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Sarku Japan
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 21, 2026
- address417 Washington St, Boston 02108
Is Sarku Japan clean?
Sarku Japan is currently Pass from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on April 21, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sarku Japan?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 21, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Allergy certificate observed expired. Update.(A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C) • Allergy certificate observed expired. Update.
- ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Chemical spray bottle observed without label. Provide.Common Name-Working Containers (Pf) • Chemical spray bottle observed without label. Provide.
When was Sarku Japan last inspected?
Sarku Japan has 62 inspections on record going back to October 17, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 14, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 10, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 3, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 27, 2025 | Fail | |
| March 7, 2025 | — | |
| September 5, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 10, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 3, 2024 | Fail | |
| December 21, 2023 | Pass |
Sarku Japan vs Downtown
Downtown runs 90% clean across 1,016 tracked restaurants — 866 clean, 53 mid, 42 cooked.
Against the 1,016 spots Cooked tracks in Downtown, this one comes out cleaner than 10% of them.
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How Boston grades restaurants
Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.
Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 21, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.