Pastries Spots in Japan

  • Kitakaro (Sapporo Main Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Kitaichijounishi 5-1-2
    In March of 2016 this building was remodeled to become the Japanese confectionery Kitakaro's Main Shop in Sapporo. Originally called the Gyokei Memorial Hokkaido Public Library, it was built in 1926; it was later known as an art museum. The first floor is a shop designed on a salon theme. It displays the work of the painter Kotaro Migishi. The open atrium on the second floor features a cafe where guests can enjoy lunch and sweets while browsing among their roughly 6,000 books. Items only available at this shop include their classic chocolate cake and chocolate sandwich cookies; their croissant cream puffs are available in limited quantities. From the menu, their Kitakaro Jiman-no-Omurice rice omelets come recommended.
  • Malebranche Forest of Romance
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Yamashina-ku Otsukakitamizocho 30
    This sweets shop does not disappoint, and delivers hospitality particular to each of the four seasons while being particular about the ingredients used to partake deliciousness and mastering the skills of the chef rooted in Kyoto. This branch adjoins their workshop, and is one of their popular branches located near the Kyoto-Higashi Interchange that entices customers with their sweet scent.
  • "Ek Chuah Karahori ""Kura"" Main Store"
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    4.5
    31 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Tanimachi 6-17-43
    This chocolate specialty shop and cafe is found in the corner of Karahori, a good old-fashioned Japanese street. This shop is a part of the shop Len, which was built from a restored classical Japanese house. The owner and chocolatier uses only the best cacao from the home of chocolate, Belgium, and has worked hard on creating a chocolate that would match the tastes of the Japanese people. Working hard on original recipes the shop has limited monthly specials such as sakura (cherry blossom) themed goods in March and strawberry themed goods in April.

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  • Chez Shibata Nagoya
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    4.0
    44 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Chikusa-ku Sanmonchou 2-54
    Chez Shibata is a two-minute walk from Exit 1 of Kakuozan Station and features a stylish exterior with a cafe area on an open deck. The owner pastry chef, Musashi Shibata, has experience working at famous shops and hotels in Kobe and Paris, and he has created a number of unique sweets based on traditional French pastries. You’ll find cakes topped with seasonal fruits, chocolate made with select cacao beans, and baked goods that have earned praise from chefs working at high-class establishments in Paris. You can enjoy the popular afternoon tea set in the cafe area.

    美味しそうなスイーツがイッパイでした。 18席ほどのカフェのコーナーがあり店内で頂けます。 スイーツはどれも個性があり芸術的、どれにしようか迷います。 器なども洒落ていて優雅に過ごせました。

  • Kashi Kobo Oakwood
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    4.0
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture 8-966-51
    A Western confectionary shop located in 8-Chome, Kasukabe City. The shop makes and sells baked sweets and cakes designed to maximize the innate flavors of the select ingredients with which they are made. In the adjoining cafe, visitors can enjoy desserts as well as lunch menus including risotto, quiche, homemade bread plates, stewed pork hamburgers, and more.

    日曜日にランチで利用しました。まず外観が素敵です。緑が綺麗で建物もかわいくて、あちこちにある動物のオブジェも特別な所に来た感じを演出してくれていました。 予約して行ったら席に手書きのメッセージが置かれていて、思わずそこに書かれていたオススメドリンクを注文してしまいました。温かみのある接客にほっこりしました。 お料理もスイーツも美味しくいただきましたが、平日限定のアフタヌーンティーセットも食べて...

  • Cacao Sampaka
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    4.0
    62 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 2-6-1 Marunouchi Brick Square 1F
    The Japanese branch shop of the official chocolatier to the Spanish royal family. The shop's display cases are filled with rows of chocolates imported directly from Spain. In addition to standards like bonbons and chocolate bars, you'll also find cocoa cream and confiture fruit chocolate made the traditional Spanish way. The shop also sells hot chocolate, ice cream, and gelato made with plenty of real chocolate.

    Great place to purchase delicious chocolate from top Spanish chain. The ice cream, chocolates, and hot chocolate are fabulous. This is not a sit down place.

  • Chocolatier Palet D'Or Tokyo
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    4.0
    48 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-5-1 Shin Marunouchi Building 1F
    A high quality chocolatier located in the Shin-Marunouchi Building. First-rate chocolates created by artisan Shunsuke Saegusa fill Palet D'Or's high class interior. Treats such as bonbon chocolat made by combining raw ingredients with cacao and cacao mizuyokan jelly blending Japanese tastes ideas together with chocolate are also beautiful to look at. In the shop's salon, you can enjoy chocolate drinks and parfaits made with fruit and chocolate along with panini sandwich sets.

