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Jacksonville Sushi / Japanese Guide

FRI public-record essay for sushi / japanese restaurants in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville's Sushi / Japanese scene separates into public-record tiers by licence age and menu format, defined in the classification legend below. FRI classifies format and discipline from public records only. It does not infer cultural ownership from names; owner/operator references are limited to Sunbiz and DBPR entities.

Updated 2026-09-30 15:09 UTC

By FRI Editorial Desk · Classification guide

Price and service-format claims are withheld. License seating, OSS category, and chain footprint are not observed menu prices; a future price analysis must use sourced menu/check data and local-market normalization.

Validated open entries 170 · ·
Confirmed closures 2 · ·
Inspection/safety overlays 73 · ·
Filtered candidates 0 · ·
High-turnover addresses 2 · ·

Classification Legend

owned

Public-record owner match

operated

Public-record operator match

legacy

20+ year license history

FRI does not infer cultural ownership from names. Classifications are based on public-record entity, license age, category, and format signals.

Moderate

2024

Izakaya Ko

1198 Beach Blvd Ste 9, Jacksonville Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: IZAKAYA KO, LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Fly activity).

2016

Sakada Japanese Steak House

120 San Marco Ave, Saint Augustine

Chef/operator credit from public record: SAKADA JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE INC..

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.9x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Roach & rodent activity).

2024

Umi Japanese Steakhouse

1227 3 St S, Jacksonville Beach

Chef/operator credit from public record: UMI JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE INC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Sewage issue/roach activity, Roach activity).

2024

Kaze Poke and Hibachi

445 State Rd 13 Ste 7, Saint Johns

Chef/operator credit from public record: YANGZI 1688 INC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 3 event(s) (Rodent activity, Sewage leaks).

2025

Fushimi Buffet

13090 City Station Dr, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: FUSHIMI BUFFET LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach & fly activity).

2016

Hibachi Express

  • Unverified

5921 University Blvd W Ste 1, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

2023

Teriyaki Madness

  • Unverified

140 Little Cypress Dr Ste 106, St. Johns

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.4x the peer alert threshold.

2025

Tori Hana

9355 Atlantic Blvd Ste 4, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: DK & GH ENTERPRISES LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2025

Makai Poke & Musubi

1661 Riverside Ave Ste 127, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: MAKAI RIVERSIDE LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

2017

Sarku Japan

  • Unverified

1910 Wells Rd Sp Vc-16, Orange Park

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

High-End & Omakase

2026

Kobu

  • Unverified

1435 Naldo Ave Unit 1, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range.

Tradition-Focused

2016

Kazu Sushi Burrito

  • Unverified

117 W Adams St, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 8 event(s) (Rodent, Roach & Fly activity, Rodent activity, Roach & rodent activity).

2016

Daruma Japanese Steak House

13799 Beach Blvd Ste 9, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: CHUN C INC..

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 6 event(s) (Roach activity, Rodent & fly activity).

2017

Obento

  • Unverified

6334 103 St Unit 39, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is running 2.9x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 6 event(s) (Roach activity, Roach & rodent activity).

2016

Tokyo

  • Unverified

7749 Normandy Blvd 119, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Roach & rodent activity, Roach activity).

2016

Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse

  • Unverified

10206 Rivercoast Dr, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is elevated at 1.8x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

2023

Hana Sushi Asian Cuisine

2245 Cr 210 W Ste 117, Saint Johns

Chef/operator credit from public record: HANA ASIAN CUISINE FOODS GROUP LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Rodent activity).

2017

Wasabi Sushi & Grill

  • Unverified

450077 State Rd 200 Ste 23, Callahan

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 4 event(s) (Fly activity, Rodent activity).

2024

Wasabi Sushi

840 Nautica Dr Ste 127, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: WASABI SUSHI X LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

2016

Thai Nine

2467 Faye Road Ste 9, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: THAI NINE LLC.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is within the typical peer range. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Rodent activity).

2017

Fancy Sushi

  • Unverified

7083 Collins Rd Ste 102, Jacksonville

Chef/operator credit from public record: not resolved.

Takeout & Markets entry; inspection severity is running 2.0x the peer alert threshold. Emergency-order history: 2 event(s) (Roach activity).

Methodology and Audit

Entries clear the FRI cascade on DBPR status, closure vetting, and cuisine attribution. Identity enrichment (DBPR/OSS/Sunbiz name agreement, geocoded address, city/county consistency, plus cached Google/Foursquare/Yelp verifier context) refines a listing but is no longer a publish gate: a DBPR record that fails only enrichment is still shown rather than dropped. A record that cannot be matched to an identity is marked "Unverified DBPR Record" and its unverified corporate/website/social attribution is withheld; a record that cannot be geocoded is recorded as un-located. Failures and enrichment levels are written to output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet for operator review.

172 of 172 candidate evaluations published (100.0%); 63 marked unverified (no identity match), 48 recorded as un-located (no geocode). Audit log: output/cuisine_essay_audit.parquet.

Data sources: FRI Cuisine Essays. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.

Time-series forecasts and anomaly detection use NVIDIA NV-Tesseract. Model output is labeled separately from official records.

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