Gourmet / Alcohol Spots in Sugamo / Komagome / Oji Area

  • Shioiri Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minami-senju 8-13-1
    "A metropolitan park located on the eastern tip of Arakawa Ward. Designed to be a wide open, riverside park with an abundance of water and greenery, park facilities include a scenic observatory square, natural grass lawn, and children's play area. The centerpiece of the park is the giant, three story-tall playground nicknamed the ""Twin Towers."" Outstandingly popular with children, from the top, you can see Tokyo Skytree. The park also has a square which is the only one in the city where you can barbecue, and on weekends it bustles with families. In addition, the park is a safety evacuation area which can accommodate around 120 thousand people in the event of an earthquake."
  • Sogetsu
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    4.5
    111 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Kita-ku Higashijujou 2-15-16
    A Japanese confectionary shop which continues to explore and evolve while still offering delicious treats unchanged from the time of its establishment in 1930. Sogetsu makes its sweets with select ingredients procured from around the country and without the use of any preservatives. Be sure to try the shop's signature Kuromatsu, an extremely light type of traditional dorayaki.

    初訪問。店員何であんな横柄で偉そうなんだろう?ほかの人も絶対そう感じるハズ。お店の雰囲気最悪だから、それ込みで訪問したほうがいい。一見さんめんどくさいみたいな。待ち時間は平日13時過ぎ、10分くらいでした。何があったわけでもないが、絶対再訪しない。

  • Kakigori Kobo Sekka
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-37-6
    This shaved ice shop is a five-minute walk from JR Sugamo Station. You can enjoy shaved iced made with natural ice all year long. Clean water from under Mt. Fuji is frozen solid for three weeks until dense to make the shaved ice. This shop always has long lines, and its shaved ice is highly praised for being difficult to melt, its fluffy texture and the handmade Sekka syrup that doesn't use ready-made ingredients. Even their classic strawberry milk strawberry syrup is made by heating whole strawberries and making a kind of jam. The shops Ichigo Mamire, a limited item topped with 11 fresh strawberries is a popular treat.

    Kakigori is a shaved ice dessert flavoured with syrup and a sweetener, often condensed milk which is very popular in Japan especially on a warm day. This small cafe in Sugamo serves wonderful...

  • Sugamo To Kiwa Shokudo Main Store
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    4.0
    109 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-14-20

    This is the local spot to try in Sugamo, friendly good taste, reasonable. Don’t expect English, you may not get it. See the signs, local special seasonal fish or dishes recommended. Almost always a...

  • Toden Monaka Honpo Kasho Akemi
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    4.0
    14 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Kita-ku Horifune 3-30-12
    "Toden (Tokyo Streetcar) Monaka (bean-jam-filled wafers), which emanated from the thought of ""wanting to leave something concrete about Toden which had been long loved as the mode of transportation of the Tokyo people,"" is a specialty sweet. The store which is located at the entrance of the shopping district always offers over 30 kinds of Japanese confectionery such as seasonal confectionery, classic confectionery and so on. ""Toden Monaka,"" created in 1977, is a representative confectionery with a particular flavor and texture. The palm size monaka is a masterpiece filled with so much sweet red bean paste and rice cake. It is loved by railway enthusiasts nationwide, and at the same time, it received the Health, Labor and Welfare Minister's award at the National Confectionery Exposition. The package, the lid of which makes a board game, is also popular."

    関西の友人へのお土産で買いました。鉄道ファンなので珍しいく話は聞いたことがあるので実物を見たのが初めてと喜んでくれました。

  • Hiratsukatei
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Kita-ku Kaminaka Sato 1-47-2
    This confectionery shop has been in operation along the approach to Hiratsuka Shrine since the early Taisho period (1912-1926). In addition to bean-filled daifuku, which was selected as a specialty of Kita Ward, there are always about 20 types of products such as yakidango (toasted dumplings) that appeared in Yasuo Uchida's famous mystery novel. It is also a very important place for fans of Mitsuhiko Asami, the main character of the novel.

    転居したこともあり、前回訪れてから早いもので10年近く経っただろうか。その間に内田康夫も亡くなってしまったが、平塚亭のおだんごは変わらずここにある。ここは浅見光彦シリーズにも登場するお店だ。日曜は不定期に休業なので、店頭のカレンダーか電話で確認しよう。 つきたてのお餅も売っており、おだんご、大福、おはぎとお餅のお菓子が並ぶ。お正月のお餅を注文するご近所さんも。粟のお餅もある。 おだんご(しょうゆ1...

