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Katsuemon
勝衞門
- Higashi-Shinsaibashi/Shinsaibashi-suji, Osaka
- Udon (noodles),Japanese / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Kansai-style Udon (noodles) / Soba (noodles)
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安田 達志Tatsushi Yasuda
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A restaurant manager offers an elaborate bowl of noodles that is quick and easy to enjoy.
Mr. Yasuda was born in 1977 in Tottori. He originally worked at an affiliated okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) restaurant. After receiving an offer from the owner of the same restaurant, he transferred to Katsuemon, which opened in 2023. He now serves as the restaurant manager, managing various tasks, including cooking and customer service. With his experience working at udon (thick noodles) and okonomiyaki restaurants, he strives to provide satisfying bowls for the busy lunch crowd to those looking for a drink after hours.
安田 達志Tatsushi Yasuda
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Kanzenkoshitsu × Shun no syokuzai Nanchi Tempura Teppan NANIWA
完全個室×旬の素材 南地 天ぷら鉄板 菜庭 －NANIWA－
- Higashi-Shinsaibashi/Shinsaibashi-suji, Osaka
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Tempura (battered, fried seafood and vegetables) / Japanese Beef Steak
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堀之内 一弘Kazuhiro Horinouchi
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Mr. Horinouchi is an artisan chef who fascinates many people with his beautiful dishes that tell the story of the ingredients.
He was born in 1966 in Osaka. At the age of 18, he started his career as a chef. He has continued honing his Japanese cuisine skills by studying at various famous restaurants in Osaka Prefecture. Since March 2024, as head chef at NANIWA, he has been serving dishes that bring out the full potential of the ingredients. He pays close attention not only to the taste but also to the appearance of his dishes, attracting many people with his seasonal presentation. He is a passionate chef who always brings enthusiasm and curiosity to his cooking.
堀之内 一弘Kazuhiro Horinouchi
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Dashi Shabu Obanzai OKAKA Tokyo
出汁しゃぶおばんざい おかか 東京
- Otemachi, Tokyo
- Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew),Japanese / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / General / Sake
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Shabuzen Ginza Creston Hotel Branch
しゃぶ禅 銀座クレストンホテル店
- Tsukiji, Tokyo
- Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices)/Sukiyaki (hot pot stew),Japanese / General / Shabu-shabu (boiled meat slices) / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)
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大村 専二Senji Omura
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Mr Omura welcomes diners with the finest ingredients.
He was born in 1960 in Gunma Prefecture.
大村 専二Senji Omura
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Yakitori Miyagawa Otemachi branch
やきとり宮川 大手町店
- Otemachi, Tokyo
- Yakitori/Kushiyaki (grilled skewers),Japanese / Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers) / Chicken / Sake
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柴田 勲Isao Shibata
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In the battleground of restaurants, he is aiming to be the overwhelming No.1 restaurant in the area.
He was born in 1963 in Toyama prefecture. He found that the restaurant field was fun and deep while working a part time job in his school days. After graduating from high school, he trained at a Japanese pub in Tokyo for 7 years, and entered MIYAGAWA Co., Ltd. in 1989. He became the manager of the Otemachi branch when it opened, and managed the whole kitchen. His current goal is to be the overwhelming No.1 restaurant in the battleground of restaurants of Tokyo. He inspects the branches every month, to develop ideas to improve the working environment and operation of his restaurant. He attracts many repeaters with his friendly personality.
柴田 勲Isao Shibata
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Yakitori Miyagawa Akasaka branch
やきとり宮川 赤坂店
- Roppongi, Tokyo
- Yakitori/Kushiyaki (grilled skewers),Japanese / Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers) / Chicken / Sake
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橋本 淳Jun Hashimoto
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The most reliable chef in the restaurant leads the young chefs by showing them the way.
He was born in 1980 in Fukushima prefecture. In Tokyo, he accumulated experiences at a kaiseki (traditional Japanese cuisine) restaurant for 7 years and an Italian restaurant for 3 years. Currently he works as the master chef for [Yakitori Miyagawa Akasaka branch], and [Tori-no-Miyagawa AKASAKA INTERCITY AIR] which is operated in a new business style. He works hard towards [the most popular chicken restaurant in the world] making full use of his management ability obtained through his experience managing two different types of restaurants. His goal is to create a flexible organization to promptly meet the changing needs of the guests. This reliable leader also makes efforts to educate the chefs of the new generation.
橋本 淳Jun Hashimoto
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Kaisen Ryori Hama no Ie
海鮮料理浜の家
- Onna-son, Okinawa
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Local Japanese Cuisine / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood
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長浜 厚史Atsushi Nagahama
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He began his career as a chef by helping out at home
Born in Okinawa on November 15th, 1972, he has been helping out in Hama no Ie, the restaurant that his parents established, since he was a child. He decided to become a chef because he always wanted to make the food with which he was most familiar with. While working in the restaurant, he developed a solid foundation in cooking. He is particularly skilled at cooking all kinds of fish dish. He is a known authority on ikezukuri (preparing sashimi made from live seafood).
