Best Japanese Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

Kyoto Senryo

京都千両

Kyoto Station, Kyoto Station/Minami-ku, Kyoto

Sushi, Japanese / General / Sushi / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Dinner: 15,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

It is on the 1st floor of a building located near the Hachijo West Exit, a 1-minute walk from the Hachijo Exit of Kyoto Station

Umai Donabegohan to Tempura Naniwano Daidokoro FUJITA

旨い土鍋ご飯と天麩羅　浪速の台所ふじた

Higashi-Shinsaibashi/Shinsaibashi-suji, Shinsaibashi, Osaka

Japanese, Japanese / General / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood

3,000 JPY

3,000 JPY

[Monday - Saturday, National Holidays, Day Before National Hlidays] Dinner 7:00 pm - 3:00 am (L.O. 2:00 am)

Irregular

English menu available.

Enter Soemon-cho from Midosuji Street, pass Don Quijote with a big Ferris wheel, and turn at the Lawson in front of the police box

Sushi Senzu Osaka Station

鮨仙酢　本店　大阪駅前

Osaka Station/Umeda Station, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Sushi, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) Food and Drink L.O. 9:00 pm

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Hankyu Umeda Station, 3-minute walk from Umeda Station on the Subway Midosuji Line, 8-minute walk from Osaka-Umeda Station on the Hanshin Railway Line

Sukiyaki Shabu-shabu Nihonbashi Tsuruya

すき焼き　しゃぶしゃぶ　日本橋　鶴屋

Nipponbashi, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Nabe (hot pot)

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 2,000 JPY

11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Exit 5 of Kintetsu-Nippombashi Station

Charcoal-grilled Eel Doikatsuman Kinkakuji Branch

炭焼鰻　土井活鰻　金閣寺店

Kinkakuji Temple/Kinugasa/Kita-ku, Northern Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl)

4,500 JPY

4,500 JPY

11:00 am - 8:00 pm (L.O 7:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk from Kinkakuji-michi bus stop

Sushi Senzu Kitashinchi Souhonten

鮨仙酢　北新地　総本店

Kita-Shinchi, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Sushi, Japanese / Sushi

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

Dinner: 7,000 JPY / Lunch: 4,500 JPY

[Saturday] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm) / [Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm) / [Weekdays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm) Drink L.O. 10:30 pm

Irregular

English menu available.

4 minutes walk from JR Kitashinchi Station or Osaka Metro Nishi-Umeda Station / 159m from Kitashinchi Station

Gionshinbashi Nakatani

祇園新橋中谷

Gion, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) / Kyoto Cuisine

Dinner: 11,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,500 JPY

Dinner: 11,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,500 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 1:30 pm (L.O. 1:30 pm), Last entry at 1:30 pm / Dinner 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Irregular

Unknown.

Located near the Giontatsumi Bridge. It's down a narrow alley north of the Tatsumi Daimyojin shrine, just off Shinbashi Street.

Pontocho HOUSHOAN

先斗町　烹祥庵

Kiyamachi/Pontocho, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / Sukiyaki (hot pot stew) / Yakiniku (grilled meat) / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine)

8,500 JPY

8,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 10:30 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line, 3-minute walk from Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan Main Line

Kuromon Torepichi-Ichiba Minami kuromon Branch

黒門とれぴち市場南黒門店

Nipponbashi, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Seafood, Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Crab / Donburi (rice bowl)

3,000 JPY

3,000 JPY

8:00 am - 6:00 pm (L.O. 6:00 pm)

None

English menu available.

5-minute walk from Nippombashi Station on the Sakaisuji Line, Sennichimae Line, and Kintetsu Line

Shunsai to Osake Anbai

旬菜とお酒　あんばい

Chayamachi/Nakazakicho, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Japanese, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaisen Nabe (seafood hot pot)

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Dinner: 6,000 JPY / Lunch: 1,200 JPY

Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm (L.O. 10:00 pm)

Irregular

English menu available.