  • Edo Usagi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Nishinippori 2-14-11
    Edo Usagi is easy to spot thanks to the cute ghost drawn on the outside of the building. This Japanese dessert store is famous for their Youkai Ichigo Daifuku (ghost strawberry rice cakes) which they make 200-300 of per day! These incredibly popular cute daifuku have the strawberries sticking out of the rice cake to make them look like tongues. They also have Youkai Anzu Daifuku (ghost red-bean rice cakes) and seasonal limited Youkai Water Daifuku.
  • TAKAGIYA
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 2-9-26-102
    Takagiya is a confectionary whose products are pleasing to the mind and body and bring out the full characteristics of the ingredients. It can accommodate people who have dietary restrictions due to allergies or religious beliefs, as well as vegetarians, vegans, and other lifestyles, so everyone can enjoy the same kinds of treats. Customers may eat cake and other baked goods in the shop.
  • Warabimochi Motoko, Sugamo Main Store
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-31-2

    《巣鴨》に訪れた際 《巣鴨》らしい土産として如何でしょうか? 全部で5種類[全て 540円税込、三温糖240g...

  • Mei Kotobuki Iori
    Shopping
    Tokyo Kita-ku Kamiya 1-25-6
  • Kitaya Machiya Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Machiya 1-2-12
    A longstanding Japanese confectionary shop beloved since it opened in 1955 located a two-minute walk from the Machiya-ekimae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. The shop originally just made monaka bean jam wafer cakes and dorayaki bean jam pancake sandwiches, and it still continues to make these tasty treats with fastidious attention to detail today. The shop's Rokuninsyu-yaki dorayaki are made by a team of six people of surpassing skill; customers love their light, fluffy pancakes, and their rich flavor, born of an abundant use of kokuto unrefined brown sugar. Also recommended is the Fukura Suzume, a bun made with domestic flour and parched-barley flour stuffed with sweet smooth bean paste and kanroni candied chestnut.
  • Kofujiya Machiya Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Machiya 1-7-5
    "A five-minute walk from the Machiya-ekimae stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. This senbei rice cracker and okaki rice snack shop is situated midway along Otakebashi-dori Street. The shop's signature Onikko Okaki rice snacks, made with rice and water from Fukui, comes in three flavors - standard ""salad;"" spicy shichimi seven spice salad; and simple, old-fashioned soy sauce. On the 10th of every month, the shop holds an ""Onikko Festival,"" and these tasty snacks can be purchased at a reduced price. The shop's senbei rice crackers can be purchased in small bags or even by the single cracker, giving customers the chance to enjoy a wide variety of crackers a little at a time. The shop's teas which go great with senbei are also popular, such as the Tokusen Aramomicha, a deep-steamed green tea from Shizuoka's Makinohara."
  • Habutae Dango Ekimae Shop
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    4.0
    18 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Higashi-nippori 6-60-6
    This modern Japanese cafe is located just a one-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Nippori Station and Nippori Station on the Keisei Main Line. Also a long-standing Japanese confectionary shop in business since 1819, its signature product is its Habutae Dango skewered dumplings which have been sold since the establishment was founded. Particularly recommended is the a la carte Habutae set, which comes with seasonal fruit and any three of the following (all mini size): broiled dumplings with pure soy sauce, koshian smooth sweet adzuki bean paste dumplings, zenzai sweet azuki bean soup, sweet adzuki bean jelly, and shizukuan bean paste and rice dumplings. The cafe also serves coffee which unexpectedly goes quite well with Japanese confections.

    明日からコロナの為にお休みと聞き出掛けました。 何日か前から店内での飲食は出来なくなっていましたからお持ち帰りで2種類を3本づつ購入しました。 (1812円) 私にはお手頃の金額というのには越えていますが、それでも食べたい団子ですが醤油の方は包んでいただく前に軽く炙って温めてくれましたが、今まで本店の店内でも食べましたが今回のが餡といい餅といい醤油の火加減といい一番美味しかったです。 コロナ...

  • PUNCH&JUDY
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    3.5
    2 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Higashi-ogu 3-30-5
    A three-minute walk from Kumanomae Station on the Nippori-Toneri Liner. This retro cafe is situated along Ogubashi-dori Street. The shop's aromatic charcoal roasted coffee blend, a product of much study and practice, is so tasty, besides locals there are also customers who habitually come all the way from the area of Ikebukuro to enjoy it. The cafe's handmade unbaked cheesecake is so popular, it frequently sells out. The unexpected combination of the cafe's Hot Sandwich, filled with piping hot deep-fried fish cake and lettuce, is also well-reviewed.

