About Us | Reserve Japanese Food

Who runs Reserve Japanese Food?

Yuki runs Reserve Japanese Food. As a native Japanese speaker, Yuki makes the bookings in Japanese, by phone or on Japanese booking sites.

Yuki knows several of our recommended areas first-hand: Yuki was born in Osaka, studied in Kyoto and has worked in Tokyo. A keen skier who knows Niseko, Tomamu and Rusutsu, Yuki can also tell you about Hokkaido. Yuki loves to travel too: having already covered the major cities in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Aichi, Hokkaido and Miyagi, Yuki is now exploring hidden gems in other regions of Japan.

How does that help you?

Booking in Japanese, using Japanese booking sites and calling restaurants that only take phone reservations are not barriers for us. For many visitors, they are. We explain why in our guide, Why it is hard to book restaurants in Japan, and how to get a table.

When you ask us to find a restaurant, we draw on Yuki's first-hand knowledge of these places.

What have we done so far?

We have handled about 20 requests so far (as of October 2026). They include sushi in Tokyo, kaiseki in Kyoto, and restaurants and a same-day haircut in Osaka. Guests have thanked us for how quickly we respond. You can read about a few recent requests on our homepage.

What do we book?

We book restaurants anywhere in Japan. Our recommended areas are Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Fukuoka and Hokkaido (mainly Sapporo). We can also book other places that are hard to book from abroad, such as a barber.

We do not arrange transport or accommodation.

Our fee is ¥1,500 (about US$9) per reservation when you tell us the restaurant, or ¥2,500 (about US$16) when we also find it. If we cannot secure a reservation, you pay nothing. See How it works & Pricing and our FAQ for details.

How can you contact us?

Email: info@reservejapanesefood.com
WhatsApp: send a request through our booking form and choose WhatsApp as your preferred channel. We reply there.

We generally reply within 24 hours.