Tokyo is the ‘world’s best place to eat’
Having long been seen as the city where culture and food are heavily associated with, Paris has been overtaken as the “gastronomical capital”. Tokyo has leaped ahead of Paris as the city with the most Michelin three-star restaurants, confirming its status as the “world capital of gastronomy”.
Tokyo now has 11 three-star restaurants compared with 10 in Paris, according to the latest edition of the Michelin guide to Tokyo. The Japanese capital also has more of the coveted stars in total than Paris – 261 shared by 197 restaurants. New York, by comparison, has four three-star restaurants. It is a major factor however that Tokyo’s sheer size explains why it has so many Michelin stars. Tokyo is much bigger than Paris and has 160,000 restaurants compared with about 40,000 in Paris. So in terms of % of Michelin star restaurants to overall restaurants, Paris wins by a country mile.
According to the BBC two-thirds of the Michelin-starred restaurants in Tokyo serve Japanese cuisine, while the others serve a variety of foods including French, Spanish, Chinese and Italian.
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