13 of the best · Tokyo, Japan
Coffee, Tea and Wagashi
Aged coffee at Café de l’Ambre, coffee courses in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Nordic coffee in Tomigaya, matcha from Ippodo and Sakurai, and wagashi from Toraya and Higashiya.
Our 13 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Coffee only, since 1948
Café de l’Ambre
A dark-panelled Ginza coffee house that roasts its own beans and serves nothing but coffee, some of it from beans aged for years.
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Kyoto tea since 1717
Ippodo Tea Marunouchi
The Tokyo shop and tea room of Ippodo, the Kyoto tea house founded in 1717: matcha, gyokuro and sencha, prepared for you or to take home.
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Roasters and old coffee houses.
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Its first café in Japan
Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi-Shirakawa
Blue Bottle’s first café in Japan, a roastery in a warehouse near Kiyosumi Gardens.
1-4-8 Hirano, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0023Explore View on map
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Coffee only, since 1948
Café de l’Ambre
A dark-panelled Ginza coffee house that roasts its own beans and serves nothing but coffee, some of it from beans aged for years.
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Oslo in Shibuya
Fuglen Tokyo
The Tokyo branch of Oslo’s Fuglen: Nordic coffee and vintage Norwegian furniture by day, cocktails at night, near Yoyogi Park.
1-16-11 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063Explore View on map
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Light roasts in the book town
Glitch Coffee & Roasters
A roastery café in Jimbōchō, the book town, pouring single-origin coffee at the bar.
1F, 3-16 Kanda Nishikichō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054Explore View on map
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Old Yanaka
Kayaba Coffee
A corner coffee house in an old wooden building in Yanaka, known for its egg sandwich.
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Coffee as a tasting course
Koffee Mameya Kakeru
A coffee counter in a converted warehouse in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, where beans from many roasters are poured as a tasting course.
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By the Meguro River
Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo
A four-storey roastery by the Meguro River, its timber façade designed by Kengo Kuma, with a Teavana floor and a cocktail bar upstairs.
2-19-23 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0042Explore View on map
Tea 2
Matcha, gyokuro and tea courses.
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Kyoto tea since 1717
Ippodo Tea Marunouchi
The Tokyo shop and tea room of Ippodo, the Kyoto tea house founded in 1717: matcha, gyokuro and sencha, prepared for you or to take home.
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Tea, roasted before you
Sakurai Japanese Tea Experience
A tea counter in Aoyama where tea is roasted and brewed in front of you as a tasting course, with seasonal sweets.
Sweet things 4
Wagashi, parfaits and fruit.
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Wagashi for today
HIGASHIYA GINZA
A tea salon and sweet shop in Ginza, serving small wagashi with Japanese tea in a calm wooden room.
1-7-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061Explore View on map
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Fruit, since 1834
Sembikiya Sohonten
Japan’s famous fruit merchant, founded in 1834: perfect melons and strawberries in the shop, parfaits in the parlour.
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Ginza’s classic parlour
Shiseido Parlour Ginza
Shiseido’s parlour in its red Ginza building: parfaits, cheesecake and a café, with the FARO restaurant upstairs.
8-8-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061Explore View on map
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Yōkan and tea
Toraya Akasaka
The flagship of Toraya, the confectioner of yōkan, with a café serving its sweets and seasonal wagashi.
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