3-4 minute walk from Chayamachi Exit of Osaka Umeda Station

Unagidokoro Umami

うなぎ処　美味美

Tenmabashi, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Unagi (eel), Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Hitsumabushi (eel bowl) / Sake

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

Dinner: 5,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,000 JPY

[Monday - Friday] Lunch 11:00 am - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm), [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] 11:00 am - 8:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Morinomiya Station on the Osaka Metro Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line and the Chuo Line / 3-minute walk from Morinomiya Station on the JR Line

Yasai Sommelier no Omise Togiya Kiyamachi-Oike Koshitsu Branch

野菜ソムリエのお店　十祇家　木屋町御池個室店

Shijokawaramachi/Teramachi, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho (Downtown Kyoto), Kyoto

Japanese, Japanese / General / Motsu Nabe (offal hot pot) / General

3,500 JPY

3,500 JPY

Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Reservation course only) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 10:30 pm

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3-minute walk from Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line/ Sanjo Station on the Keihan Main Line. It's on the east side of Kyoto Hotel Okura.

Tofu-ya

とうふや

Ise, Ise/Toba/Shima, Mie

Japanese, Japanese / General / Tofu Dishes

2,500 JPY

2,500 JPY

11:00 am - 5:00 pm

None

English-speaking staff available.

5 minutes by taxi from Isuzugawa Station of the Kintetsu Toba Line.

Butashabu Seiromushi Butasho Nambatei

豚しゃぶ　せいろ蒸し　豚匠　なんば邸

Amerikamura, Shinsaibashi, Osaka

Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew), Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / General / Nabe (hot pot)

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 900 JPY

Dinner: 4,000 JPY / Lunch: 900 JPY

[Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm / Dinner 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

4-minute walk from Shinsaibashi Station

Hakata Hanamidori Umeda Hilton Plaza Branch

博多　華味鳥　梅田ヒルトンプラザ店

Nishi-Umeda, Umeda/Kitashinchi, Osaka

Mizutaki (chicken hot pot), Japanese / General / Chicken / Mizutaki (chicken hot pot)

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,500 JPY

Dinner: 5,500 JPY / Lunch: 1,500 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) *L.O. Food 9:30 pm, Drink 10:00 pm

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1-minute walk from Nishi-Umeda Station on the Yotsubashi Line, 3-minute walk from Umeda Station on the Midosuji Line, 8-minute walk from Umeda Station on the Hankyu Line, 1-minute walk from Umeda Station on the Hanshin Main Line

Japanese Restaurant Hana-Goyomi

日本料理「花暦」

Namba, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Japanese, Japanese / General / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Sushi

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Weekdays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / [Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Lunch 11:00 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / [Monday-Thursday, Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm) / [Friday, Saturday, Day Before National Holidays] Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Less than a 1-minute walk from Nankai Namba Station on the Nankai Main Line. Exit the station ticket gate and follow the signs to the hotel elevator.

ISAGO (Hotel ISAGO Kobe)

いさご（ほてるISAGO神戸）

Shin-Kobe/Kitano, Kobe/Waterfront area, Hyogo

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / General / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 5,000 JPY

[Weekdays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) (Available on Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays for an additional 550 yen/person), [Weekdays, Saturday, Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm)

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

5-minute by taxi from Sannomiya Station / (Take the Kobe City Bus, and get off at Kumochi 6-chome stop. It is located just south.)

SH’UN Wine & Dine

ワイン＆ダイン「シュン」

Namba, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Kushiage/Kushikatsu (deep-fried skewers), Japanese / Kushiage (deep-fried skewers) / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine) / Wine

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

Dinner: 10,000 JPY / Lunch: 7,000 JPY

[Wednesday-Sunday] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O. 2:30 pm) / [Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday] Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:30 pm) / [Friday, Saturday] Dinner 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Monday, Tuesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Less than a 1-minute walk from Nankai Namba Station on the Nankai Main Line. Exit the station ticket gate and follow the signs to the hotel elevator.

Ipponyari

一本槍

Fushimi/Daigo, Fushimi/Yamashina, Kyoto

Kaiseki (course menu), Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Fugu (blowfish)

10,000 JPY

10,000 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays] Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 9:00 pm)

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

10-minute walk from Fujimori Station, 10-minute drive from Fushimi Inari