{"id":80682,"date":"2026-02-19T15:46:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80682"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:46:42","slug":"japanese-restaurant-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/japans-restaurant-an\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese home cooking at AN, over a residential home since 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>At Japanese Restaurant AN, it feels like you're dining in someone's home. Up the stairs, second floor, and you're not in a slick auditorium but in an intimate dining room. The space resembles a home: compact, quiet, and along the walls Japanese bowls, plates and platters. No loud music, no bar with fixtures, just a calm sit-down restaurant where it's all about the food.<\/h2>\n<p>Since 1989, one man has taken center stage here: owner-chef Mr. Fujita. He runs the kitchen himself and cooks like what is eaten in Japan during the week. The concept is Japanese house food, not a show. So no complicated fusion dishes, but recipes you'd find at a kitchen table in Japan rather than in a hotel restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-83314 size-full\" title=\"an-japanese-restaurant-amsterdam_4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4.jpg\" alt=\"an-japanese-restaurant-amsterdam_4\" width=\"1700\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4.jpg 1700w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/an-japans-restaurant-amsterdam_4-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much of the menu revolves around teishoku, complete set menus. You then get a main course with standard rice, miso soup and a few small side dishes. All handmade, to the rhythm of one chef who knows his own cuisine well. There are also classics like sushi and sashimi, so you can also grab raw fish, and gyoza for those in the mood for something heartier from the pan.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Much of the menu revolves around teishoku, complete set menus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can tell that AN has been around since the late 1980s by its down-to-earth approach. No trend menus that change every month, no fuss with theme nights or live music. Just a regular evening service, with an updated menu that still revolves around those Japanese home dishes. In a city where many Japanese businesses focus mainly on sushi or trendy combinations, AN stays right close to the everyday cuisine from Japan, with Fujita unflappable behind the stove.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bij Japans Restaurant AN voelt het alsof je bij iemand thuis aanschuift. De trap op, eerste verdieping, en je staat niet in een gelikt zalencomplex maar in een intieme eetkamer. De ruimte heeft iets weg van een woonhuis: compact, rustig, en langs de wanden Japanse kommen, borden en schalen. Geen harde muziek, geen bar met &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/japans-restaurant-an\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":83312,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-80682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[83311,83312],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Bij AN kookt eigenaar-chef Fujita Japanse huisgerechten, met teishoku en sushi in huiskamersfeer","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Japans Restaurant AN zit verstopt op de eerste verdieping van een gewoon woonpand en draait al mee sinds 1989. Eigenaar en chef Fujita kookt hier geen franje, maar Japans eten zoals thuis. Denk aan handgemaakte teishoku met rijst, misosoep en bijgerechten, plus sushi, sashimi en gyoza, in een kleine ruimte vol Japanse schalen en borden.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Japans Restaurant AN","adres":"Weteringschans 76","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"http:\/\/www.japansrestaurantan.nl\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83316,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80682\/revisions\/83316"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83312"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80682"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}