Japanese restaurants in Central America

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   Kamakura

   • San Salvador, El Salvador
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   This Escalón restaurant is arguably San Salvador's finest for authentic Japanese food. The restaurant is divided into several intimate areas - a sunny front room, a back room with an open-air fountain, and another with low Japanese-style tables. The specialty is the sushi, nigiri and sashimi, with most fish flown in fresh from Miami. The plato del dia (daily special) is served in a bamboo box and usually includes a soup, tempura, sushi, and a main dish - say, teriyaki chicken.

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   Musashi

   • Monteverde & Santa Elena, Costa Rica
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   Crave good sushi in the Tico rainforest? Look no further than this tiny restaurant in the heart of Santa Elena. Jesus, the Venezuelan owner, is a classically trained sushi chef, and his sushi boats are a good deal for groups. You’ll also find other favorite Japanese dishes including teppanyaki, teriyaki and lunch bento box specials.

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   Tropical Sushi

   • Quepos, Costa Rica
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   Quepos has gone cosmopolitan: for authentic Japanese (yes, the sushi chef is from Japan!), try this colorfully decorated restaurant, which packs in the hostel crowd for all-you-can-eat specials (US$20). If you’re a purist, you can stick to the tuna sashimi spreads, though it’s worth venturing out a bit and sampling some of the local Costa Rican–style rolls.

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   Tsunami Sushi

   • Jacó, Costa Rica
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   If you’ve got a hankering for raw fish, don’t miss Tsunami, a modern and lively restaurant that serves up an exquisite assortment of sushi, sashimi and California rolls. Pacific sport fish – dolphinfish, tuna and wahoo – are the freshest rolls.

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   Restaurante Matsuei

   • Panama City, Panama
   • Restaurants › Japanese

   Although Japanese restaurants come and go in Panama City with the same frequency as transiting ships, Matsuei has a long and proud history stretching back over a quarter of a century. True to its Japanese roots, the sushi bar stretches across the entire restaurant and is easily one of Panama's finest raw fish experiences - much of the fish is imported from Miami, so you can expect to see everything from unagi (eel) to maguro (tuna) on offer.

   Even if you're not tempted by fresh sushi, Matsuei is known for its piping hot sukiyaki and lightly fried tempura, as well as countless other Japanese standards.

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