Japanese in Cambridge, MA

Japanese in Cambridge at a glance

• Japanese is the 4th most listed category in Cambridge, after coffee shops and bars and pubs.
• 6% of Cambridge's listings are japanese, against 3.9% across all of Greater Boston in this directory, so the area leans toward it.
• They cluster on Massachusetts Avenue (15).
• 4 are tagged for takeout, 1 for delivery and 2 for outdoor seating. Tags are volunteered by mappers, so treat these as a floor.

Japanese spots in Cambridge

• Bisuteki Cambridge
  Restaurant · Japanese
• Bosso Ramen Tavern
  Restaurant · Japanese · 24 Holyoke Street
• Cafe Mami
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1815 Massachusetts Avenue
• Cafe Sushi Shoten
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1105 Massachusetts Avenue · Takeout
• Flame Hot Pot & Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1001 Massachusetts Avenue
• Fuji at Kendall
  Restaurant · Japanese · 300 Third Street · Takeout · Delivery · Outdoor seating
• Genki Ya
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi
• Gyu-Kaku
  Restaurant · Japanese · BBQ · 16-18 Eliot Street
• Hokkaido Ramen Santouka
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 1 Bow Street · Takeout
• Izakaya Ittoku
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1815 Massachusetts Avenue
• Momi Nonmi
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1128 Cambridge Street
• One Ramen & Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1759 Massachusetts Avenue
• ONO Pokébar
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1923 Massachusetts Avenue
• Pagu
  Restaurant · Japanese · 310 Massachusetts Avenue
• Ramen O' Bowl
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen
• Sakana Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 983 Massachusetts Avenue
• Sapporo
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 100 Cambridgeside Place
• Shōjō Cambridge
  Restaurant · Japanese · 425 Massachusetts Avenue
• Tampopo
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1815 Massachusetts Avenue
• The Mad Monkfish
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 524 Massachusetts Avenue · Outdoor seating
• Umami
  Restaurant · Japanese · 2372 Massachusetts Avenue
• Waku Waku Ramen
  Restaurant · Japanese · 33 Brattle Street
• Wasabi at Porter
  Restaurant · Japanese · 2088 Massachusetts Avenue
• Yume Ga Arukara
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1815 Massachusetts Avenue
• Yume Wo Katare
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 1923 Massachusetts Avenue · Takeout

Where else to find japanese around Boston

By count of listings, the japanese scene is deepest in Brookline (20), Somerville (11), Back Bay (10), Downtown (8) and Fenway (8).

Run a japanese spot in Cambridge?

16 of these 25 list a website in OpenStreetMap. Guests searching for japanese in Cambridge land on whichever page answers first; when that page is a delivery marketplace, it takes a cut of every order and shows your competitors alongside you. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu and posts to match.

Listings come from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Places open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-10.