The Best Tonkatsu 30 Restaurants in Japan 2024

We have prepared for you 30 of the most popular and recommended tonkatsu restaurants in Japan. Discover the best restaurants Japan has to offer.

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1. Honke Tonton-tei

Pork cutlet
3-16-17 Kitayasue, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

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A restaurant where you can enjoy super-thick cuts of exquisite tonkatsu. It is popular for its thick cut, soft, juicy, and delicious fat.

2. Tonkatsu Specialty Store Ton

Pork cutlet
2-1-6 Ayukawacho, Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture

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A tonkatsu specialty restaurant located in Hidaka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The tonkatsu at this restaurant uses branded pork from Ibaraki Prefecture. The popular roast tonkatsu set meal has a good balance of fat and lean meat, and is very delicious with a strong sweetness and umami. This shop is popular not only with locals but also with tourists.

3. Tonkatsu Hinata

Pork cutlet
Suzuki Building 1F, 2-13-9 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

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This tonkatsu restaurant is located in Takadanobaba, a fiercely competitive area for restaurants that was featured in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2018 and 2019. You can enjoy reasonably priced tonkatsu made with high-quality pork purchased from a pig farm. This is a famous restaurant that is irresistible for tonkatsu lovers, as there is a tasting course of all cuts.

4. Miharu

Pork cutlet
4-27-5 Kitahonjigahara, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture

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Miharu is a pork cutlet restaurant in Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture. The pork cutlet is popular for its soft, crisp meat, made with Niigata-produced Waton Mochibuta raised on high-quality corn and soybean meal.

5. Tonkatsu Kawakyu

Pork cutlet
21-13 Chuomachi, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture

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Tonkatsu Kawakyu is a tonkatsu restaurant located about a 3-minute walk from Kagoshima Chuo Station. You can enjoy the special tonkatsu that uses high-quality meat that is too luxurious for tonkatsu, such as local Kagoshima Kuroge Wagyu beef and Watanabe Berkshire Ranch black pork.

6. Pork cutlet, beef cutlet Fukutoku

Pork cutlet
2-4-1 Kaminakano, Kita Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

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This tonkatsu specialty restaurant is located about 15 minutes by car from JR Okayama Station and about 10 minutes on foot from Omoto Station on the Uno Minato Line. Reservation possible. Parking available. We are proud of our tonkatsu Japanese cuisine, which is made by carefully aging Kagoshima brand pork and frying it with the skill of a craftsman! Fukutoku banquet course starts from 4,180 yen (tax included). You can choose the size of the specialty loin cutlet set meal of each part, and you can enjoy it for around 2,000 yen.

7. Happiness

Pork cutlet
317-13 Sakanacho, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A tonkatsu restaurant that is so popular that it is said to be the No. 1 in Hamamatsu City. Please enjoy the perfect balance of moderate fat and tender lean meat.

8. Tonkatsu Asakura

Pork cutlet
1-809 Takinomizu, Midori Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Elpatio Takinomizu 1F

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A famous tonkatsu restaurant that won a bronze medal at the Tabelog Awards 2019. The special loin tonkatsu is exquisite.

9. seasoning

Pork cutlet
1-2-3 Akehara, Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture Kashiwada Middle Building B1F

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A popular tonkatsu restaurant where you can enjoy soft and thick cutlets. You can enjoy various kinds of cutlets such as loin cutlet and chicken cutlet.

10. Tonkatsu Yamamoto

Pork cutlet
Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Nakagyo Ward, Shin Karasuma Street, Nijo Agaru

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A long-established tonkatsu restaurant near Kyoto City Hall. When you pass through the noren curtain with the word “Waza” written in large letters, you will find a path that gives you a feeling of Kyoto, and the interior of the restaurant has a modern Japanese atmosphere. The classic "loose cutlet set meal" has thick meat wrapped in crispy batter. Another feature is that the cabbage served with the cutlet is hand-cut, not shredded. Please try the best tonkatsu that is full of volume.

11. Aji no Tonkatsu Maruichi

Pork cutlet
1-10 Yamanokuchicho, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture Kagoshima Central Building B1F

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A restaurant where you can enjoy extra-thick tonkatsu. The batter has a darker color and a harder texture because it takes longer to fry than other shops. The nickname for the sweet-smelling batter and firm meat is outstanding.

