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4 japanese restaurants worth the trip across Mexico, editor-ranked. All cuisines in Mexico.

Tora ★ 4.3

$$$$JapaneseZona HoteleraCancún

Tora, a Japanese robata and sushi room on Nichupté Lagoon at Boulevard Kukulcán km 15 in Cancún, serves Kobe beef from Hyogo and offers an omakase.

OrderThe duo tartare of bluefin tuna and Ora King salmon, then Kobe beef or robata Nordic salmon.

TipOrder several small robata and sushi plates to share, and book a dock table on the lagoon for dinner.

Tora ★ 4.3

$$$$JapaneseNorteMérida

Tora at Plaza Jardín in Mérida runs an omakase nigiri counter and a robata grill, one of the city's few serious sushi rooms north of Paseo de Montejo.

OrderNigiri omakase, Sashimi, Robata grill, Japanese-Yucatecan fusion

Tora ★ 4.3

$$$$JapaneseNorteMérida

Tora at Plaza Jardín in Mérida runs an omakase nigiri counter and a robata grill, one of the city's few serious sushi rooms north of Paseo de Montejo.

KAI ★ 4.0

$$$JapaneseZona HoteleraCancún

KAI at Plaza La Isla 2, Boulevard Kukulcán km 12.5 in Cancún, serves contemporary Japanese food with Kumamoto oysters, soft-shell crab tacos and a nigiri bar.

OrderKumamoto oysters, the soft-shell crab tacos, and nigiri from the sushi bar.

TipOpen daily 13:00 to midnight; martini nights and omakase evenings are listed on the website's events page.

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