長浜 厚史Atsushi Nagahama
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Unagi Komagata Maekawa Soramachi Branch
鰻 駒形 前川 ソラマチ店
- Oshiage, Tokyo
- Japanese,Japanese / Unagi (eel) / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine)
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高梨 伸夫Nobuo Takanashi
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His yearning to be a chef led him to be an unagi chef. His wish is to serve great meals to a lot of people.
He was born in 1979 in Saitama. Impressed by professional works and dedications of chefs that appeared in the TV show, [Iron Chef], he started to wish to become a chef himself. He found employment at a Japanese restaurant with the hope of cooking and serving delicious meals to people. After gaining experiences in Japanese restaurants and unagi restaurants, he started training himself to be a dedicated unagi (eel) course dinner chef. Since 2012, he has been working for Unagi Komagata Maekawa Soramachi branch as a chef.
高梨 伸夫Nobuo Takanashi
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Kyoto Gion Kawamuraryorihei
京都祇園 川村料理平
- Gion, Kyoto
- Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Kyoto Cuisine / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)
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川村 良平Ryohei Kawamura
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He started his cooking career at the age of 15
He entered the world of cooking at the age of 15, starting his training at a well-established Japanese cuisine restaurant in the Osaka Minami area. After that he worked as a chef for 17 years before he became independent. In 2012, he opened [Kawamuraryorihei] in Gokomachi of Kyoto and their Japanese cuisine, prepared with selected seasonal ingredients, became popular. In the fifth year after opening, in 2016, his second restaurant [Kyoto Gion Kawamuraryorihei] was opened. At the moment, he spends his days polishing his skills while appreciating his customers and the people around him who have supported him from the beginning until now.
川村 良平Ryohei Kawamura
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Sake to Soba Taihoku
酒と蕎麦 大北
- Matsumoto Station, Nagano
- Soba (noodles),Japanese / Soba (noodles) / General / Sake
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江崎 隆信Takanobu Ezaki
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No compromise in the pursuit of cuisine! Mr. Ezaki is a Japanese artisan chef who pours his sincere love for ingredients.
He was born in 1967 in Nagano. Trained as a chef in Osaka and Tokyo for a long time, he also studied in the Netherlands for six years. After returning to Japan, he moved to his hometown of Nagano, where he is currently the general chef of Taihoku, coordinating the flavor of the entire restaurant. His policy is to treat each ingredient with sincerity and love. By incorporating seasonal produce into his dishes, he brings out the best of it. His efforts to surprise and delight his guests never stop.
江崎 隆信Takanobu Ezaki
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Japanese Cuisine Matsumae
日本料理 松前
- Hakodate, Hokkaido
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Kamameshi (rice cooked in an iron pot) / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood
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大吉 孝幸Takayuki Oyoshi
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Mr. Takayuki Oyoshi's motivation, to create dishes with his skillful cooking techniques, is the word [delicious].
He was born in 1963 in Hokkaido. As he liked cooking since his elementary school days, and liked to be told [delicious] by those who ate his dishes, he decided to become a chef. After graduating from high school, he trained at [Ginzushi Chuo-tei] in Tomakomai, then actively worked at various restaurants including one at a hotel in Hakodate city. Currently he shows his skillful techniques as the master chef at [Nihon Ryori Matsumae], welcoming guests with dishes carefully and wholeheartedly created one by one.
大吉 孝幸Takayuki Oyoshi
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Fukiyosekomachi
吹よせ小町
- Yotsuya, Tokyo
- Japanese,Japanese / General
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土橋 明人Akito Tsuchihashi
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Mr. Tsuchihashi opened his own restaurant, believing that cooking was his only path.
He was born in 1978 in Aichi. Cooking has always been close to his heart since he was a child. He says that going to a culinary school was a natural choice for him, but it was not until after he started working that he strongly felt that "this is the only path" for him as a chef. Inspired by the human qualities of his great seniors, he has continued his studies, wishing to become like them. He has honed his skills in Japanese cuisine at Japanese restaurants, kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal) restaurants, and Sushi restaurants in Tokyo.
土橋 明人Akito Tsuchihashi
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Sushisho Fukuoka Branch
すし笑 福岡店
- Daimyo, Fukuoka
- Sushi,Japanese / Sushi / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes)
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山元 慎Makoto Yamamoto
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Mr. Yamamoto serves sushi with heart and soul with over 20 years of experience, driven by a childhood yearning.
He was born in 1985 in Miyazaki. As a child, he often went to sushi restaurants with his family for birthdays and other occasions, which inspired him to become a sushi chef. After four years of training in Miyazaki and 18 years of training in Tokyo, Ginza, and Roppongi, he took up his current position. He has a strong desire to please his customers based on his childhood memories, and he always tries to provide thoughtful cuisine and hospitality while using his more than 20 years of experience as a sushi chef.
山元 慎Makoto Yamamoto
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Nihonbashi Suminoe COREDO Muromachi Branch
日本橋 墨之栄 コレド室町店
- Mitsukoshimae, Tokyo
- Japanese,Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Nabe (hot pot)
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伊藤 将宏Masahiro Ito
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Mr. Masahiro Ito (commonly known as Ma-kun) is a highly skilled fixed-net fisherman in Kushiura, Karatsu.
