Japanese Restaurants in Asheville, NC

Japanese in Asheville at a glance

• Japanese is the 12th largest food category in Asheville, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 2.3% share compares with 3.0% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 26 listed below, 21 are independent and 5 belong to chains; 25 list a website.

Japanese Restaurants in Asheville

• Itto Ramen Bar & Tapas
  Restaurant · Japanese · 630 Haywood Rd
• Asheville Sushi & Hibachi
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1636 Hendersonville Rd #175
• Heiwa Shokudo
  Restaurant · Japanese · 87 N Lexington Ave
• Ichiban Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2 Hendersonville Rd
• Itto Ramen & Japanese Tapas
  Restaurant · Japanese · 3 Biltmore Ave
• Miyako House
  Restaurant · Japanese · 122 College St
• Mr. Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1578 Hendersonville Rd
• Murasaki Asheville
  Restaurant · Japanese · 200 Julian Ln suit 210
• The Noodle Shop
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 3 SW Pack Sq
• Wasabi Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · 19 Broadway St
• Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse
  Restaurant · Japanese · 121 Biltmore Ave
• Green Tea Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · 2 Regent Park Blvd
• Zen Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 640 Merrimon Ave
• Teriyaki Japan
  Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 3 S Tunnel Rd
• Mr.Sushi North
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 354 Merrimon Ave
• Yoshida Express
  Restaurant · Japanese · 611 Tunnel Rd Ste B
• Hana Japanese Hibachi & Sushi Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 5B Biltmore Ave
• Asaka Japanese Cuisine
  Restaurant · Japanese · 801 Biltmore Ave
• Udon Sushi & Noodle
  Restaurant · Japanese · 129 Bleachery Blvd
• Genji
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1856 Hendersonville Rd
• Sogo Fusion
  Restaurant · Japanese · 1840 Hendersonville Rd
• WakuWaku Eatery
  Restaurant · Japanese · 674 Merrimon Ave
• ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 1830 Hendersonville Rd
• Sarku Japan
  Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · Asheville Mall
• Yum Sushi Burrito
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 100 Julian Ln
• Genji Sushi Bars Kenilworth
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 4 S Tunnel Rd Ste 100

Japanese elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most japanese listings are in Charlotte (127), Raleigh (69), Greensboro (46), Durham (43), Cary (40) and Fayetteville (36).

Run a japanese spot in Asheville?

You share this list with 25 other japanese listings. The ones guests reorder from are the ones that are easy to order from directly. Servestack gives you your own ordering site with zero commission, and Studio designs the menu, flyers and posts to go with it. Run your numbers with the commission savings calculator.

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