1,OYOGE Roppongi
Sardines, horse mackerels, and clams are being grilled at a taiyaki shop that does not have taiyaki. Smooth tsubu-an (sweet bean paste) kneaded with cream cheese and dough with a mouth feel like a financier or madeleine, tastes somewhat like a Western-style pastry.
Room 102, 1st floor, TOMAS Building, 7-13-10 Roppongi 📍.
2,Umekatei Kagurazaka Honten
A Japanese-style confectionary store that offers the concept of “making red bean paste for each confectionary. The process begins with boiling the beans for both azuki and shiroan (white bean paste), mixing the sugar for each type, and cooking about 23 different types of red bean paste. The “Kagurazaka Fukurai Neko Monaka” is a typical Kagurazaka item where you can meet many cats.
6-15 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 📍 Kagurazaka Baikatei Bldg.
👉Umekatei Kagurazaka Honten (official website)
3,Café Kitsuné (Omotesando)
This café is owned by MAISON KITSUNE, which has stores in Paris, New York, Seoul, and other countries around the world. The “Kitsune Sable” can be eaten in, or taken out individually or in gift packages of sets of three.
3-15-9 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo
👉Café Kitsuné (official website)
4,Floresta Koenji
The doughnuts, which are both healthy and delicious, are individually handmade in the store, using ingredients that are as natural and additive-free as possible. The popular “Animal Donuts” are available in a wide variety, including cats, rabbits, and bears. In Tokyo, there are also Togoshiginza, Gakugeidaigaku, and Soshigaya-Okura Ekimae branches.
3-34-1 Koenji-kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo
5,Cacao Sampaka Marunouchi Main Store
This chocolate specialty store was established with investment from leading Spanish creators, including the chef and pastry chef of the three-star Michelin restaurant “El Bulli”. The “Heart Bear” is elaborately handmade, down to the fur.
1F Marunouchi Brick Square, 2-6-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
👉Cacao Sampaka (official website)
6,Shirobeard’s Cream Puff Factory (Setagaya-Daita)
The only Ghibli-certified sweets store in the world. In addition to the standard custard cream puff in the shape of Totoro, seasonal limited editions such as mango cream and green tea cream flavors also line the showcase. The Kichijoji branch specializes in takeout.
1F, 5-3-1 Daita, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
👉Whitebeard’s Cream Puff Factory (official account)
7,Le Pommier (Tohokusawa)
Chef Frédéric Madeleine, a native of Normandy, France, opened this boutique in 2005. In 2009, the Azabu Juban branch opened, and in 2014, Cafe Le Pommier opened in Omotesando. Every year they make an eclair named after that zodiac sign, but the most popular is the hazelnut cream-flavored eclair chien.
4-25-11 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
👉Le Pommier (official website)
8,Parisienne Pastry Shop (Musashi Koganei)
This retro Showa-era cake shop with a red roof is a landmark of the town. Many of the cakes are in the 200 yen range, and the reasonable pricing is also a plus. Pochi” is a chocolate cake and shortcake in the shape of a dog that stands out in the showcase.
3-4-3 Honmachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo
📞042-385-5698
9,Grachelle Omotesando
Specializing in decorated cakes entremet glace with ice cream and ice cream and sorbet glasses. The ladybug-shaped “coxinelle” is made of almond dough, topped with raspberry and strawberry sherbet, vanilla ice cream, and coated with red berry jelly.
3-6-26 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 📍First floor of the 5th SI Bldg.
10,Gokashiji Shirakaba (Kinshicho)
A Japanese confectionery established in 1950. The Tarafuku Monaka, shaped like a reclining beckoning cat, is made with golden red bean paste made from Hokkaido white azuki beans, known as white diamonds.
2-8-11, Koto-bashi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo
👉Gokashiji Shirakaba (official website)
*Opening hours and holidays are subject to change. Before visiting, please check the official website for the latest information in advance.
