Have you ever wondered which cities in the world have the most Michelin stars? Here’s a look at the list of cities with the most Michelin stars in the French gastronomic guide.
The Michelin Guide is the most prestigious gastronomic guide in the world, and Michelin stars are the distinction that every restaurant craves. The Michelin Guide has different editions published all over the world, so it awards stars to restaurants in many different places. Which cities have the most Michelin stars in the world? The answer is Tokyo and Paris, followed in third place by Kyoto.
The city with the most Michelin stars in the world is Tokyo, which has 200 stars in total and has held this privileged position for the twelfth consecutive year. The capital of Japan has 12 restaurants with 3 Michelin stars (a figure that remains unchanged in this 2023 edition), 39 restaurants with 2 Michelin stars (with two new additions, the restaurants Myojaku and Sézanne), and 149 restaurants with 1 star (a total of 16 new additions: Amarantos, Ippei-hanten, Udatsu Sushi, Edomae Sushi Hanabusa, Elan, Sushi Oku, Ginza Kousui, Guchokuni, Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura Tokyo, Shigeyuki, Sushi Ichijyo, TOKi, Torakuro, NéMo, Restaurant Prunier and Yakumo Uezu.
The second city in the world with the most Michelin stars is Paris, which has 130 stars: 9 Parisian restaurants have the triple distinction (with a new addition in the latest edition, La Marine), 15 of them have 2 stars (including 4 new ones: Cyril Attrazic, Château de Beaulieu, L’Amaryllis, L’Auberge de Montmin) and 106 restaurants have one star (39 new ones).
After Tokyo and Paris, the third city with the most Michelin stars in the world is Kyoto, which has 97 Michelin stars spread across 6 restaurants with 3 Michelin stars, 19 restaurants with 2 Michelin stars (with two new additions in the latest edition, Velrosier and Ryō-shō) and 72 restaurants with 1 Michelin star (3 new additions: DODICI, Kenia and Enyuan Kobayashi).
Japan remains one of the most attractive gastronomic destinations in the world and being recognized by the Michelin Guide as the country with two of the three cities with the most Michelin stars only reinforces its status as an unrivalled gastronomic destination. Paris is also added to the list, gaining positions and for the first time making it between the two cities.