DESTINATION RESTAURANTS
July 3, 2023
Destination Restaurants is a list of Japan’s best restaurants published by The Japan Times. Started in 2021...
June 23, 2023
Destination Restaurants was launched by The Japan Times in 2021 as a list of the best...
March 24, 2023
Mount Unzen is an active volcanic complex in the center of the Shimabara Peninsula...
February 24, 2023
The town of Nishikawa, home to the Dewaya restaurant and inn, is about 40 minutes...
January 27, 2023
Yoichi, home to this issue’s featured restaurant, is a small town of 18,000 in...
December 16, 2022
Facing the Sea of Japan on the Noto Peninsula in northern Ishikawa...
November 25, 2022
Hiroshima Prefecture’s Itsuku-shima Shrine is a well-known World Heritage site. Ferries...
October 28, 2022
The Osawa district of Minami-uonuma in Niigata Prefecture has long been known for its outstanding...
September 22, 2022
With the local food movement as popular as ever these days, forgotten regional ingredients are...
August 26, 2022
Kamakura Kitajima occupies a renovated old house in a neighborhood dotted with historic...
July 29, 2022
“My restaurant lacks the ‘sacredness’ demonstrated by other regional chefs winning awards in...
June 24, 2022
Villa Aida, winner of the Destination Restaurant of the Year 2022 award, is located in Wakayama...
July 19, 2021
Tonoya-Yo, chef Yotaro Sasaki’s atmospheric inn and restaurant in the rural heartland of Iwate Prefecture,...
July 17, 2021
TonoTONO, IWATE PREF. – The peaceful, slow-moving town of Tono lies in the rural...
May 29, 2021
NANTO, TOYAMA PREF. – If you are among those who believe that anticipation of a great ...
May 25, 2021
Regional dining redefined at newly opened gastronomic auberge in the Toyama mountains
