Japan Times, a Japanese English-language newspaper, announced 10 awarded restaurants in the 6th Japan Times Destination Restaurants. Destination restaurants are those that are worth traveling to in order to experience them. The Japan Times has been publishing the "Destination Restaurants List" since 2021, based on the concept of ‘Japanese restaurants chosen by Japanese people that they want to share with the world.’
The Destination Restaurant of the Year 2026 was awarded to ‘Kesennuma KUROMORI,’ a shark fin specialty restaurant, in Kesennuma, Miyagi, which was highly valued for utilizing every part of the shark, not just the fins, and promoting it as a unique aspect of Japanese food culture.
The 10 awarded restaurants are as follows:
Robata to Wine K in Kushiro, Hokkaido
Kesennuma KUROMORI in Kesennuma, Miyagi
Ukitomam in Nanyo, Yamagata
Ohtsu in Mito, Ibaraki
TSUKIHI in Echizen, Fukui
nôtori in Oshino, Yamanashi
mano in Karuizawa, Nagano
RUKAWA in Takashima, Shiga
SÉN in Tenkawa, Nara
Restaurant Présage in Karatsu, Saga
