feminine touches. The restaurant's menu of over 50 dishes is made with local vegetables and fresh seafood from the Tokachi coast. Tsukuriya's chicken liver is particularly popular and is the restaurant's signature dish. Other dishes like the sashimi go great with a cup of sake. Tsukuriya also stocks rare sake varieties and can accommodate small group parties as well.
Hanamame

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Obihiroshi Nishichijouminami 10 - 7 Ichinoku Dori First Street

A Japanese izakaya bar in the Kita no Yatai area on Ikinuki Dori. Harnessing 25 years of chef experience, the owner of Hanamame has created a menu designed never to tire. Hanamae is famous for its miso dishes made by stewing and baking seasonal Tokachi ingredients with Tokachi miso and Kyoto white miso. You can also enjoy beef sinew stewed in miso, a local specialty from the owner's home area of Osaka; homemade shimesaba lightly pickled domestic mackerel; Tokachi beef rib roast steak; and a special dashi yakitamago omelet with which you can choose toppings such as Welsh onion, walleye pollack roe, and cheese.
Mimasuya MONAMI

3.5

31 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto shi Izumiya cho 160 Ramblas hall 1F

This restaurant for creative Japanese dining along the Kamogawa River of Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture is known for its delicate Kyoto cuisine with integrated French essence. Kyoto obanzai and Kyoto vegetable dishes, tofu cuisine and wheat starch cuisine are some of the unique Kyoto foods popular with tourists. The rice cooked on an old okudosan kitchen range and the local sake are also popular. Inside there are stylish Western style table seats and counter seats, as well as platform seats overlooking the Kamogawa River in summer.

We had a long family evening here, great location, friendly staff, they let us finish our beer after closing time, so happy and relaxed place at the river
Zenkoji Temple Pilgrim’s Lodging Retreat Konokombo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Prefecture Nagano-shi Motomachi 463

This is a lodging house in the grounds of Zenkoji Temple. You can spend a relaxing moment in this space which is warm and dignified while feeling the breath of the Buddhas. As well as being used for accommodation, this facility also offers meals and shakyo sutra copying workshops (both incur a charge and require prior reservation). Using seasonal ingredients, the shojin vegetarian cuisine is prepared carefully taking plenty of time and using plenty of skill to offer colourful dishes with sophisticated flavours.
Kamakura Rokuyata

4.5

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Onarimachi 13-38 Ogiwara Building 1F

This is an original Japanese style restaurant about one minute's walk from Kamakura Station, in Onari-cho, Kamakura City. Their menu centers around the Kamakura Burg hamburger steak, made with Kamakura tofu, chicken, and pork, and cooked in their own original sauce. Their lunch menu includes the Kamakura Burg Plate, or a set matching the hamburger steak with a rice bowl, and in the evening they offer the Kamakura Burg with obanzai Kyoto-style boiled and marinated vegetables, or rice.

A very good place to have your lunch or dinner. This place gives you the homely feel and the food is on another level. Flavour was tasteful without the oil and grease of the hamburg. Totally enjoyed...
Tofuya

4.5

48 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Mie Pref. Iseshi Ujiurata 1-4-1

Tofuya is a prime example of the art of classical Japanese building technique and you can soak in the weight of history emanating from the building. Here they sell silky smooth handmade tofu and natural fresh-water eel. The Tofuya Bento (lunch box) which changes every month is highly recommended. Using seasonal ingredients to present an image of the season it will be more delicious than any other tofu. From the Ise West Interchange on the Ise Expressway it’s about a three-minute drive.

Tofu-based meals with a variety of dishes lovingly-presented in an old Japanese house with river views. Would be happy to visit again on future visits.
Usagiya

4.5

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Handashi Horisakichou 2-1

This Japanese restaurant located in Horisaki-cho, Handa City in Aichi Prefecture operates out of an old Japanese-style house built in the Meiji period. The interior is an enchanting Japanese space, remnant of the lives of the former residents. Spend some quiet moments among retro-modern furnishings with a glamorous atmosphere, overlooking a Japanese garden. They use locally sourced and seasonal ingredients in their wide variety of dishes. Try their popular “Yuki” course meal with six small dishes and two side-dishes, including rice, miso soup, pickled vegetables, desserts and coffee.

2回目ですが前回の印象が。かなり判りにくい場所にあり車で狭い道を入って行きます、古民家を使ったお店です。雰囲気が良くて数種類のコースメニューから選びます。美味しく頂きました。
Naya Cucina Creativa

3.5

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Chitagunmihamachou Noma Hongou 55

This restaurant sits in a great location right in front of Ise Bay in Mihama Town, Chita County, Aichi Prefecture. The restaurant has a modern Japanese style with a very relaxed atmosphere. On the west side is a large window from where you can relax and enjoy your meal while looking out over the calm Ise Bay. Their fine, creative Japanese cuisine has an Italian flavor using freshly caught seafood from Mihama, local vegetables and koshihikari (high-quality rice) from Mihama. Popular dishes include their koi-no-mizu set meal complete with eight dishes such as sashimi, appetizers, and their signature kamameshi (rice, meat, and vegetables boiled together in a small pot), as well as their seafood pizza of Mihama.

