Japanese cuisine

From the journal of a MICHELIN Guide Inspector . Experience Japanese culture through Shojin ryori vegetarian cuisine.

All year round, our MICHELIN Guide inspectors incessantly sample dishes from the best chefs and restaurants in Japan. Here are their most memorable ones.

From Ancient History Books and Traditional Poetry to the Tea Ceremony: Transmitting Culinary Culture to the World

Two MICHELIN Stars and MICHELIN Green Star Recipient: The Journey of Hisao Nakahigashi at Sojiki Nakahigashi

Myojaku and SÉZANNE receive Two MICHELIN Stars, and 16 new restaurants are distinguished One MICHELIN Star, while the Bib Gourmand celebrates 38 new restaurants which have been rated as best value-for-money by MICHELIN inspectors.

The complete fate of your meal is in the hands of the chef.

Mifune pastry chef Celia Lee makes her childhood favorite dessert

The Thai New Year (Songkran) is one of the biggest celebrations in Thailand and a popular time for locals to travel. With the help of our Michelin Inspectors overseas, we’ve compiled a list of the must-eat dishes for travelling Thais.

Shirley Wong, the food artist better known on Instagram as Little Miss Bento, makes a Halloween creation so boo-tiful you won’t bear to eat it.

Nowhere is Japan’s elegant culinary philosophy and prowess better expressed than in colourful and complex kaiseki cuisine.

Meet the duo behind Shuko, New York City’s sleek omakase hideaway.

Chef Kevin Tien and beverage director Carlie Steiner eschew convention at their Japanese restaurant.

One of the culinary cornerstones of Japanese cuisine, dashi brings out umami in food.

How can barbecue lovers get the most out of their yakiniku experience?

Keen to learn more about French-Japanese cooking and Japanese produce, the Australian chef used his off days to work for one gruelling month at the three-Michelin-starred restaurant.

Michelin-starred Tsuta’s chef-owner Yuki Onishi demonstrates how to eat ramen the right way.

One of the culinary cornerstones of Japanese cuisine, dashi brings out the umami flavour in food.

One of the culinary cornerstones of Japanese cuisine, dashi brings out the umami flavour in food.