Not a single local-cuisine restaurant appears in the 10 top restaurants of this year’s Tokyo Zagat Survey, the annually updated restaurants guide that many in the West consider the diner’s bible.
The survey of more than 3,000 restaurants throughout the city placed establishments serving French, American and Chinese cuisine above the highest-ranked Japanese restaurant.
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