蛸の釜飯とシラスの釜飯を注文しましたが、期待してだほどの美味しい釜飯でも無かったです。窓から見る海もゴミが散乱。
Maguro Zanmai Nachi

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Wakayama Pref. Higashimurogunnachikatsurachou Tsukiji 2-3-10

This tuna restaurant is a three-minute walk from Kii-Katsuura Station. Its head chef was the former head chef from a famous French restaurant. They are known for their original menu options that bring together western and Japanese techniques and show off the specialty ingredients of the region including freshly caught tuna and Kumano beef. Perhaps most popular is their Tuna Variety Meal which includes all sorts of prepared tuna dishes including tuna cutlet and stewed tuna. Along with western dishes including tuna spaghetti and tuna tomato, classic stews such as their standard tuna rice bowl are also popular.

Great local restaurant, nothing fancy, but if all the locals are eating here, it means it is good. The sashimi tuna was so good. No bargains, you get what you pay for, but it it really good. They...
Kazahana

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Yoneyama 2-7-20

A Japanese food bar located along Keyaki-dori Avenue a five minute walk from Niigata Station. Dedicated to the concepts of local consumption and farm-fresh, Kazahana serves creative Japanese cuisine made with Niigata ingredients such as pesticide-free Koshihikari rice and vegetables (picked just that morning) provided by contracted farmers, fresh eggs and seafood. The bar’s meat and fish dishes fried on lava stone in the open kitchen visible from the customer tables are particularly popular. Kazahana’s sashimi and abalone steak are also well-reviewed and go well with the bar’s selection of local sakes. Kazahana has a casual, Western-style atmosphere that makes it easy even for customers on their own to come in.

せっかく新潟に来たの県外には出回らない幻の牛佐渡牛の食べに来たんですが、佐渡以外の新潟市内では焼肉NIQしか取り扱いは無くランチに持ち帰りで購入。帰りに県外ではほぼ見かけないもう一つのブランド牛あがの姫牛こちらで食べれるとのことで、ランチはほぼ女の子たちがお客さんランチには無くディナーメニューの単品でしか注文できないので単品を注文したらセットで対応していただいて感謝、赤身でしたが柔らかく...
Niigata Jiba-mon Koshi Tantan (Niigata Station Front)

4.0

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nigata Pref. Nigatashi Chuou-ku Higashiodori 1-1-10 Participating building 5F

This Japanese-style restaurant is approximately one minute on foot from the JR Niigata Station. Customers can enjoy cuisine which makes use of plenty of the bounty of the sea and mountain vegetables from Niigata. In addition to the expertly purchased fish caught freshly that same morning, the menu also includes locally grown vegetables from contracted farms and brand-name beef, Echigo Mochi-buta pork, Hakkaisan Salmon and Murakami Beef, all from Niigata. The earthenware pot-cooked Niigata Koshihikari rice is also very popular. The restaurant is proud to serve more than 20 types of local sake. The interior of the restaurant is a Japanese space arranged warehouse in a contemporary style, where customers can relax and enjoy their meals.

職場の飲み会で利用しました。個室が良かったのでこちらに決めました。4000円のコースでしたがお刺身、揚げ物、鍋にうどん、デザートがつきました。量は5人にしては少なめに感じたかな。ＡＮＡマイルが貯まる店です。マイラーにはオススメですね。
Restaurant Gosennen-no-Hoshi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aomori Pref. Aomorishi Sannai Maruyama 305 Jomon period in the afternoon

Restaurant Gosennen-no-Hoshi is situated within the special historical site of Sannai-Maruyama, the Jomon Jiyukan, in Aomori City. The restaurant serves dishes incorporating ingredients that the people of the Jomon period would have eaten and provides highly nutritious and low-calorie food. One of their most popular dishes is their soft cream made with chestnuts.
Dining & Bar MAMETANUKI

3.5

251 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hiroshima Pref. Hatsukaichishi Miyajimachou 1133 inside the Kinsui Museum

A restaurant within the long established ryokan, Kinsuikan, in Miyajima Town, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, with its large landmark sign of a racoon dog. Guests at this popular restaurant can have dishes made with the local specialty eel and oysters. Their signature dish is the steamed conger eel on rice, a dish of boiled eel on a bed of rice neatly arranged in a porcelain box and steamed. The restaurant’s fried oysters meal and oyster curry are also popular choices and go together perfectly with one of their many local sakes.

We chose this restaurant as it was deemed to be vegetarian friendly. The only vegetarian items were a raw vegetable salad which I would call a plate of raw vegetables and a plate of chips. There...