KAKU Shinagawa opened in Tokyo on August 26, 2026, with a working charcoal hearth built into every table. Rather than treating open-fire cooking as a distant kitchen spectacle, the 100-seat restaurant brings…
At OrySNACK in Tokyo’s Nihombashi district, the bartender can be hundreds of kilometres away. OryLab opened the four-seat, reservation-only sake bar inside Avatar Robot Cafe DAWN ver.β on August 1, 2026. Guests…
Gluten Free T’s Kitchen opened its Harajuku branch in Tokyo on April 3, 2026, as an izakaya where the entire food-and-drink offer avoids wheat, barley and rye. Operated by Tainoi Kako, the…
TOKYO FOOD LAB opened in Tokyo’s Yaesu district in August 2026 as a restaurant-sized testing ground for food ideas rather than a fixed restaurant concept. Its first programme, SHOKU-TABI, pairs chefs from…
SUMADORI Meets opened in Omotesando, Tokyo, on April 3, 2026, with a simple but unusual bar rule: the same cocktail can be ordered at different alcohol strengths. Operated by Asahi Breweries with…
At Tokyo’s Telecom Center, MAGIC CHEF is testing a different way to run mass lunch service: robots perform part of the cooking workflow rather than merely delivering trays. Opened May 11 by…
WINE BISTRO Sommia opened in Ebisu, Tokyo, on August 6, 2026, as the restaurant half of an AI-driven wine concept built by Broadedge Wearlink. Instead of leaving pairing to guesswork or traditional…