Tokyo

This project introduces Tokyo through the lens of culinary figures and celebrities connected to the city. Try visiting these cafés, bars and other trendy hot spots, and you might discover an entirely new side of Tokyo.

Restaurants showcasing the diversity of Tokyo, the world’s greatest gourmet city

Restaurant Harutaka is newly awarded Three MICHELIN Stars. One restaurant newly receives Two MICHELIN Stars, and 16 restaurants are recognised with One MICHELIN Star. The MICHELIN Green Star highlights the sustainable commitment of one new establishment. Two Special Awards are presented: the MICHELIN Mentor Chef and the MICHELIN Service Award.

Daniel Calvert is Executive Chef of SÉZANNE, which was promoted to Two MICHELIN Stars in the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2023. Before moving to Tokyo in 2021, he lived and worked in London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. We asked him about Japan, his experiences around the world and what he would say to young chefs.

Myojaku and SÉZANNE receive Two MICHELIN Stars, and 16 new restaurants are distinguished One MICHELIN Star, while the Bib Gourmand celebrates 38 new restaurants which have been rated as best value-for-money by MICHELIN inspectors.

Knife techniques can change the flavour of food. What is the essence of this delicate skill when it is honed to its finest edge?

With 446 restaurants listed – including 2 new restaurants with Three Stars, 2 with Two Stars and 18 with One Star – as well as 34 hotels and ryokans, the Japanese capital continues to be one of the most dynamic and attractive destinations in the world for food and hospitality.

Four restaurants — Kadowaki, Ginza Shinohara, Inua and Prisma — entered the top 2- and 3-starred tiers of the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2020 for the first time. Here's what our inspectors were impressed by.

The 13th edition of the guide in Tokyo welcomes one new three-star, three two-star and 19 one-star restaurants to its selection.

There are only three ramen restaurants in the world to hold MICHELIN stars and all three are in Tokyo. Check out these and four new Bib Gourmands in the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2019.

Don’t know what to say at the reunion table during lo hei? Here are some tips to remember the auspicious sayings that will knock your relatives’ socks off.

French restaurant L'Osier enters the three-star echelon, while 3 new two-star and 29 new one-star restaurants cement Tokyo's position as the city with the highest number of starred restaurants in the world.

The chef reflects on the star-studded journey his French restaurant Hommage has been on since opening in Tokyo in 2000.