TOKYO — Japan’s capital has retained its top spot in the world of gastronomy, according to Michelin Guides, with more top-rated restaurants than Paris for the second year in a row.
The Tokyo metropolitan area, which unseated Paris from the No. 1 spot last year with 11 three-star restaurants, widened its margin this year with a stunning 14 receiving the highest rating, Michelin said in a statement Wednesday. The French capital scored 10.
Michelin Guides director Jean-Luc Naret said the results proved once again that Tokyo was the world’s gastronomical capital.
The first Michelin Guide was published in 1900 as a handbook for French motorists. It made its Asia debut in Japan in 2007.
Tokyo’s victory included the debut of sushi restaurant Araki and the promotion of three Japanese restaurants that had been awarded two stars in the previous edition of the guide.