Ma-kun was born into a home of fishermen in Kushiura Bay and is a trueborn fisherman who continues to work using fixed-net fishing. The one in the back is the pole-and-line fisherman, Mr. Yusuke Oda. He is a unique pole-and-line fisherman - while working as a chef, he was awakened to the charms of the fishing industry and moved to Kushiura. They are thoroughly pursuing techniques for maintaining freshness and improving taste, such as destroying the fish's spinal cord, removing its stomach, and controlling blood removal as to the species and condition of the fish. Both of them are now indispensable fishermen for the restaurant group, supplying fish daily.
伊藤 将宏Masahiro Ito
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Orankuya Main Branch
おらんく家 本店
- Kochi Station/Harimayabashi, Kochi
- Sushi,Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi / General
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松尾 博昭Hiroaki Matsuo
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Please enjoy Kochi's local cuisine and Sushi to your heart's content at Orankuya.
In addition to a variety of seasonal live fish served as sushi, you can enjoy Kochi's representative local cuisine such as "straw-grilled bonito tataki" grilled right in front of you and "moray eel dishes" in a relaxing atmosphere. Of course, they also offer specialty bamboo sake and local japanese sake. Feel free to drop by and enjoy.
松尾 博昭Hiroaki Matsuo
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Sushi Gyoten
鮨行天
- Hirao/Kiyokawa, Fukuoka
- Sushi,Japanese / Sushi
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行天 健二Kenji Gyoten
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Born in a family running a sushi restaurant, he finally decided to make a living from sushi.
He was born in 1982 in Yamaguchi. Sushi was a part of his life since he was small, as his grandfather was a sushi chef. But he was not sure if a sushi chef was the right occupation for him, so at the age of 18 he had a trip to New Zealand to find himself. After making the final decision to make a living from sushi, at the age of 21 he started training at a renowned restaurant in Tokyo. In 2009, he opened a restaurant in his hometown, Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi. In 2012, the restaurant was relocated to Fukuoka. In 2014, the restaurant won 3 stars which was given to only 2 restaurants including his one.
行天 健二Kenji Gyoten
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Sushidokoro Kihara
鮨処 木はら
- Hakodate, Hokkaido
- Sushi,Japanese / Sushi
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木原 茂信Shigenobu Kihara
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40 years of devoted sushi career creates Hakodate special sushi.
He was born in Hokkaido in 1960, and became an apprentice at a sushi restaurant when he was 15 years old. He learned the basic of Edomae sushi from the senior staff. Relatively young at the age of 34, he started his own restaurant [Sushidokoro Kihara] in Hakodate. 4 years later, fell in love with the location overlooking the Tsugaru Strait, he moved to the current location. Keeping Hakodate special sushi as his creed, he serves sushi using the best local fish.
木原 茂信Shigenobu Kihara
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Ryotei Kawabun
料亭 河文
- Marunouchi, Aichi
- Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / General / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)
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富田 英樹Hideki Tomita
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Growing up watching his father, a chef, Mr. Tomita honed his skills in the world of Japanese cuisine.
He was born in 1970 in Aichi. Spending his childhood with his father, who ran a ramen restaurant, he naturally developed an interest in cooking through that experience. He decided to become a chef like his father and trained at Ryotei Kawabun to hone his skills. Having earnestly improved his skills, he expresses his cuisine as a work of art that goes beyond just technique and puts his heart and soul into it.
富田 英樹Hideki Tomita
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Honmachi Saryo
本町茶寮
- Inuyama, Aichi
- Japanese,Japanese / Local Japanese Cuisine / Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) / Soft Ice Cream
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久世 高裕Takahiro Kuze
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Mr. Takahiro Kuze has worked in the food service to boost the local tourism economy.
He was born 1981 in Aichi Prefecture. In an effort to liven up his city, Mr. Kuze started setting up his own food stall at events such as the Inuyama Festival, and was able to learn practical restaurant management and service skills from on-the-ground experience. In 2014, he opened [Honmachi Saryo] with the conviction that an effort to boost the tourism economy shouldn't be based on tax incentives. The tea house has created a photo-worthy menu, focusing on dengaku (grilled miso skewers), which is gaining popularity as an affordable yet delicious treat of Inuyama.
久世 高裕Takahiro Kuze
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Sushi Monji
寿し 門司
- Kita-Shinchi, Osaka
- Sushi,Japanese / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Sushi / Fugu (blowfish)
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門司 知治Tomoharu Monji
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Mr. Moji values the spirit of hospitality more than anything else and provides visitors a blissful moment.
He was born in 1976 in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka. He grew up under the influence of his father, who was the president of the Japan Cooks Association, and his brother, a French chef. Although he had no intention of entering the culinary world, his promise to his mother led him to train at a sushi restaurant through his father for three years. He once left cooking but began to pursue it seriously when he met an excellent sushi chef at 22. After working at the highest-selling Sushi restaurant in Japan, he opened Sushi-dokoro Shinmon, which was renamed Sushi M ji three years ago.
門司 知治Tomoharu Monji
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