    丸の内の新丸ビル1階にある「ショコラティエ パレ ド オール」 ガトーセットを注文。数種類のガトーから選びます。 濃厚なアルチョコラータのケーキとコーヒーが合います。

  • La Cote d’Azurl Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ibaraki Pref. Tsukubashi Higashiarai 19-26
    "A cake shop located at the Takezono 1-Chome Nishi intersection south of Tsukuba Station, the last stop on the Tsukuba Express. The shop is notable for its abundant variety of sweets. The shop carries cakes and other baked sweets, crepes, puddings, souffles, gelato, and Japanese sweets like daifuku (rice cakes stuffed with bean jam). One of the shop's staples is its ""Hanjuku Cheese,"" small cakes made with French cream cheese and fresh milk from cows raised at the foot of Mt. Tsukuba. There are also many natural parks in the area such as Takezono Park, making the shop a great place to stop by for a snack while enjoying a nature walk. In addition, the shop has free parking and is perfect for making a quick stop while exploring the local sightseeing destinations."
  • Nakajima Taishodo (Tamba Main Shop)
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Hyougo Pref. Tambashi Kaibarachoukaibara 448
    This Japanese-style confectionery is about eight minutes on foot from JR Fukuchiyama Line's Kaibara Station. The renovated thatched roof shop is housed in the former residence of an Oda clan vassal that was built over 150 years ago. Their cafe offers cake, pastries, and meals featuring local Tamba ingredients, and has a prominent wood-fired oven. The popular lunch set comes with a juicy roasted meat dish, and a roti or a pizza of your choice. Their Tamba Satoyama Pudding made with locally produced eggs and milk comes recommended.

    食べたかったかやぶきを食べることが出来ました。甘すぎず、本物の丹波栗を味わえます。 土曜に行ったのですが、カフェは夕方に行くとほぼ入れないかと思います。確実にカフェに行くなら、早めに行って待たないとダメかと。

  • Cinnabon/Seattle’s Best Coffee Roppongi
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    4.0
    58 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Minato-ku Roppongi 6-5-18 Roppongi Center Building
    A coffee shop located in the Roppongi area of Minato City, Tokyo which sells the famous Cinnabon sweets from Seattle. A sweet dough wound into a coil and topped with a heaping dollop of cream cheese frosting, the Makara cinnamon of these rich sweets fills the mouth with exquisite flavor. And only here at this shop built in collaboration with Seattle’s Best Coffee can you enjoy a fresh Cinnabon with a delicious and aromatic espresso. Takeout also available.

    This is my first time having cinnabon so I dont know what to expect. I heard people been praising it and yes, the cinnamon roll is really delicious. We have a mini chocobon and a cinnabon classic...

  • Double Tall Cafe, Harajuku
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Jingumae 1-11-11 Green Fantasia Building 2F
    The Double Tall Cafe is distinct by its terrace covered in a green awning. Enjoy food and drinks as you overlook the town of Harajuku from the second floor. Try their popular espresso made with home-roasted coffee beans or their tea espresso, the first ever in Japan and the world, brewed by their skilled baristas.
  • Creperie Alcyon
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    4.5
    60 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-4-18
    This comfortable yellow and brick walled crepe and galette shop is only a one minute away from Namba Walk's B16 exit. Enjoy crepe sucree made with French wheat flour, Echire butter, and sugar, covered in toppings. Try their Galette Complete a recommended menu option made from carefully selected buckwheat flower and filled with Gruyere cheese, eggs, and ham. Daily special set meals and appetizers are also available.

    Passing by when going back to the hotel and saw people queueing, made us curious. Bought two crepes with chocolate and butter and were delicious.

  • Matsunosuke N.Y. (Tokyo Daikanyama Branch)
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    4.0
    29 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Sarugakuchou 29-9 Hillside Terrace D-11
    An apple pie and sweets shop produced by Akiko Hirano located a four minute walk from Daikan-yama Station. The name Matsunosuke comes from Hirano's grandfather, who was a Noh costume artisan. Here you can enjoy healthy baked sweets and traditional treats from New England in the U.S. Particularly popular are the authentic American apple pies, made by baking fresh, uncooked apples wrapped as-is in the pie crust; and the rich, creamy New York cheesecake. The shop's fluffy pancake lunch is only served on weekdays.

    Must visit if you love pancakes. After 10 am the have the best pancakes I’ve ever eaten in this tiny restaurant. Worth the trip if you are in Kyoto.

  • Domremy Outlet Okayama Store
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    4.0
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Fujita 566-276

    岡山市のちょっと外れにある洋菓子のアウトレット。大人気です。駐車場も広いです。土日は入るのに待たないといけないことも。 最近は東京でもスーパーやコンビニでドンレミーの商品を見かけます。 ただ、規格外商品を取り扱っているので格安でケーキやプリン、ロールケーキなどを買えます。家族4人分、数日もつほど買ってもせいぜい1000円台かと。普通に美味しいし、オススメです!

