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MICHELIN guide Kyoto Osaka Kobe Nara 2012: the selection

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! Chihana (% Japanese

! Hyo-tei )% Japanese

! Kikunoi Honten *% Japanese

! Kitcho Arashiyama Honten +% Japanese

! Mizai ,% Japanese

! Nakamura )% Japanese

! Tsuruya +% Japanese ! ! !

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! Ankyu $% (% Japanese

! Chihiro (% Japanese

! Fukiage &'% )% Japanese ! Gion Maruyama % )% Japanese

! Gion Matayoshi &'% (% Japanese ! Gion Matsumuro &% (% Japanese

! Gion Nishikawa &'% ,% Japanese

! Gion Sasaki % ,% Japanese

! Gion Suetomo &% ,% Japanese

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! Hamasaku &'% (% Japanese ! Hanamura % ,% Japanese

! Hassun % (% Japanese

! Isshin &% ,% Japanese Beef Specialties

! Kanamean Nishitomiya (Ryokan) % -% Japanese

! Kenninji Gion Maruyama % )% Japanese

! Kichisen % )% Japanese ! Kikunoi Roan % ,% Japanese

! Kyoboshi &'% (% Japanese Tempura

! Mankamero &% )% Japanese

! Mitsuyasu &'% ,% Japanese

! Miyama-so (Ryokan) % -% Japanese

! Ogata % ,% Japanese

! Ryozanpaku % *% Japanese

! Sakurada % ,% Japanese

! Shunseki Suzue &% ,% Japanese

! Sojiki Nakahigashi &% (% Japanese

! Sottaku Tsukamoto &% (% Japanese

! Sushi Matsumoto % (% Japanese Sushi

! Tankuma Honke % )% Japanese

! Wagokoro Izumi &'% ,% Japanese

! Wakuden Kodaiji )% Japanese

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! Aji Rakuzan $% (% Japanese

! Ajiro ,% Japanese Shojin ! Akai (% Japanese

! Awata Sanso *% Japanese

! Daikiku (% Japanese

! Fujiwara (% Japanese

! Gion Matsudaya (% Japanese Sushi

! Gion Nakahara (% Japanese

! Gion Nanba (% Japanese

! Gion Nishimura ,% Japanese

! Gion Okada (% Japanese

! Gion Owatari ,% Japanese

! Gion U (% Japanese Unagi

! Gion Yutaka (% Steakhouse

! Hana-Kitcho ,% Japanese

! Hayashi (% Japanese

! Hiiragiya (Ryokan) .% Japanese

! Hirokawa $% ,% Japanese Unagi

! Hokkoriya (% Japanese Obanzai

! Ichi no Hunairi $% ,% Chinese

! Ichiyoshi (% Japanese

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! Ifuki ,% Japanese ! Iida $% ,% Japanese ! Ikuta ,% Japanese

! Iwasaki (% Japanese ! Jiki Miyazawa (% Japanese

! Jikishinbo Saiki ,% Japanese

! Jinroku (% Japanese Soba

! Kamigamo Akiyama ,% Japanese

! Kanei (% Japanese Soba

! Kanjin )% Japanese

! Kawakami (% Japanese

! Kyoyuke Yokikana ,% Japanese

! Lungamo ,% Italian

! Maehara ,% Japanese Unagi

! Mashita ,% Japanese

! Masuda (% Japanese

! Mita $% ,% Japanese

! Mokube ,% Japanese

! Nakazen (% Japanese

! Nikyo (% Steakhouse

! Ogami (% Japanese

! Ogawa $% (% Japanese

! Ogawa $% (% Japanese Soba

! Okina (% Japanese

! Onikutoyasai Hachibe $% (% Japanese Beef Specialties

! Rikichi (% Japanese

! Ryuheisoba (% Japanese Soba

! Sakamoto (% Japanese

! Sakanatoosake Gotoshi (% Japanese Izakaya

! Sakuragawa Gion ,% Japanese

! Sakuragawa Kiyamachi ,% Japanese

! Sangencha ,% Japanese ! Seike Nishijin ,% Japanese Yuba ! Seto (% Japanese Chicken Specialties ! Shoku Kobo Hirosaki (% Japanese

! Shunshin an ,% Japanese

! Sobaya Nicolas (% Japanese Soba ! Sushi Imai $% (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Yoshida $% (% Japanese Sushi

! Tankuma Kitamise Honten ,% Japanese

! Tenyou (% Japanese Tempura

! Tomikyu $% ,% Japanese Fugu

! Tomoe (% Japanese Fugu

! Toriyasa ,% Japanese Chicken Specialties ! Tozen-tei (% Japanese

! Uosaburo )% Japanese

! Uozuya (% Japanese

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! Wakuden Muromachi ,% Japanese

! Yonemura ,% Fusion

! Zen (% Japanese Soba !Osaka : the selection !

