From sushi overlooking the sea to dinners under the stars: five Japanese restaurants to try in summer 2026

In the center of Courmayeur, at the foot of Mont Blanc, a restaurant called Hakusan demonstrates that Japanese cuisine can also find a natural home in the Alps. Sushi, sashimi, robata and Japanese techniques have firmly entered European fine dining. Here Japanese cuisine is not used to build an international atmosphere separate from the territory, but to observe Sicilian raw materials through Japanese techniques and sensibilities. Hakusan is a contemporary Japanese cuisine restaurant opened in the heart of the Aosta Valley town. A different Japan in each destinationThe five restaurants tell very different ways of interpreting Japanese cuisine.