  • Baikoudo
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Higashiyama-ku Imagumanohouzouchou 6
    The store serves pancakes, soft-serve ice cream, Japanese-style parfaits, etc. The Ogura cream pancakes, available only from fall through the end of April, are very popular and often draw long lines of customers when they are served.

    最初に訪れたのは30年位前です。当時から近所にお住まいの様子の中高年男性が、ひとりでホットケーキを食べに来ているのを見掛けます。最初は抹茶パフェを食べたい時に訪れていましたが、その姿を見てホットケーキにも興味を持つようになりました。京都の店ですが、観光客向けでなく、近所の人が自転車で馴染みの店に行くという感じの店です。携帯電話が無い時代に美味しい店情報を豊富に持っていたタクシーの運転手さんが、修学...

  • Poire Tezukayama
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Osaka Osakashi Abeno-ku Tedukayama 1-6-16
    A long-standing western confectionary store that has been located in a high-end residential area of Tezukayama for nearly half a century. It is best known for its buttercream cake, the main ingredient of which is fresh cream-a luxury item at the time of the store's establishment. The recipes of the store's most popular products, cheesecake and Mont Blanc, also remain almost unchanged from that time. In the cafe space of the store, customers can enjoy the traditional cakes and sweets, as well as Ronnefeldt tea, which are served in the only seven-star hotel in the world. The store is open all year-round, except New Year's Day.
  • Pavlov
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 105
    A pound cake specialty shop located right next to the Exit 3 of Motomachi-Chukagai Station. Named after Pavlov’s dog, the shop aims to serve cakes so good that after just one bite, you’ll always water at the mouth whenever you hear the name. The interior is modeled after a Paris sweetshop and will make you feel like a celebrity. Pavlov’s pound cake is made with select ingredients and is characterized by its moist texture. Each cake is given a name which evokes the symbolism of flower language and Pavlov’s cakes make popular gifts. You can enjoy a fresh-baked slice of cake and a beverage in the adjoining café space.
  • Tengyokudo Nara-Honten
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    4.5
    92 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nara Pref. Narashi Oshiagechou 1-6
    A kudzu jelly specialty restaurant founded in 1870 housed inside a black-painted building standing on the former site of the Todaiji temple’s west gate. Here you can taste the unique dishes and sweets of a long-standing restaurant which uses pure Yoshino-honkuzu powder, a Nara specialty product. The restaurant’s jiggling, chewy kuzu-mochi and kuzu-kiri jelly cakes are lovingly prepared to order. The restaurant also offers a full menu of savory dishes made with delicious Yoshino-honkuzu powder, including kudzu udon noodles and kudzu rice porridge. Popular with tourists seeking lunch or a place to take a break, inside, the restaurant is quiet, and its windows look out over seasonal scenery. Closest station: Kintetsu-Nara Station.

    We was looking for some local food and found this kudzu eatery. There was 2 floors, and we chose the upper. There was English menu. We decided to ordered 1 set and ala carte to share among us. There...

  • Gateau Festa Harada Laran Fujioka Shop
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    4.0
    51 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Gunma Fujioka-shi Naka 1131-8
    This confectionary store is located inside Fujioka City's Roadside Station, Laran Fujioka. The store’s flagship product, Gouter de Roi is a gem that is made with the most suitable flour for Gateau Rusk and the very best carefully selected butter. The store also sells Gouter de Roi Sommelier Italien, which uses Italian basil and Parmigiano, and Gouter de Reine, a cross between Gouter de Rusk and a raisin sandwich, available only in the Gunma Prefecture, and which is a snack fit for a queen. Also at the store, customers can enjoy the café menu and its most popular product, Soft Cream de Roi, which comes complete with a slice of rusk.

    Famous for the crispy rusk, Gateau de Roi, they have created many different flavors. The Matcha or Half & Cream soft cream has crumbled RUSK IN BOTTOM, pay an extra 53 yen for Anko Topping if you...

  • Kinugawa Okashi no Shiro
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    3.0
    27 Reviews
    Shopping
    Tochigi Pref. Nikkoushi Karakura 790-2
    This Japanese and western confectionery shop founded in 1968 is located in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. It offers sweets made in its own factory including their Karinto Manju (deep-fried brown sugar buns), Kinu no Tsuki (a sponge cake filled with strained bean paste and custard cream), and cheesecakes. The shop is also equipped with an eat-in space and is visited by many tourists looking to purchase Tochigi souvenirs.

    タイムサービスでケーキとコーヒーのセットを格安でいただきました。 お菓子もひとつから、チョイス出来ていろいろな物を少しずつ買えていいです。

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