Nara

The latest selection includes Hoshino, newly awarded One MICHELIN Star, along with seven new MICHELIN Selected restaurants across Italian, contemporary, sushi, French and yakitori cuisine.

Nara, Japan’s original capital, offers a peaceful blend of ancient temples, sacred deer, and walkable parklands — just a short trip from Kyoto.

83 restaurants, including three new One-Starred, shine in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Nara. 3 restaurants are newly joining the selection directly with One MICHELIN Star and 1 establishment with a Bib Gourmand, one new MICHELIN Green Star is shining over Nara.

Restaurant le content is newly awarded the Bib Gourmand and 5 establishments are newly joining the selection. 22 restaurants maintained their MICHELIN Stars for outstanding culinary proposals.

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.

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.