318japanese listings
4.1%of San Diego listings
3.0%national average
#6category in San Diego
Japanese in San Diego at a glance
- Japanese is the 6th largest food category in San Diego, after coffee shops and cafes and mexican.
- Its 4.1% share compares with 3.0% across the 506 cities in this guide, so San Diego leans toward japanese.
- Of the 60 listed below, 47 are independent and 13 belong to chains; 60 list a website.
Japanese Restaurants in San Diego
Showing 60 of 318, listings with a website first.
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 12075 Carmel Mountain Rd #205
- Restaurant · Japanese · 4240 Kearny Mesa Rd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 8973 Mira Mesa Blvd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2628 Del Mar Heights Rd
- Restaurant · Japanese · 4380 Kearny Mesa Rd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1953 India St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 7986 Armour St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1203 Garnet Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2161 Avenida De La Playa
- Restaurant · Japanese · 1030 Torrey Pines Rd G
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 10545 Scripps Poway Pkwy
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 926 Fifth Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 7513 La Jolla Blvd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 5651 Balboa Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · 8843 Villa La Jolla Dr
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 8055 Armour St #201a
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 901 E St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 366 5th Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 7905 Engineer Rd Ste a
- Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 1901 Columbia St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · Chain · 3650 Rosecrans St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 228 W Washington St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 928 Fort Stockton Dr
- Restaurant · Japanese · 3904 Convoy St #121
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1277 Prospect St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 4633 Convoy St #101
- Restaurant · Japanese · Ramen · 1010 Broadway
- Restaurant · Japanese · 5965 Village Way
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 2321 Fifth Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · 690 University Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 477 Camino del Rio S
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 1250 Prospect St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 5201 Linda Vista Rd ste.103
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3105 Ocean Front Walk
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 4033 Avati Dr
- Restaurant · Japanese · 4706 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2689 Via De La Valle Ste a
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 926 5th Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3870 Valley Centre Dr #302
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 12841 El Camino Real
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 9844 Hibert St #1
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 2760 Fifth Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · 3904 Convoy St #117
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 3964 Harney St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 4741 Voltaire St
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 4764 Convoy St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 7947 Balboa Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 3803 5th Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · 1449 University Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 7530 Mesa College Dr
- Restaurant · Japanese · 8250 Mira Mesa Blvd #A
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 10450 Friars Rd
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 9870 Hibert St
- Restaurant · Japanese · 3860 Convoy St #118
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 12750 Carmel Country Rd
- Restaurant · Japanese · 7305 Clairemont Mesa Blvd #B
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · 11375 El Camino Real
- Restaurant · Japanese · 2505 Fifth Ave
- Restaurant · Japanese · Chain · 7951 Othello Ave Ste 103
- Restaurant · Japanese · Sushi · Chain · 3298 Greyling Dr
Japanese elsewhere in California
Among the California cities in this guide, the most japanese listings are in Los Angeles (920), San Francisco (446), San Jose (152), Torrance (99), Sacramento (89) and Irvine (85).
Run a japanese spot in San Diego?
You share this list with 317 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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