Google Maps using JapanInYourPalm KML file
Takes advantage of the recently announced ability to use KML files in Google Maps search. My Google Earth KML file has folders for restaurant types, e.g. American, Japanese, Italaian, so you may turn these groups on and off easily.

JapanInYourPalm Google Earth KML file - JIYP.kml
Fly from restaurant to restaurant in 3D. Save this file, then download Google Earth. Once you're in Google Earth simply click File > Open and find this file on your hard drive. Then see the section on the left called Places, click the Play button and away you go. Google Earth combines the power of Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.