Originally Posted by
5khours
Just getting back to the OP. Here's the checklist I would make if I were visiting Japan as a tourist not necessarily in order.
1. Power breakfast
2. Kaiseki
3. A couple of contemporary Japanese restaurants
4. Tonkatsu
5. Soba
6. Nice French
7. Ramen
8. Nice Italian
9. Sushi
10. Chinese
11. Yakitori
12. Japanese breakfast
Getting back to my original list - which of these restaurants does anyone give a ^ or

to in the Kaiseki or contemporary Japanese categories? Any additional ideas?
Esaki (Japanese Contemporary)
Ginza Okuda (Japanese)
Hishinuma (Japanese)
Ichirin (Japanese)
Kikunoi (Japanese)
Les Creations de Narisawa (French/Japanese? Contemporary)
Note that Narisawa has a special lunch offering in 2013:
http://www.narisawa-yoshihiro.com/en/menu.html
Robyn