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Kyoto by the MICHELIN Guide

See the Kyoto guide

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Nara Park

Park & Garden Yoshikien Garden Beautiful in all seasons, it is most impressive in autumn when red leaves contrast with the wooden tea house. Right ...

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The most exciting new MICHELIN Guide hotels for June 2022

Five recent discoveries from Tablet, the hotel experts at the MICHELIN Guide.

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「MICHELIN Guide Nara 2022」An Interview with Starred restaurants

We interviewed the chefs who won stars in MICHELIN Guide Nara 2022, asking them who they’d like to share this feeling with in their moment of triumph. We also asked them to share an episode of their lives with that person.

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First Edition Of MICHELIN Guide Nara 2022 Revealed

A total of 101 restaurants, including 4 two-star restaurants, 18 one-star restaurants and 22 Bib Gourmand restaurants, are recommended by the MICHELIN Guide inspectors in Japan's Nara prefecture.

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Traditional Foods

The origin of Sake Nara is considered to be the “birthplace of sake”because sake made by filtering doburoku was born at Shoryakuji Temple in Nara ...

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Representative Produce of Nara

Nara’s shining red jewels Strawberry Originally, Strawberries were harvested in the spring, but innovations in technology meant that they could be ...

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NARA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF JAPAN

Nara is the origin of Japanese cuisine. You can explore the roots of Japanese culture in Nara, where it all began.

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MICHELIN Guide Nara 2022 announcement

The MICHELIN Guide has announced that a highlights video of MICHELIN Guide Nara 2022 selection will be available on MICHELIN Guide Asia’s YouTube ...

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Will Kombu Save the World?

Kombu is known as a healthy food that is essential for Japanese cuisine, but did you know that it also supports the natural environment in the ocean? We took a close look at the mystery of how kombu protects the planet.

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Service Award: Mayuka Arai of Hommage

When Service Award winner Mayuka Arai of Hommage is asked what customer service means to her, she says, “I want the time customers spend with us to be as pleasant as possible”.

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「MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2022」 20 newly-Starred restaurants

20 new MICHELIN Stars now shine over Tokyo. Are you ready to visit?

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MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2022 Marks 15th Edition With New Stars, Special Awards

The 2022 selection highlights 3 new Two-Star restaurants, 21 new One-Stars and 14 Green Stars, plus 35 new Bib Gourmands and 2 new Special Awards.

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MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2022 MICHELIN Green Star restaurants

3 new MICHELIN Green Stars awarded in Kyoto and Osaka

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The MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2022
Star Revelation 15th anniversary year

To celebrate the 15th year of the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo, the new selection will be announced digitally at MICHELIN Guide Asia YouTube channel on Nov ...

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「MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2022」 17 newly-Starred restaurants

17 new MICHELIN Stars now shine over Kyoto and Osaka. Are you ready to visit?

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MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2022 is Unveiled Today, with 415 Selected Restaurants

Now on its 13th year, the MICHELIN Guide Kyoto Osaka 2022 edition lists 21 new MICHELIN restaurants in Kyoto and 26 in Osaka. Both cities also see an increased number of MICHELIN Green Star restaurants, whose culinary efforts champion sustainable gastronomy.

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Yakitori

The aroma that wafts from the storefront, the red paper lanterns with their old hometown nostalgia —tonight it's going to be yakitori!