KIHACHI AOYAMA HONTEN
KIHACHI Aoyama Honten has an open terrace alongside the Icho-lined avenue of trees, perfect for enjoying the autumn leaves. The first floor is a casual place to enjoy salads, pastas, and sweets with aromatic coffee and wine. On the second floor, where the large, open windows look out on the Icho trees, you can enjoy specialties created with “seasonal ingredients and chef’s techniques” under the concept of “Chef’s Spécialité for a special occasion.
📍 2-1-19 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku
👉Official website2 minutes walk from Gaienmae Station (Exit 4a), 4 minutes walk from Aoyama-itchome Station
2, Cafe Dining Cha Kaede
Located on a quiet hill in Toranomon, this café-dining restaurant is attached to the Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Chikara Museum of Art. You can enjoy meals and café time using ingredients selected from all over Japan by Onshochishin, a company that handles hotels throughout Japan. 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,Tea ceremony room “Yumean
Happoen, a famous wedding hall with a well-balanced collection of bonsai trees that are more than 500 years old and historical buildings and relics, also has a tea ceremony room where you can enjoy powdered green tea. 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.
📍 1-1-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
👉Official Website🚇To Happoen, about a 1-minute walk from Shirokanedai Station.
4, Café TEIEN
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is a hidden spot for autumn foliage. Located on the first floor of the new building, Café TEIEN is flooded with soft natural light from the lush garden. In addition to cakes and café menu items, there are also Japanese-inspired menus and collaborative menus related to special exhibitions held at the museum. Recommended after viewing an exhibition.
📍 5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku
👉Official website🚇 About 7 minutes walk from Meguro Station
5, Koishikawa Korakuen Biidoro Saryo
Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is the oldest of the existing daimyo’s gardens in Tokyo. Here is a restaurant where you can enjoy the view of the garden in the Kantoku-tei, a historical building on the grounds. It also offers matcha sets and Japanese set menus that are perfect for a break. To enter Kantoku-tei, it is convenient to enter from the West Gate.
📍 1-6-6 Koraku, Bunkyo-ku
👉Official Website🚇To Koishikawa Korakuen West Gate, approx. 3 min. walk from C3, Iidabashi Stn.
6, Hamarikyu Gardens Nakajima no Ochaya
Originally the garden of the Tokugawa Shogun’s family, this teahouse is located on the grounds of the Hamarikyu Gard ens. As you walk through the garden, you will see Tokyo’s buildings spread out in the back. 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
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
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