Creative Cuisine / Fusion Food Restaurants(148)
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At his Shirokanedai restaurant, Chef Souichi Furuya transforms ingredients that other chefs might typically overlook into haute French cuisine. Cuisine like galettes made from discarded vegetable parts have consistently earned him Michelin Stars.
cucina salve
Local Chichibu produce meets Italian food. With an exacting attitude towards allergen-safe, organic and natural food, chef Hiroshi Tsubouchi uses over 150 kinds of vegetables to craft a dazzling array of fusion food, all personally grown on his farm.
Iwahiba
Inspired by the bonsai plant it’s named upon, the hidden Iwahiba tucked behind a bar creates a menu that riffs on Chinese cuisine and washoku in a dining room draped in Taisho Romanticism opulence.
amorphous Akasaka
Like its moniker, which describes a state where atoms and molecules lack structure, this innovative Akasaka restaurant eschews the predictable rhythms of dining standards.
Rice and Circus Shibuya PARCO
This legendary restaurant opens in the trendy basement of Shibuya PARCO, serving up exotic meats like giant isopod, whole fried gecko, Kumano catfish sashimi and even salt-grilled bear.
Mashiro
Chef Koshimo Hiroyuki continues his legacy of excellence at his third Michelin-starred restaurant in Kyoto, where he creates course after course of what he calls genre-less cuisine.
Nent
Find respite from Osaka city life at Nent in Umeda. This Michelin-starred French restaurant constantly pushes the boundaries of tradition through delectable dishes and Japanese ingredients.
Capi
Chopped wagyu kneaded into brioche and cauliflower mousse topped with caviar — Michelin-starred chef Ogawa Daiki is ushering in a new era of sophistication in Osaka's creative cuisine scene.

Yama
The dessert-only kaiseki course at Tokyo’s Michelin-starred Yama introduces new layers of sophisticated sweetness with plates centered on seasonal fruits.

TREE by NAKED Yoyogi Park
Just outside Tokyo's Yoyogi Park, this visionary fusion restaurant immerses diners in an ever-changing kaleidoscope of colours, lights and sounds, making a treat for all the senses.

Nobu Tokyo
World-famous chef Nobu Matsuhisa brings his vaunted Japanese fusion cuisine home at the Tokyo outlet, where both omakase course menus and a la carte options delight.

Pot-Bouille
This Hiroo bistro lives up to its name as a melting pot of world cuisine. While offering French staples like lobster civet, guests are invited to try more eclectic fare like Thai tom yam goong ramen and Japanese monaka with caviar.

Fujiya 1935
Enjoy dining at a 2 Michelin-starred culinary dynasty, which has been operating for nearly a century, with updates from its fourth-generation chef.
Kahala
Taste some wild culinary experiments at the most innovative restaurant in Osaka.

Sezanne
Chef Daniel Calvert's ascension to three stars in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025 is well deserved, with his mastery of French-inspired Japanese cuisine that uses premium ingredients to great effect.

Kabi
Michelin-starred luxury dining as it can only be found in Meguro, Tokyo’s upscale cultural core, with a unique twist: A high-concept menu centered around highlighting aging, fermentation, and friendly bacteria.

Mujinzo
An ever-changing menu and sense of seasonal beauty make this Fukuoka kaiseki one of the most exciting in town.
Main Dining Room The Fujiya
From its 6-meter coffered ceiling to dramatic sculptures, this all-day French dining space inside the Fujiya Hotel serves classic French supper and harnesses major brasserie energy.
Restaurant mio
Beautiful seaside views at this award-winning Hiroshima winery restaurant accompany the finest wines and ingredients of the Setouchi region, like fresh-caught sea bream and wild boar.
BOLT
A Michelin Bib Gourmand-awarded counter bistro where French technique meets izakaya-style dining in a space full of rustic charm. Sip a glass of rare spirits while poring over the menu’s small plates.
The New World
The sio group brings their trademark genre-defying cuisine to the basement of Shinsaibashi Parco with this modern, trendy izakaya. Drinking snacks and traditional Japanese fare are elevated to Michelin Bib Gourmand level.
Yoshokuya Fujiya
Since 1935, this family-friendly restaurant in Osaka has been serving comforting Japanese-Western cuisine known as yoshoku, consistently attracting a loyal clientele who crave a taste of home cooking.
MASA'S KITCHEN EBISU
You’ll love how European techniques add unique layers to classic Chinese dishes at this restaurant in Shibuya ward.
l'Odorante par Minoru Nakijin
An alternative approach to fusion cuisine awaits at this refined eatery.
1899 OCHANOMIZU
Enter the wonderful world of matcha tea at a high-concept Tokyo restaurant that infuses fine Japanese dining with this healthy green powder.
Nebuka
Michelin-recognized and founded by a wine bar owner, Nebuka presents a case study of human connection, personal flavors of game meat and fresh vegetables, and Franco-Japanese sensibility.
Le Becasse
One of Japan’s leading gastronomic figures, Shibuya Yoshinori, transforms his spontaneous ideas into refined French menus, boldly embracing the unfinished and in-the-moment.
Esprit C. Kei Ginza
A rare opportunity to order Michelin dishes a-la-carte — Esprit C. Kei Ginza, operated by Michelin-starred Kei Kobayashi, experiments with French culinary format in an upscale dining room atop the Toraya Ginza building.
