The Best Tempura 30 Restaurants in Japan 2024

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

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1. Niidome

Tempura
Cast Building Izumi 2F, 2-19-11 Izumi, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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In recent years, Nagoya Takaoka has been crowded with delicious restaurants. In May 2017, the shop also moved to a location that is a 5-minute walk from Takaoka Station. In order for customers to enjoy the deliciousness of seasonal ingredients, he is constantly pursuing how to express the charm of the ingredients using a technique called tempura. A shop where you can enjoy new sensations while cherishing the good old spirit of Japan.

2. Tempura Naruse

Tempura
1F, 2-5-12 Takajo, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A valuable restaurant where you can enjoy tempura courses that mainly use local ingredients from Shizuoka. Gourmets from all over the country flock to this restaurant to eat freshly caught tempura from the sea and mountains, saying, "You can only eat it here, you can't eat it unless you come here."

3. camphor tree

Tempura
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

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Tempura restaurant "Kusunoki" in Yotsuya. In a limited space with only 6 seats at the counter, you can enjoy creative tempura full of originality.

4. Tempura Fukamachi

Tempura
2-5-2 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo A/M Kyobashi Building 1F

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"Tempura Fukamachi" is located right near Kyobashi Station. The owner, Mr. Masao Fukamachi, is so talented that he even became the manager of the famous tempura restaurant "Tempura and Washoku Yamanoue." Seasonal ingredients are quickly fried in the highest quality Taihaku sesame oil, and the tempura has a smooth texture on the tongue and throat.

5. Shunsai Tempura Shinra

Tempura
Sugiyama Heights 1F, 409 Hattacho, Nakagawa Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture

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Shunsai Tempura Kokorai, a tempura restaurant with a Michelin Bib Gourmand, is located about a 2-minute walk from Hatta Station in Aichi Prefecture. You can enjoy tempura made with seasonal ingredients, mainly seafood and vegetables, in a hideaway-like atmosphere in a residential area.

6. Tempura Maedaira

Tempura
2-8-16 ISI Building 4F, Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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"Tempura Maehira" was opened independently by Mr. Tomokazu Maehira, who worked as the head chef at "Yamanoue Hotel", which is famous as the pinnacle of tempura. Located about a 2-minute walk from Azabujuban Station, it is known as a popular restaurant with one Michelin star.

7. Tempura Kondo

Tempura
5-5-13 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Sakaguchi Building 9F

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Tempura by Mr. Fumio Kondo, who has charmed palates around the world. With more than 50 years of experience as a craftsman, he is a regular in the Michelin Guide who creates ever-changing tempura with his inquisitive mind. You can enjoy tempura that brings out the color and aroma of the ingredients by thinning the batter to the very last minute. We recommend the sweet potato tempura. Stump-like thick sweet potatoes are deep-fried for 30 minutes to bring out their sweetness. We would like you to try the highest quality tempura that is packed with flavor inside the batter.

8. Tempura Koizumi

Tempura
4-34 Ikedacho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

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9. Akita Tempura Mikawa

Tempura
4-4-4 Omachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture

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Tempura Mikawa is a restaurant with a calm atmosphere, located a little away from the downtown area of Kawabata, Akita City. The tempura that can be tasted freshly fried using fresh ingredients procured from all over the country, as well as locally grown mountain and seafood, is exquisite. It is a popular shop that many people visit from outside the prefecture.

10. Edomae Shinsaku

Tempura
4-2-4 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Kato Building 1F

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It is close to the station and has a calm atmosphere with counter seats. The seats are small, but it's not crowded, so you can simply focus on your meal. The craftsman was also a good impression with moderately kind customer service. It is a little adult shop where you can easily go by yourself.

11. Tenkin

Tempura
325-29 Tamachi, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A popular tempura restaurant in Hamamatsu. For lunch, there is always a line because of the business style of serving only one kind of tempura bowl.

