Best Japanese & Japanese Restaurants in Kyoto and Osaka Area

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Kyo-ryori Tategami

京料理　立神

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

Japanese, Japanese / General / Sashimi (raw fish)/Seafood / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

Dinner: 8,000 JPY / Lunch: 3,500 JPY

[Tuesday-Sunday, National Holidays, Day Before National Holidays] Lunch 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm (L.O. 2:00 pm) / Dinner 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm) Open if the regular closing day is a National Holiday

Monday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

It is near the Horikawa-Marutamachi intersection

Paradise of Japanese sake and shochu, Ajihanya

日本酒焼酎の楽園味範家

Sannomiya, Kobe/Waterfront area, Hyogo

Japanese, Japanese / Fugu (blowfish) / General / Sake

6,000 JPY

6,000 JPY

1:00 pm - 12:00 am

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

1-minute walk from the West Exit of Kobe City Line Sannomiya Station. 5-minute walk from Each line of Sannomiya Station. Located on the 3rd floor of the KSM Bldg.

Udon TAMATAMA

うどんたまたま　udon TAMATAMA

Higashi-Shinsaibashi/Shinsaibashi-suji, Shinsaibashi, Osaka

Udon (noodles), Japanese / Udon (noodles) / Kansai-style Udon (noodles) / Curry Udon (noodles)

1,250 JPY

1,250 JPY

10:00 am - 12:00 am

Irregular

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

10-minute walk from Namba station

Hakata Hanamidori Osaka Shinsaibashi Branch

博多　華味鳥　大阪心斎橋店

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

Irregular

English menu available.

1-minute walk (directly connected to the station) from Exit 8 of Shinsaibashi Station on the Midosuji Line, 5-minute walk from Osaka-Namba Station on the Hanshin Namba Line

Matsuzaka-niku Ganso Wadakin

松阪肉元祖　和田金

Matsusaka/Kisei, Tsu/Matsusaka, Mie

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

10,000 JPY

10,000 JPY

11:30 - Doors Close at 20:00 (last order 20:30)

On every fourth Tuesday (varies by month)

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

428 meters from Matsusaka Station of JR Kisei Main Line and Meisho Line, and Kintetsu Yamada Line.

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.

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.

Japanese Cuisine Shingetsu

日本料理　新月

South Otsu, Otsu , Shiga

Japanese, Japanese / Fugu (blowfish) / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Kaiseki (traditional multi-course meal)

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

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

[Monday, Wednesday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] Lunch 11:30 am - 3:00 pm (L.O 2:00 pm), Dinner 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm (L.O. 8:00 pm)

Tuesday

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

Close to the Keihan Bus Ishiyamadera-sanmonmae stop

Kokuryu Ebisubashi Branch

黒龍　戎橋店

Namba, Tennoji/Shinsekai/Sumiyoshi, Osaka

Japanese Sosaku (creative), Japanese / General / Japanese Sosaku (creative cuisine) / Sake

19,999 JPY

19,999 JPY

11:00 am - 11:00 pm (L.O. 9:30 pm) *Only courses are available. *This establishment does not accept cash payments. Please check in advance and make necessary preparations.

None

English menu and English-speaking staff available.

3 minutes walk from Namba Station on the Sennichimae Line, 5 minutes walk from Namba Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line, 10 minutes walk from Namba Station on the Nankai Line