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Italian Restaurants(840)
COURSE MENUYamagata San-Dan-Delo
Run by a Japanese chef who trained in northern Italy, Yamagata San-Dan-Delo marries the dishes and techniques of Italian cuisine with the bountiful vegetables and seafood of Yamagata prefecture.
COURSE MENUGinza CAVE
Unwind with wine and home-style fusion cooking here at this Ginza hideaway. Only 10 of the restaurant’s signature wagyu chateaubriand sandwich are made every day, with in-house baked bread so soft, it can be bitten through with only one’s lips.
SEAT RESERVATIONIl Ristorante - Niko Romito (Bulgari Hotel Tokyo)
The strict culinary philosophy of Chef Niko Romito and his commitment to transforming classic Italian dishes keeps the luxurious Michelin-starred Il Ristorante - Niko Romito at the forefront of Italian culinary innovation.
COURSE MENUYujufudan
This neo-izakaya in Shijo Karasuma is rewriting Kyoto’s bar scene with creative seafood and small-plate dishes that combine Japanese ingredients with Italian recipes.
SEAT RESERVATIONcucina salve
Local Chichibu produce meets Italian food. With an exacting attitude towards allergen-safe, organic and natural food, chef Hiroshi Tsubouchi uses over 150 kinds of vegetables to craft a dazzling array of fusion food, all personally grown on his farm.
SEAT RESERVATIONTrattoria Buca’Massimo
The highlight of this Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant is the bistecca alla fiorentina, a traditional Tuscan steak weighing up to 800 grams, and measuring up to four centimeters thick.
COURSE MENULa Luce (Kanazawa)
At this restaurant near the Kenrokuen Gardens, top-quality ingredients from France, Italy and the Kanazawa locality are expertly made into French-inspired Italian cuisine, served atop gorgeous artisanal Imari porcelain.
COURSE MENUA LONG VACATION.
An all-day eatery with an open kitchen that transforms into a swish bar in the evening, A LONG VACATION. tosses quality pasta with a nouveau Okinawan twist. Try the oyster platters or do no wrong with the lobster rolls.
COURSE MENUIL PINOLO Ginza
There’s no trick or “modern takes” at this Ginza ristorante — just the deep and thorough love for Italian cuisine from executive chef Watanabe Tomotaka, who works on a mantra of great ingredients, simply cooked.
COURSE MENU「REGINA」
A strong contender among the city’s crop of contemporary Italian joints, 「REGINA」in Kinshicho is making the night, as it should be, all about women.
COURSE MENUAquarium Dining Ryuduki
This Kinshicho restaurant has some serious good looks and seriously good food. Thanks to the backing of its high-grade sister stores, it’s offering a unique trio of Italian, teppanyaki and sushi.
COURSE MENUBOTTEGA BLUE
Italy meets Japan in Ashiya, Hyogo. Embark on a sustainable culinary adventure, relishing homemade delights made with passion.
COURSE MENUBel Sogno
Born in Miyazaki and trained in Italy, Chef Yuji Nakamoto writes a love letter to both through his fusion cuisine. Inventive dishes like matcha tiramisu and eel risotto not only showcase his skill, but the quality of the Miyazaki-sourced ingredients.
COURSE MENUPOZ Dining
POZ Dining is famously particular about its ingredients: going through more than 100 local Kannai farms in the process of choosing its vegetables, it also only uses seafood exclusively from Hokkaido, as well as grass-fed pasture-raised beef.
COURSE MENUGumbo & Oyster Bar - Namba Parks Store
This Namba Parks oyster specialist is every oyster enthusiast’s dream. Sample oysters from all over Japan prepared in a number of different ways, and cleaned using a patented “five-star” cleaning process using deep sea water.
COURSE MENUEmit Fishbar
This Ginza Six oyster specialist is every oyster enthusiast’s dream. Sample oysters from all over Japan prepared in a number of different ways, and cleaned using Emit’s patented “five-star” cleaning process using deep sea water from Toyama Bay.
COURSE MENU8th Sea Oyster Bar - Ginza Corridor Store
Ginza Corridor hosts a restaurant that’s every oyster enthusiast’s dream. Sample oysters from all over Japan prepared in a number of different ways, and cleaned using a patented purification process using deep sea water from Toyama Bay.
COURSE MENURistorante Porto Faro - Ginza Main Branch
Executive chef Sou Hoshiai dazzles guests with his dual mastery of the teppan grill and traditional Italian cuisine, the latter of which he honed while training at a series of trattorias across Italy.
SEAT RESERVATIONDa Terra
After renovating part of his family’s century-old house into a dining room, Chef Nakai invites guests to sample some of the 100 vegetables from his family farm in his signature Michelin-starred omakase course.
SEAT RESERVATIONLega’
Sugawara Shuga's love for Italian food and his home country radiates through this stalwart restaurant in Katsuragi, which received a coveted Michelin star in 2024.
SEAT RESERVATIONIl Centrino
Northern Italy flavors augmented by the Michelin-lauded chef’s creative take — Il Centrino embarks diners on a journey across The Peninsula in a wine-friendly degustation.
SEAT RESERVATIONP Greco
The first Italian restaurant in Osaka to receive a Michelin star is named after the infinite mathematical constant “pi,” symbolizing its boundless culinary pursuit.
SEAT RESERVATIONENOTECA PINCHIORRI Nagoya
The wine cellar at this Nagoya Italian restaurant is one of the best in the country.
SEAT RESERVATIONLa Bettola da Ochiai
Founded by the grandfather of Italian cuisine in Japan, La Bettola da Ochiai is known by Japanese foodies for being the hardest restaurant to book in the entire country.
SEAT RESERVATIONPizzeria Trattoria Magazzino
One of the greater pizzerias in Japan hides in the foot of Mt. Nijo in Nara Prefecture, where owner Hironori Noda grows his own vegetables and flies his cheese in from Italy.
SEAT RESERVATIONOsteria La Cicerchia
Chef Kumiko Muraji's charming Italian eatery in Osaka brings the soul of Marche's home cooking to a cozy neighborhood setting that earns it a Michelin Bib Gourmand award.
SEAT RESERVATIONThe Pizza Bar on 38th
One of the world’s best pizzas, The Pizza Bar on 38th has pizzaiolo Daniele Cason crafting hybrid pizzas from a wood-burning oven in the intimate 8-seater venue at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Nihombashi.
SEAT RESERVATIONBramasole
Hand-molded orecchiette, delicately made cannolis, Italian-certified espresso, plus a sense of family shared between its staff make the Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded Bramasole stand out even among Tokyo’s many great pasta restaurants.
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