Announcing the Winners of the Food Made Good Japan Awards 2025

Our partners at The Sustainable Restaurant Association Japan (SRA-Japan) hosted their fifth annual Food Made Good Japan Awards 2025 last Monday, 17^th November, held once again at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu.

The Food Made Good Japan Awards 2025 recognise outstanding restaurants that have achieved high scores in the Food Made Good Standard, our global sustainability certification system for the restaurant and hospitality industry developed by our team at The Sustainable Restaurant Association. Winners of the Grand Prize, category awards (Sourcing, Society, and Environment), and special awards (Recycling, Fair Trade, Animal Welfare) are selected through a rigorous evaluation process by a panel of experts.

These awards aim to celebrate the creativity and dedication of SRA-Japan’s network of restaurants in continually working to improve their sustainability. They acknowledge exemplary leadership and initiatives while fostering opportunities to build connections with peers, helping to drive further positive change across the industry.

The winners of the Food Made Good Japan Awards 2024

Huge congratulations to all of the winners of this year’s Food Made Good Japan Awards!

• Grand Prize: L'Effervescence (Minato, Tokyo)
• Best Sourcing Award: OPPLA'! DA GTALIA (Nerima, Tokyo)
• Best Society Award: Chinese Restaurant "Hoshigaoka" at The Capitol Hotel Tokyu(Chiyoda, Tokyo)
• Best Environment Award: KITCHEN MANE (Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa)
• Best Fair Trade Award, co-hosted by Fairtrade Label Japan:
  Chiba University of Commerce, The University DINING (Ichikawa, Chiba). The finalists for this award were: Chiba University of Commerce, The University DINING (Ichikawa, Chiba); KIGI (Chiyoda, Tokyo); Kobe Coffee Monogatari Sanchika Store (Kobe, Hyogo); and Vanilla Beans Minatomirai Main Store (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
• Best Recycling Award, co-hosted by Committee for Milk Container Environmental Issues: Ficodindia, Itarian Bar Dari (Kanagawa). The finalists for this award were: Kobe Area (Hyogo); Atsugi Area (Kanagawa); Nasushiobara/Utsunomiya Area (Tochigi); and Abeno Area (Osaka).
• Best Animal Welfare Award, co-hosted by Animal Welfare Corporate Partners: Oenosato Natural Farm, Oenosato Village / Coco Garden (Yazu-gun, Tottori); cucina salve (Chichibu, Saitama). The finalists for this award were: the Blind Donkey (Koto, Tokyo); Mikkeller Burger (Setagaya, Tokyo); and PIZZERIA GTALIA DA FILIPPO (Nerima, Tokyo).

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Meet Japan's 2025 Food Made Good certifications

One star

• Oryori Anaguchi (Sado City, Niigata)
• Sens et Saveurs (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
• Le Nico à Ōminami (Chigasaki City, Kanagawa)

Two stars

• Ise Sueyoshi (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
• Umami Takurami (Minato-ku, Tokyo)
• Fukuyama Oriental Hotel – Caferest montrose (Fukuyama City, Hiroshima)　
• Japanese Cuisine “Suiren” – The Capitol Hotel Tokyu (Chiyoda-https://haishopjapan.com/ku, Tokyo)
• Hikariya Nishi (Matsumoto City, Nagano)

Three stars

• antica locanda MIYAMOTO (Kumamoto City, Kumamoto)
• OPPLA’! DA GTALIA (Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
• All-Day Dining “ORIGAMI” – The Capitol Hotel Tokyu (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
• KITCHEN MANE (Yokohama City, Kanagawa)
• Chinese Restaurant “Hoshigaoka” – The Capitol Hotel Tokyu (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
• KIGI (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
• haishop cafe (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
• PIZZERIA GTALIA DA FILIPPO (Nerima-ku, Tokyo)
• Selvaggio – Wild Pizzeria (Kitauwa District, Ehime)
• L'Effervescence (Minato, Tokyo)

About Food Made Good in Japan

Takeshi Shimotaya and his team set up SRA-Japan in 2018 and have been delivering the Food Made Good Standard in Japan ever since.   

Alongside being our exclusive partners in Japan, SRA-Japan also run regular seminars, webinars and ‘Chef Boxes’ to highlight a range of sustainability issues. Japanese businesses can join their network to attend local events and be involved in SRA-Japan's annual awards ceremony.   

SRA-Japan is a valuable partner in spreading the Food Made Good message in Japan and supporting local businesses as they work through their Standard evaluations. Since 2023, the Food Made Good Standard platform is available to use in Japanese. 

Learn more about our partnership with SRA-Japan here. Learn more on their website or find SRA-Japan on Instagram or Facebook.  

Thank you to the sponsors and supporting organisations:

AWARD PARTNERS

• The Capitol Hotel Tokyu 
• Committee for Milk Container Environmental Issues

GOLD PARTNERS

• Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.
• NIKKO COMPANY  

SILVER PARTNERS

• Valrhona Japon Co., Ltd.
• Patagonia Provisions 
• MORI NARADUKETEN Co., Ltd.
• Corno Macaroni Co., Ltd.

BRONZE PARTNERS

• AgReturn Co., Ltd.
• UPDATER Inc (Tadori). 
• LLC. COOK TAKAKURA
• Sea Vegetable Company 
• Zeroboard Inc. 
• CHOCOLATE ORANDA 
• U-POWER Co., Ltd. 

BEVERAGE SPONSORS

• Suntory Spirits Limited
• Ogawa Coffee Co., Ltd.
• United People Wine