4 japanese places in Taipei we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Taipei | Japanese across every city.
Japan's long history in Taiwan left a deep mark on how the city eats, and Japanese kitchens here range from precise kaiseki to izakaya comfort. Shan Yuan in Da'an works at the refined end, while the same district's tea-house tradition shows the cultural overlap, with Wisteria Tea House a long-running landmark of that crossover.
Qing Tian 76 ★ 4.3
daan · No. 6, Lane 76, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Qing Tian 76 turns a 1931 Japanese-era professor's house into a Showa-era dining room serving set lunches and small kaiseki suppers, tatami floors intact.
Qing Tian 76 ★ 4.1
daan · No. 6, Lane 76, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Qing Tian 76 turns a 1931 Japanese-era Qingtian Street professor's house into a Showa dining room, tatami floors intact, set lunch and small kaiseki sittings.
Qing Tian 76 ★ 4.2
daan · No. 6, Lane 76, Qingtian Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Qing Tian 76 on Qingtian St in Da'an is the 1931 Japanese professor's house serving Showa-era tatami-floor set lunches in a quiet residential lane.
Wisteria Tea House ★ 4.7
daan · No. 1, Lane 16, Section 3, Xinsheng South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Wisteria Tea House is a 1920s japanese timber house turned into taiwan's pro-democracy gathering place and now serves aged oolong from the cellar.