12. Tempura Nakayama

Tempura
1-10-8 Ningyocho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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A long-established tempura restaurant that has been in business for over 60 years. The specialty is the black tempura rice bowl, which uses a traditional sauce that has been used since the restaurant's founding. Introduced in Episode 2 of Season 2, Gourmet of Solitude. The exterior of the restaurant has the atmosphere of a downtown area, and the counter seats inside the restaurant are always full of office workers who come to the store for lunch, aiming to eat the famous tempura rice bowl. The pitch-black tempura bowl is filled with plump shrimp, fluffy conger eel, vegetables, and other ingredients, all dressed in a sweet and rich sauce for an elegant taste. Homemade pickles are also popular.

13. Tempura Sake Vegetables Daigo

Tempura
Phoenix Building 1F, 5-4-15 Omachi, Akita City, Akita Prefecture

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This is a restaurant where you can enjoy "Akita-style" tempura that uses a lot of local ingredients. Be sure to try the tempura, which is carefully prepared by the owner, who changes the way of frying depending on the ingredients.

14. Tazawa

Tempura
23-10 Suginamicho, Hakodate City, Hokkaido

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A 15-minute drive from Hakodate Station, our restaurant is located on the second floor of a building along a road that looks like something out of a movie. Mr. Koichi Tazawa, who trained in restaurants of various genres such as Italian since he was young, opened a tempura restaurant. Overcoming the narrow gate of being open 4 days a week, once a day, we want you to feel with your whole body the number of snacks that make use of the skills that you have trained in various genres and the deep-frying techniques that you have independently explored.

15. Tensei Haneda Airport

Tempura
Haneda Airport 2nd Passenger Terminal 5F, 3-4-2 Haneda Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo

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An Edomae tempura restaurant founded in 1936 in Sarugakucho, Kanda, Tokyo. Inheriting the technique from the first generation, it has continued to preserve the traditional taste for three generations. Located on the 5th floor of Terminal 2 at Haneda Airport, it is ideal for sending off and picking up guests before departure, and entertaining guests from abroad in a luxurious and calm atmosphere. If you have time, we recommend the seasonal course meal where you can enjoy the long-established tempura. You can add your favorite tempura separately, and at the counter seats you can enjoy freshly made tempura being fried in front of you.

16. Fukuan

Tempura
Sugita Building 2F, 1-22-26 Tomioka, Koto-ku, Tokyo

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A 2-minute walk from Monzen-Nakacho Station. A popular tempura restaurant where you can enjoy Edomae tempura made with seasonal ingredients at a reasonable price. The interior of the store has a stylish and modern atmosphere with a high quality feel. The tempura is omakase, and it is a restaurant where you want to enjoy yourself with a drink in your hand.

17. Tempura Mokkosu

Tempura
426-7 Nakaoruicho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

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18. Tempura Tatsumi

Tempura
1-1-1 Palace Hotel Tokyo 6F, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

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19. Tsukumo

Tempura
1-1-23 Narusawa Nishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture

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20. Nakagawa

Tempura
Tsukiji NY Building 1F, 2-14-2 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

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21. Motake

Tempura
6-5-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Sanraku Building 2F

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22. Tempura Ise

Tempura
Katsumata Building 1F, 3-29-8 Minamioi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

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23. Tempura Yuzuya

Tempura
546-1 Gotenyamacho, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture

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24. Tenko

Tempura
346-3 Seo, Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture

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25. Takiya

Tempura
Tokyo, Minato-ku, Azabujuban 2-8-6 L'Abeille Azabujuban 2F

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26. Tempura Tsurukichi

Tempura
11-1 Chuocho, Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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27. Flower spot

Tempura
5-35-21 Mukojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo

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28. beauty

Tempura
2-9-15 Miyazaki, Miyamae Ward, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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29. Tempura Araki

Tempura
Enju-do 1F, South 7-jo West 4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido

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30. Tempura Oyobe

Tempura
5-23 Heiwacho, Kita Ward, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

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