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! Fujiya 1935 '% ,% Fusion

! Hajime % )% French Contemporary

! Kashiwaya ! )% Japanese

! Koryu '% ,% Japanese

! Taian ! ,% Japanese

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! Accueillir )% French Contemporary

! Ajikitcho Horie )% Japanese

! Gyuho (% Japanese Beef Specialties

! Honkogetsu ,% Japanese

! Ichijunisai Ueno Mino '% ,% Japanese

! Kahala ,% Fusion

! Kasho ,% Japanese

! Kitahachi $% ,% Japanese Fugu

! Masuda (% Japanese

! Sakurae Toyonaka '% ,% Japanese Contemporary

! Shunsaiten Tsuchiya '% ,% Japanese Tempura

! Sushi Harasho (% Japanese Sushi

! Takoyasu $% (% Japanese Fugu

! Totoya (% Japanese

! Yotaro Honten (% Japanese Tempura

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! Ajikitcho Bunbuan $% ,% Japanese

! Ajikitcho Daimaru Shinsaibashi ,% Japanese

! Ajinakaori Yamawaki $% (% Japanese

! Ayamedo (% Japanese Soba

! Ayamuya (% Japanese Yakitori

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! Binbiya (% Japanese Izakaya

! Bon (% Japanese Kushiage

! Convivialité ,% French

! Éternité ,% French

! Fujikyu (% Japanese

! Funakoshisaketen Wataru $% (% Japanese Izakaya

! Hashimoto $% (% Japanese

! Hiraishi (% Japanese Tempura

! Honda (% Japanese

! Horigakido (% Japanese Izakaya

! Houba $% (% Korean

! Ichijunisai Ueno Toyonaka ,% Japanese

! Imamura (% Japanese

! Ippoh Honten )% Japanese Tempura

! Kagaman )% Japanese

! Kaishoku Shimizu (% Japanese

! Kantome $% (% Japanese

! Kigawa ,% Japanese

! Kigawa Asai (% Japanese

! Kiichi $% ,% Japanese

! Kinsui ,% Japanese

! Kitamura )% Japanese Sukiyaki

! Kiyota $% (% French ! Kokyu )% Chinese

! Konoha (% Japanese

! La Baie +% French

! La Cime $% ,% French

! Le Comptoir de Benoit (% French

! Le Pont de Ciel )% French

! Lumière )% French Contemporary

! Makino $% (% Japanese Soba

! Man (% Japanese Tempura

! Man u (% Japanese Oden

! Man u Bekkan (% Japanese Oden

! Marusaku (% Japanese

! Matsumoto Dojima (% Japanese

! Matsumoto Eiraku ,% Japanese

! Matsuya (% Japanese

! Nagahori (% Japanese Izakaya

! Naniwa Okina (% Japanese Soba

! Noguchi Taro $% (% Japanese Contemporary

! Notoya (% Japanese Oden

! Rogetsu )% Japanese

! Rokukaku-tei (% Japanese Kushiage

! Sakamoto (% Japanese

! Sakanadokoro Koetsu (% Japanese

! Sakuichi Honten ,% Japanese

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! Sennarizushi (% Japanese Sushi

! Shien )% Japanese

! Shintaro (% Japanese Tempura

! Shunsai Yamasaki ,% Japanese

! Shunsenwaraku Sanai $% (% Japanese

! Shunzentamuzake Soan $% (% Japanese Izakaya

! Sobagiri Masa $% (% Japanese Soba

! Sobakiko $% (% Japanese Soba

! Sobakiri Bongu $% (% Japanese Soba

! Sobakiri Karani $% (% Japanese Soba

! Sobakiri Tsutaya (% Japanese Soba

! Sushidokoro Hirokawa (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushidokoro Kurosugi (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushidokoro Sakau ,% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Jinsei (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Minazuki $% (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Saeki (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushiyoshi (% Japanese Sushi

