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EAT > Sushi Nagata, Appi Kogen (17/20)

Sushi Nagata at Appi Kogen is the quiet, omakase-style heart of this snow resort: a compact counter where Sanriku’s deep-sea richness, meticulous craft, and a faintly hushed hotel calm come together on the second floor of the ANA Crowne Plaza Resort Appi Kogen. Seasonal seafood, handled with a measured, almost ceremonial precision, makes this one…

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STAY > ANDAZ Hotel, Toranomon Hills Tokyo (17/20)

ANDAZ Tokyo Toranomon Hills is one of the city’s most polished luxury lifestyle hotels, a high-rise refuge where design, views and quietly confident service frame Tokyo at its most cinematic. Wrapped across the upper floors of Toranomon Hills, it balances business-district efficiency with just enough warmth and play to feel like a personal city hideaway…

ByCrispyJanuary 11, 20260Comments

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EAT > Uonuma Cuisine Murangozzo, Yuzawa (16/20)

Uonuma Cuisine Murangozzo is one of Yuzawa’s essential tables, a quietly ambitious dining room where hyper-local Uonuma produce, thoughtful technique, and deep hospitality come together just moments from the shinkansen tracks. This is the place to understand what “snow country gastronomy” really means, plate by plate. AMBIENCE > Stepping into Murangozzo on the second…

ByCrispyJanuary 9, 20260Comments

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EAT > Abysse, Ebisu Tokyo (19/20)

Abysse in Ebisu is that rare fine-dining room where Tokyo’s elegance, French technique, and Japan’s coastal abundance converge in a single, quietly dramatic arc. Anchored by seafood and the seasons, chef Kotaro Meguro’s cooking feels both deeply considered and instinctive, like a tide that knows exactly when to rise and fall. AMBIENCE > Slip…

ByCrispyJanuary 9, 20260Comments

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EAT > Sushi Mizukami, Chiyoda, Tokyo (18/20)

Sushi Mizukami in Ichibancho is a study in quiet precision: an intimate, nine-seat counter where Edomae tradition, long-honed technique and a distinctly Kyoto-like sense of calm converge in one of Tokyo’s most focused sushi experiences. Helmed by Chef Michinobu Mizukami, a 16-year apprentice of Sukiyabashi Jiro (Two Michelin Stars) and Executive Chef Masami Nesaki, it…

ByCrispyJanuary 9, 20260Comments

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EAT > Akasaka Sushi Ito, Minato Tokyo (16/20)

Akasaka Sushi Ito in Minato’s back streets delivers a quietly confident, classically framed sushi experience — refined without being showy, and deeply rooted in Tokyo’s old-school Edomae traditions. This is the sort of place where counter craft, calm service and well-judged value make it as compelling for a languid lunch as for a more celebratory…

ByCrispyJanuary 8, 20260Comments

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EAT > Beaux Séjour, Naeba Niigata (15/20)

Beaux Séjour at Naeba Prince Hotel delivers a surprisingly polished, gently old‑world French dining experience at the base of one of Japan’s classic ski mountains, with a New Year’s menu that leans into nostalgia, craft and alpine comfort in equal measure. AMBIENCE > Tucked inside the sprawling Naeba Prince Hotel complex, Beaux Séjour feels like…

ByCrispyJanuary 4, 20260Comments

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EAT > Sobadokoro Shinbashi, Yuzawa (16/20)

Sobadokoro Shinbashi in Yuzawa delivers the kind of quietly confident, deeply local experience that turns a simple bowl of soba into a small ritual—rooted in snow country traditions, polished enough to feel special, but never overworked. A few minutes’ walk from Echigo-Yuzawa Station, it is the sort of place you start recommending to friends long…

ByCrispyJanuary 4, 20260Comments

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EAT > Shiratsuyu at ANA Intercontinental Appi Kogen (14/20)

Shiratsuyu at ANA InterContinental Appi Kogen is less a standard hotel restaurant and more a calm, quietly luxurious alpine dining room, where polished service, thoughtful cooking, and a deep sense of place come together just steps from the snow. Returning to Appi Kogen after a couple years has been a mixed experience. Our first time…

ByCrispyDecember 26, 20250Comments

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EAT > L’OMBELICO, Shibuya (15/20)

Tucked into the ground floor of TRUNK(HOTEL) YOYOGI PARK on the Yoyogi Park side of Shibuya, L’ombelico feels like a little slice of contemporary Tokyo-Italian: wood-fired warmth, natural wine energy, and that relaxed, park-adjacent buzz that rolls from breakfast through to late-night pizza. AMBIENCE > Set on a prominent corner of Inokashira-dori with three sides…

ByCrispyDecember 25, 20250Comments

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