2004 'ILIMA AWARD WINNER - JAPANESE
	All the major cuisines are represented in Hawai'i, though, of course, Asian and Southeast Asian restaurants are the most common. Here, we've selected a representative sample. (More Asian and Southeast Asian restaurants can be found in the chapters on dim sum, noodles, sushi bars, izakaya, takeout and yakiniku.)

Best Japanese Restaurant
KYO-YA RESTAURANT

Like a trip to Japan is an evening at Kyo-Ya where kaiseki (multi-course meals) are a specialty of chef Shigeaki Inoue. The Take Niwa dining room on the first floor is a gracious place of sliding screens and blond wood; private tatami rooms upstairs seat from four to 70 guests. A broad range of Japanese dishes are available from sashimi to donburi and chazuke (rice bowls) and nabemono (simmered dishes).

2057 Kalakaua Ave. 947-3911. Lunch: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Closed for lunch on Sunday. Dinner: 5:30-9:15 p.m. daily. Reservations recommended. Valet and self-parking. VS, MC, AX, DC, DS, JCB. No checks. Lunch: $$. Dinner: $$$.