Japanese Restaurants in Rockford, IL

Japanese in Rockford at a glance

• Japanese is the 12th largest food category in Rockford, after bars and pizza.
• Its 2.3% share compares with 3.0% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 13 listed below, 10 are independent and 3 belong to chains; 13 list a website.

Japanese Restaurants in Rockford

• JMK Nippon
  Restaurant · Japanese · 2551 N Perryville Rd
• Noodles & Company
  Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · Chain · 6430 E State St
• Spider Sushi Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 4415 Harrison Ave
• Izakaya 88
  Restaurant · Japanese · 293 Executive Pkwy
• Ramen & Tea
  Restaurant · Japanese · 7062 Walton St
• Shogun Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 293 Executive Pkwy
• Hachi Sushi Rockford
  Restaurant · Japanese · 145 Sundae Dr
• Omakase
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 223 E State St
• I Luv Sushi and Keats
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 7616 Walton St
• Ryusei Ramen and Izakaya
  Restaurant · Japanese · 611 Highgrove Pl
• Spider Sushi Bar
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 641 S Perryville Rd
• ZENSHI Handcrafted Sushi
  Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 6410 E State St
• Rockford Japanese Restaurant
  Restaurant · Japanese · 5526 Harrison Ave

Japanese elsewhere in Illinois

Among the Illinois cities in this guide, the most japanese listings are in Chicago (396), Naperville (27), Schaumburg (21), Evanston (17), Arlington Heights (16) and Champaign (14).

Run a japanese spot in Rockford?

You share this list with 12 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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