12. Katsukichi Shibuya

Pork cutlet
3-9-10 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo KDC Building B1F

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A popular restaurant where you can enjoy quality brand pork that is carefully selected every morning. When you open the door and go inside, a high ceiling and an open space spread out. The store offers cutlets made with carefully selected ingredients in a storehouse-like atmosphere rich in atmosphere. For the bread crumbs, only the part that has been baked for bread crumbs, aged for 2 days, and all the crusts has been removed is used. The frying oil is 100% vegetable oil, and the miso is Haccho miso from Aichi prefecture and Shinshu miso from Nagano prefecture.

13. Hyakunen-tei

Pork cutlet
2-1001 Ueda Honmachi, Tenpaku Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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This tonkatsu restaurant is located 7-8 minutes on foot from Ueda Subway Station in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. This is a famous tonkatsu restaurant that has been selected many times as one of the 100 Famous Tonkatsu Restaurants in Tabelog. It is recommended that you arrive with plenty of time to spare as there is already a line forming before the store opens. The popular tonkatsu is divided into large, medium, and small grams, and the small size is 1,650 yen, and the large size is 2,530 yen. The shrimp cutlet set meal popular with women is 1,760 yen. This is a recommended tonkatsu restaurant that even men will be full.

14. Maruwa

Pork cutlet
5-61 Sumiyoshicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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A tonkatsu restaurant in Kannai that always has a line. The reason for its popularity is its thick, juicy meat.

15. King Logi

Pork cutlet
3-17-21 Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

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Established in 1923, the long-established tonkatsu restaurant “Oroji” has been loved for a long time. Located right next to Isetan in Shinjuku, Tokyo, this famous restaurant is considered one of the birthplaces of tonkatsu in Japan. The popular "Tondon" is a thick pork loin cut diagonally from a cylindrical cutlet and placed on top of the curry. The thick and sour sauce on the cutlet is also attractive. You can enjoy the taste that has not changed since its establishment.

16. pork cutlet

Pork cutlet
7-25 Kitame-cho, Aoba Ward, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture

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Tonkatsu Katsusei is said to be Sendai's No.1 tonkatsu restaurant. The thin, crispy tonkatsu can be enjoyed not only with sauce, but also with salt or soy sauce.

17. Agezuki

Pork cutlet
3-2 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Yamanouchi Building B1F

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A restaurant where you can taste tonkatsu made with rare pork. We use Minami-no-Shima Pork from Nagata Pork Farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, which has a small production volume and was introduced as Japan's No. You can enjoy the special tonkatsu, such as blended oil using high-grade lard, pasteurization that makes full use of residual heat, and meat that is aged after the pork is slaughtered. Drinks also have a wide variety of Japanese sake.

18. Nagoya specialty miso cutlet Yabaton Yabacho main store

Pork cutlet
3-6-18 Osu, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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Speaking of Nagoya, here! A famous chain that has been loved by locals for many years. If you go once, you will be addicted.

19. Tonkatsu Nozaki

Pork cutlet
9 Nagatsuki-cho, Matsuzaka City, Mie Prefecture

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A tonkatsu restaurant in Matsuzaka. They start cutting meat after an order is placed. The tonkatsu has a slightly rare finish with thin batter, so you can fully enjoy the deliciousness of the meat. You can also enjoy beef cutlets and hamburgers made with Matsuzaka beef.

20. Katsuyoshi Noan

Pork cutlet
3467-5 Honmachi, Moriya City, Ibaraki Prefecture

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A tonkatsu restaurant in a renovated private house. The cutlet is slightly rare and the clothes are crispy and very juicy. I would like you to try the soft tonkatsu with sweet fat.

21. Wamura

Pork cutlet
1007-27 Futo, Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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22. Katsuretsuan Bashamichi Sohonten

Pork cutlet
5-58-2 Tokiwacho, Naka Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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23. Mizushio Dona Main Store

Pork cutlet
6-22 Aioicho, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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24. Asaka

Pork cutlet
1027-16 Nishikawadacho, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture

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25. Fujikatsu Hyuga Main Store

Pork cutlet
9-4 Uemachi, Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture

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26. Tonkatsu Sueyoshi

Pork cutlet
4-3-10 Akasaka, Minato Ward, Tokyo

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27. Seizo

Pork cutlet
1-32-11 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Ozawa Building Basement 1F

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28. Tonkatsu Hiroki Tokuan Main Store

Pork cutlet
3-20-11 Inadahoncho, Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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29. Katsumaru Koriyama Tomita

Pork cutlet
5-1 Shimoakanuma, Tomita-cho, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture

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30. Tonkatsu Tawara

Pork cutlet
1-6-15 Saikudani, Tennoji Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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