__NOTOC__ ''Yamazato'' is a

restaurant A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...

housed in the Okura Hotel in

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in the

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. It is a

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and has had one

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since 2002. According to Misset Horeca, the American restaurant guide

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praised the restaurant in 2001, shortly before Yamazato earned its Michelin star.

GaultMillau Gault et Millau is a French restaurant guide. It was founded by two restaurant critics, Henri Gault and Christian Millau in 1965. Points system Gault Millau rates on a scale of 1 to 20, with 20 being the highest. Restaurants given below 10 poin ...

awarded the restaurant 16 out of 20 points. The

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of ''Yamazato'' is Masanori Tomikawa. Tomikawa took over the kitchen in March 2010, replacing Akira Oshima, who had been the head chef since 1977. ''Yamazato'' is a member of the

Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise (popular: ''Alliance Gastronomique'') is a culinary association of quality restaurants in the Netherlands and Flanders. The partnership was established in 1967 as a response to the spreading taste flattening, ...

. They joined the Alliance in 2003.

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