The twelfth and last edition of the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2019 has recently confirmed that, even this year, the Japanese capital is the city with the largest number of starred restaurants in the world, as many as 234.
This record, together with the variety of the starred culinary offer, makes Tokyo one of the main destinations and gastronomic attractions in the world.

All the records of Tokyo, world gastronomic capital

The Japanese metropolis has always had wide successes on the catering front, as well as great recognition by the Michelin Guide. The red guide, in fact, is notoriously always been very generous in the assignment of the stars to the city of Tokyo. 2019 represents, however, the record year from this point of view, since so many are the firsts achieved.

Let's start by saying that not only the metropolis of the Rising Sun has reached altitude 234 starred rooms, but that is also the city of the world with more 3-star restaurants, as many as 13against the 10 of Paris. The disparity between Tokyo and Paris becomes even greater if one observes the difference in the number of one and two-star restaurants between the two cities; Paris has 16 and 92 two and one star restaurants, while Tokyo has 52 and 165, respectively.

Furthermore, the new edition of the guide includes 484 restaurants, 73 of which are new entries, reflecting the dynamism of Tokyo's gastronomic scene. The assignment of the "new" stars concerned 33 restaurants, with some interesting news and records. In fact, among the new elected representatives three sushi bars or traditional ramen restaurants, or the Ryukyu Chinese Dining Tama, rustic and genuine cuisine in Okinawa, the Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku with extraordinary onigiri (white rice presented in a triangular or cylindrical shape and often wrapped in algae nori) and finally Sobahouse Kinirohototogisu, just awarded a star for the quality of its ramen soups.

Going up even more than quality, they deserve to be mentioned i four rooms that have the merit and the record of having kept three stars during the various editions of the Michelin Guide, and the highest standards of cuisine, creativity and consistency, namely Kanda (Japanese cuisine), Quintessence (French cuisine), Joël Robuchon (French cuisine) and Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten (Japanese cuisine, sushi in particular).

True wealth, besides quality, is in variety

What is evident, therefore, is not only the excellence of local catering but also the great diversity in the offer, which ranges from prestigious luxury venues to small ramen shops. Not only that, among the many starred restaurants in Tokyo are not only those who specialize in Japanese cuisine, traditional or revisited, but also in international cuisines.

One example is the well-known French restaurant L 'Osier in Chuo-ku, recently promoted to three Michelin stars thanks to the elegant cuisine of chef Olivier Chaignon, who marries seasonal ingredients from Japan and France. In short, as stated by Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides, "The Tokyo restaurant is distinguished by a wealth of culinary variety, unique in the world. I have no doubt that this will encourage tourists to continue to visit Tokyo to experience the vibrant culinary scene ".

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