Here are cafes and tearooms in Tokyo with beautiful gardens that change their expressions with the seasons, perfect for taking a break from shopping!
1,Tea House “Yumean” (Shirokanedai)
Happoen, famous as a wedding hall, has a tea ceremony room where you can enjoy matcha (powdered green tea) in a well-balanced harmony of bonsai trees that are more than 500 years old and historical buildings and relics. Two plans are available: “teicha (tea ceremony),” which can be used without a reservation, and “odatemae (tea ceremony),” in which Yumean staff performs the tea ceremony in front of you, by reservation only. Scheduled to be closed from February 1, 2025 to the end of September 2025 for facility renovation.
📍 1-1-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
👉Official website1 minute walk from Shirokanedai Station to 🚇Happoen
2, Cafe Dining Cha Kaede
Cafe Dining Cha Kaede is attached to the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Chikara Museum of Art, which stands on a quiet hill in Toranomon. Onshochishin, a hotel operator in Japan, offers meals and café hours using ingredients selected from all over Japan, local ingredients with the souls of their creators. Advance reservations are recommended for dining.
📍 4-1-35 Toranomon, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇About 6 minutes walk from Kamiyacho Station, about 8 minutes walk from Toranomon Hills Station
3, Café TEIEN (Shirokanedai)
This café is located on the first floor of the new wing of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. The ceiling-to-ceiling glass walls allow soft natural light from the lush garden to pour into the interior. In addition to cakes and café menu items, there are also Japanese-inspired dishes and collaborative menus related to special exhibitions held at the museum. Recommended after viewing an exhibition.
📍 5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
🚇 About 7 minutes walk from Meguro Station
4, Koishikawa Korakuen Biidoro Saryo (Iidabashi)
Here is a restaurant where you can enjoy the view of the garden in the Kantoku-tei, a historical building in Koishikawa Korakuen Garden. It also offers matcha sets and Japanese set menus that are perfect for taking a break. To enter Kantoku-tei, it is convenient to enter from the West Gate.
📍 1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku
👉Hantoku-tei (Biidoro Saryo) official website🚇5 minutes walk from Suidobashi Station to Koishikawa Korakuen and about 6 minutes walk from Korakuen
5, Furuwa-an (Jiyugaoka)
Opened in the spring of 1999, this is a popular old private house cafe in Jiyugaoka. Matcha (powdered green tea) served with different Japanese sweets depending on the season, and shaved ice are recommended if you visit in the summer. The dolls and antiques displayed in the tea house are also noteworthy.
📍 1-24-23 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku
👉Official Website🚇About 5 minutes walk from Jiyugaoka Station
6, Hamarikyu Gardens Nakajima no Ochaya (Shiodome)
Originally the garden of the Tokugawa shoguns, this teahouse is located on the grounds of the Hamarikyu Gard ens. As you walk through the garden, the buildings of Tokyo stretch out behind you. The contrast between the two is sure to leave a lasting impression. We recommend the “Seasonal Fresh Sweets and Matcha Set.
📍 1-1 Hamarikyu Gardens, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
👉Official Website5 minutes walk from Shiodome Station to 🚇Naka no Gomon-guchi, 15 minutes walk from Hamamatsucho Station.
7, Hibiya Matsumoto Tower (Hibiya)
This restaurant opened in 1903, the same year as Hibiya Park, the first Western-style park in Japan. Western-style dishes such as rice with hashed meat, curry, and omelette rice, as well as cakes specially made by the patissier, can be enjoyed from lunch to dinner on the open terrace.
📍 1-2 Hibiya Park, Chiyoda-ku
👉Official Website🚇 About 2 minutes walk from Hibiya and Kasumigaseki Stations
8, NEZUCAFÉ (Omotesando)
This café is open only to visitors to the Nezu Museum. It serves not only coffee, cakes and other sweets, but also beef stew and Kobe beef meat pies, so if you have a chance to visit the Nezu Museum, enjoy lunch and café time together.
📍 6-5-1 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇 About 10 minutes walk from Omotesando
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