! Takama (% Japanese Soba

! Tamura ,% Japanese Fugu

! Tenshige (% Japanese Tempura

! Tensho (% Japanese Soba

! Tetsuya Ishihara $% ,% French

! Tokiwa (% Japanese

! Tominoya ,% Japanese Oden

! Tout-Le-Monde ,% French

! Umazake Kamunabi (% Japanese Izakaya

! Umeichi ,% Japanese

! Unisson des Cœurs )% French Contemporary

! Wasabi (% Japanese Kushiage

! Wayoyuzen Nakamura (% Japanese Contemporary

! Xiang Tao )% Chinese

! Yoshiko ,% Japanese Fugu

! Yoshino (% Japanese

! Yoshitome (% Japanese

! Yuno (% Japanese !Kobe: the selection !

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! Komago )% Japanese

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! Amefu ,% Japanese

! Aragawa ,% Steakhouse

! Gensai (% Japanese

! Hatada '% ,% Japanese

! Hyakumidokoro Onjiki ,% Japanese

! Jikishin ,% Japanese

! Kimoto $% ,% Japanese

! Sankayo ,% Japanese

! Sushi Kissui (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Matsumoto (% Japanese Sushi

! Takagi )% Japanese

! Yamanaka (% Japanese Tempura

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! Abon (% Japanese Kushiage

! Ambai (% Japanese Soba

! China Bistro Evolve $% (% Chinese

! Eita (% Japanese Izakaya

! Fujihara (% Japanese Tempura

! Fushimi (% Japanese Sushi

! Gyogin Doi (% Japanese

! Hashino (% Japanese

! Isso (% Japanese

! Jin (% Japanese Contemporary

! Juenne ,% French

! Kaburaya (% Japanese Soba

! Katsura Sanso Horainosato *% Japanese

! Kinzan .% Japanese

! Kobe Kitcho ,% Japanese

! Kozaru (% Japanese

! Kyoryori Kumagai $% (% Japanese

! Maison de Gill *% French

! Matsuki (% Japanese

! Matsuyoshi $% ,% Japanese

! Miki (% Japanese

! Miyasu ,% Steakhouse

! Muragen Arima (% Japanese Soba

! Muragen Ashiyagawa (% Japanese Soba

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! Nagasaka (% Japanese

! Okatani $% (% Japanese

! Orfeu )% French

! Roan Matsuda $% ,% Japanese Soba

! Sakana Kishi (% Japanese

! Setsugetsuka ,% Japanese Teppanyaki

! Shirahama (% Japanese

! Shokusaikobo Haruno $% (% Japanese Izakaya

! Sobakiri Yamaoyaji $% (% Japanese Soba

! Sushi Emiko (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Josuke (% Japanese Sushi

! Sushi Kanbe $% (% Japanese Sushi

! Tachiki ,% Steakhouse

! Tempura & Wine Iwai $% (% Japanese Tempura

! Tokyo Chikuyo-tei (% Japanese Unagi

! Tori-ichizu $% (% Japanese Yakitori

! Uemura (% Japanese

! Ukanya (% Japanese Soba

! Wakaishoku Kanayama (% Japanese

! Yozan (% Japanese

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! Hanagaki % )% Japanese

! Musoan % ,% Japanese

! Onjaku % (% Japanese

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! Ajinokaze Nishimura % (% Japanese

! Ajinotabibito Roman % (% Japanese

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! Gen % ,% Japanese Soba

! I-lunga % )% Italian

! Inakajaya Chie % ,% Japanese

! Kakomura % (% Japanese

! Kappo Kitada % ,% Japanese

! Kawanami % (% Japanese

! Kiyosuminosato Awa % (% Japanese

! Kobe-tei % ,% Japanese Kushiage

! Kotan % ,% Japanese

! La Cachette % ,% French

! Le Benkei % *% French

! Manso % (% Japanese

! Masuda % (% Japanese Kushiage

! Ogawa % )% Japanese

! Seki % (% Japanese Teppanyaki

! Shokunomadoi Nazuna % ,% Japanese Contemporary

! Sobakiri Hikoemon % (% Japanese Soba

! Soba Saishoku Ichinyoan % ,% Japanese Soba

! Yuza % (% Japanese Sushi