The Michelin Guide Tokyo 2025, released on October 17, 2024, lists a total of 12 restaurants, including Cantissans, Joel Robuchon, and Kanda, which were awarded three stars for the 18th consecutive year, and Cesan, which was awarded three stars for the first time. The three stars are for restaurants that offer ” outstanding cuisine that is worth the trip for its own sake. If you live in Tokyo, why not visit one of these restaurants at least once?
1, Azabu Kadowaki
This Japanese restaurant is located on a street one street over from the shopping district. The owner, Toshiya Kadowaki, buys seasonal vegetables every morning and weaves carefully selected ingredients into a course that combines the best of the season with the best of the season, such as matsutake mushrooms, flatfish, Matsuba crab, and Japanese parsley. The signature dish, “truffle rice,” is generously sprinkled with truffles, a luxury ingredient.
📍 Rose House 1F, 2-7-2 Azabujuban, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇5 min. walk from Azabu-juban Station
2, Kagurazaka Ishikawa
Ishikawa is a Japanese restaurant located behind Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple in Kagurazaka. Served in a dignified space are seasonal courses that highlight the contours of the ingredients. The owner, Hideki Ishikawa, opened Ishikawa in Kagurazaka before going independent and opening Torahaku in 2008 and Ren in 2009, both in the same Kagurazaka location.
📍 Takamura Building 1F, 5-37 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku
👉wa official website
About 4 minutes walk from 🚇Iidabashi station
3, Kanda
Rated three stars consecutively since the “Michelin Guide Tokyo 2008,” Kanda received the Michelin Mentor Chef Award in the “Michelin Guide Tokyo 2022” as a chef whose own work and career serve as an example. He is also noted for the minimalist restaurant design he worked on with contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto.
📍 Toranomon Hills Residential Tower 1F, 1-1-1 Atago, Minato-ku
👉Kanda official websiteDirect connection from Toranomon Hills Station to 🚇Toranomon Hills
4, Cantissance
This is another French restaurant listed as a three-star restaurant from the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2008. The menu is a one-course omakase menu that emphasizes bringing out the best of the ingredients. The menu changes constantly according to the season’s ingredients.
📍 Garden City Shinagawa Gotenyama 1F, 6-7-29 Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku
Cantesans official website15-minute walk from Shinagawa Station, free shuttle bus from Shinagawa Station and Gotanda Station to Garden City Shinagawa Gotenyama
5, Torahaku
This is one restaurant that offers unconventional and creative Japanese cuisine. The zōzō is served not with soy sauce, but with bonito broth and orange nikkogori (boiled fish). Many ingredients that are rare in Japanese restaurants, such as caviar and truffles, are also used.
📍 3-4 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku
👉Torahaku Official Website🚇About 4 minutes walk from Iidabashi station
6, Cha Zen Hua
The first Chinese restaurant in Japan to be awarded 3 stars. Chef Tomoya Kawada, who has studied at both Chinese and Japanese restaurants, serves dishes that bring out both the bold “deliciousness” of Chinese cuisine and the rich “flavor” of Japanese cuisine.
📍 4-7-5 Minami-azabu, Minato-ku
👉Chazenka official website🚇A 12-minute walk from Hiroo Station, about a 14-minute walk from Shirokane-Takanawa Station
7, Joel Robuchon (Ebisu)
A French restaurant listed as a three-star restaurant in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2008. The restaurant attracts guests from Japan and abroad with its many dishes, including caviar imperial, which is called “art on a plate,” and its hospitality with a luxurious wagon service that includes breads and desserts. After dinner, enjoy the afterglow at the Rouge Bar, located in the same building and decorated in black with red as its base color.
📍 Chateau Restaurant Joel Robuchon in Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-1 Mita, Meguro-ku
🚇Ebisu Station East Exit, 7 min. by Ebisu Skywalk
8, SÉZANNE (Marunouchi)
Opened in July 2021, SÉZANNE received two Michelin stars in the “Michelin Guide Tokyo 2023” in just one and a half years, and the long-awaited three stars in the “Michelin Guide Tokyo 20252”. The restaurant offers bold, delicate, and light French cuisine by Executive Chef Daniel Calvert and refined service in a luxurious and relaxing space designed by Andre Fu, one of Hong Kong’s leading architects.
📍 Pacific Century Place Marunouchi, 1-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
🚇About 4 minutes walk from Tokyo Station, about 5 minutes walk from Yurakucho Station
9, Aozora
Aozora Takahashi, the owner of this sushi restaurant, trained for 12 years at the famous Sukiyabashi Jiro, which was awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2024. He opened his own sushi restaurant in 2006 at the age of 33. The restaurant offers three types of tuna: lean tuna, medium fatty tuna, and fatty tuna, each with its own unique flavor.
📍 Ginza Tokiden Bldg. 6F, 8-3-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku
👉Official WebsiteAbout 8 minutes walk from Ginza Station, about 5 minutes walk from Shinbashi Station
10, Ryugin
A Japanese restaurant established in 2003. The restaurant draws the finest natural ingredients, the treasures of which are selected from all over Japan, to the Hibiya Imperial Palace to offer Japanese cuisine that proves the richness of the natural environment that Japan is proud of.
📍 7F Midtown Hibiya, 1-1-2 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
👉Ryugin Official WebsiteDirect connection from Hibiya station to 🚇Midtown Hibiya
11, Lefervaissance
Awarded three stars for five consecutive years, this restaurant also offers a fusion of Japanese and French cuisine. The private room can accommodate 4 to 8 people, and is recommended for families with small children.
📍 2-26-4 Nishiazabu, Minato-ku
👉Le Fervaissons official website🚇About 12 minutes walk from Omotesando Station
12, L’OOZIER (Ginza)
Established in 1973, this French restaurant celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023. Based on the philosophy of Roosier’s tradition and sustainable gastronomy, the restaurant aims to connect “beautiful food culture” to the next generation based on the belief that “you can’t get beautiful ingredients without protecting a beautiful environment. The interior design by Yale-Yves Rochon and the art collection are also noteworthy.
📍 7-5-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku
🚇About 7 minutes walk from Ginza station, about 6 minutes walk from Shinbashi station