tokyo

Newer Posts (published after 2015)

Restaurants

• Florilège: French cuisine with a Japanese flair
• Kioicho Mitani 紀尾井町 三谷: high-end sushi
• Yamoku Saryo 八雲茶寮 [2]: breakfast at this beautiful tea room, hidden inside a residential neighborhood
• CASICA: beautiful select shop with a cafe serving healthy food
• Il Ristorante Luca Fantin x JAAN: 4-hand collaboration
• Il Ristorante Luca Fantin: the first three Michelin star Italian restaurant in Japan
• Mikawa Zezankyo みかわ是山居: legendary tempura restaurant
• Shinbashi Shimizu 新橋清水: small sushi joint only for those in the know
• Osoba no Koga おそばの甲賀: simple, delicious soba noodles
• Rai-an 雷庵: modern soba noodle restaurant

Desserts / Pastries

• Bricolage bread & co.: a beautiful bakery cafe in Roppongi
• Higashiya: Japanese tea and tea desserts in a beautifully designed setting
• Mahakara Ureshii Purin マハカラ うれしいプリン: cute neighborhood pudding shop

Coffee / Tea

• Cafe Kitsuné: from the ultra stylish French/Japanese fashion brand Maison Kitsuné
• Onibus Coffee: famed cafe drawing coffee lovers from all over the world
• Cobi Coffee: stylish cafe located inside a select shop
• Yamoku Saryo 八雲茶寮 [2]
• Yakumo Saryo 八雲茶寮: beautiful tea room hidden inside a residential neighborhood
• Sakurai Tea 櫻井焙茶研究所: Japanese tea through a modern lens

Bars

• The SG Club: Shingo Gokan’s first bar in Tokyo
• Gen Yamamoto: omakase cocktail tasting menu
• Wall / CoSTUME NATIONAL: a gorgeous bar hidden behind a white wall
• Bar High Five: ranked #3 is Asia’s 50 Best Bars

Hotels

• Tokyo Aman 東京安縵
• Andaz Tokyo Toranomon Hills 東京虎之門丘安達仕

Older Posts (published before 2012)

See

• Roppongi 六本木: modern, stylish, expensive
• Omotesando 表參道: shopping, architecture, fashion flagships
• Meiji Shrine 明治神宮: shinto, traditional, cultural
• Shinjuku Gyoen 新宿御苑: imperial garden, maple leaves, morning stroll
• Random Snippets: random snippets around tokyo

Eat

• Ryugin 龍吟: michelin 3 stars, modern kaiseki
• Quintessence: michelin 3 stars, french
• Konakara こなから: oden heaven, perfect winter comfort food
• Ichiyuu 一遊: traditional Japanese food in a hot spring resort
• HARBS: huge, glorious cakes
• Toshi Yoroizuka: made-to-order desserts

Buy

• Hiranoya Sweet Beans 平野屋 甘納豆: traditional Japanese sweetened beans
• Toraya Yokan 虎屋羊羹: traditional Japanese red bean jelly
• Le Chocolat de H: one of the best chocolates in the world
• Royce Fruit Bar Chocolate: pretty packaging
• Juchheim Baumkuchen: German “tree cakes” made Japanese
• Hiyoko ひよこ饅頭: chick-shaped pastry wrapping lima bean paste
• Toraya Monaka 虎屋最中: adzuki bean paste in crispy wafers
• Fukusaya 福砂屋: castella honey cake