3 editor picks in Nashville.
3 japanese places in Nashville we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Nashville | Japanese across every city.
Japanese cooking in Nashville has grown from sushi counters into kitchens that work across the cuisine. Kisser in East Nashville is the city's most exciting example, a small room serving an izakaya-leaning menu of skewers, rice bowls and snacks meant to be shared.
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's 40-seat Highland Yards Japanese comfort-food room earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and Garden and Gun Hot List in Nashville.
OrderOkonomiyaki with bonito flakes, plus seasonal curry rice and karaage.
TipLunch only Wednesday through Sunday. No reservations; queue starts before opening on weekends.
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's 40-seat Highland Yards Japanese comfort-food room earned a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and Garden and Gun Hot List in Nashville.
OrderOkonomiyaki with bonito flakes, plus seasonal curry rice and karaage.
TipLunch only Wednesday through Sunday. No reservations; queue starts before opening on weekends.
Brian Lea and Leina Horii's Highland Yards counter in East Nashville quietly out-cooks most of Nashville's downtown rooms with okonomiyaki, curry rice.
TipLunch only Wednesday through Sunday. No reservations; queue starts before opening on weekends.
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