Pulsating with energy and dripping with Michelin stars, Tokyo is the place to be for food lovers. From humble yakitori joints serving skewered grilled chicken, to multi-course traditional kaiseki feasts, dishes are prepared with care and a respect for seasonal ingredients. But this city’s culinary greatness isn’t limited to Japanese cuisine; there’s phenomenal Italian, refined Chinese, and genre-defying French that deserves a category of its own. “It’s getting hard to eat anywhere else, because Tokyo has it all and does everything better,” is how one world-weary Brazilian gastronaut recently put it—and we agree completely. Read on for our picks for some of the best restaurants in Tokyo, from hard-to-book (but worth the trouble) sushi counters and Chinese spots to stand-out pizza and burger concepts.

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