    熊野前駅から日暮里の方向へ徒歩3分のところある珍しい店名です。特徴のある店舗外観も珍しです。店名はイギリスの人形劇のPUNCH & JUDYからの由来です。備長炭の本格的炭火焙煎の豆です。ブレンド450円はチエーン店とは異なる美味しいアイスコーヒーです。

  • Fresh Roasted Coffee Papa Noel
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minami-senju 1-19-2
    This coffee bean roastery and shop is located in the center of the Joyful Minowa Shopping Street a two-minute walk from the Minowabashi stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. The shop carries around 15 varieties of coffee beans it roasts fresh from green beans each day and which are ground fresh to order. Particularly recommended is the Minowabashi Toden Blend, an original blend which is roasted a little on the dark side. Customers can also enjoy fresh-made coffee, cocoa, orange juice, and other beverages in a counter seating area in the back. Takeout available.

    A very nice owner introduced us his favourite blended coffee. You can feel very relaxing when enjoyung a coffee there, a different style of Tokyo. Thanks for the hospitality of the owner, we did...

  • Sunaba Sohonke
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Arakawa-ku Minami-senju 1-27-6
    "A three-minute walk from the Minowabashi stop on the Toden Arakawa Line. This long-standing soba noodle restaurant is the successor to Sunaba, counted amongst the three great Edo soba noodle restaurants alongside Yabu and Sarashina. ""Sunaba"" means ""sand pit,"" and according to legend this restaurant is one of two which split off from a flourishing soba noodle stand which was opened next to a sand pit used as a place for storing materials during the construction of Osaka Castle. The restaurant's Hanamaki Soba, a kakesoba noodles in hot broth dish covered with crumbled toasted nori resembling fallen cherry blossoms, is served with fresh-grated wasabi which brings out the flavor of the chewy noodles. The restaurant serves jumbo-sized shrimp tempura when you order Ten Zaru (soba noodles served on a draining basket with a side of tempura) or Tempura Soba (soba noodle soup served with tempura on top), but this service is only available in limited quantities on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays."

    ジョイフル三ノ輪の商店街を歩いているとひっそりと佇んでいるのがこのお店です。しかも総本店。中は小上がりとテーブル。いつもテーブルで、板わさと熱燗を頂いてから、もりそば大を楽しみ、最後は蕎麦湯で〆る。お蕎麦の味はもちろんですが、ゆっくりと時間が流れるような雰囲気に惹かれるお店だと思います。

  • Tosaya
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    4.0
    5 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Nishi-sugamo 4-31-8
    "This Japanese confectionery shop was founded in 1938. This shop has not changed since when it was founded, and it continues to create the same traditional confectioneries in front of Nishigahara 4-Chome Station on the Toden Arakawa Line. The shop's Tosa-specialty ""imoyokan"" is a popular product maintaining the natural sweetness of the sweet potato. The product is made of sweet potatoes from Chiba with a sprinkle of sugar and salt, and its simple taste is enjoyed by people of all generations. The imoyokan is sold in department stores around Tokyo, while products such as kurimushi-yokan made of steamed chestnuts and has a soft and chewy texture, and neri yokan, which has a light sweetness and uses a medium coarse sugar, are both only sold at the main store."

    今日、1年ぶりに、大丸の土佐屋さんに水ようかんを買いに行きました! 帰宅後、早速頂いたのですが。。。 あずきのお味と言うか。。アンコのお味がなく、ただ、水っぽいだけでした。 家族みんなが、同じコメント(悲) いつの間にか、レシピ変わったのかしら? 以前ように、戻ってほしいー。

  • Shogetsudo
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-18-17
    This confectionery shop is located in front of the gate to Koganji Temple, also known as the Togenuki Jizoson in Sugamo. This historic store was founded more than 80 years ago, and it sells popular Japanese sweets such as monaka and daifuku. The salt daifuku which has a pleasant chewy and stringy texture has been popular since its founding. It has a nostalgic taste with a slight saltiness which enhances its mild sweetness, with many people purchasing several at once. In addition, the sake manju that is freshly steamed at the store is perfect to eat while walking.

    とげぬき地蔵の形そのままを最中にしてあります。種類はあんこ、胡麻、抹茶です。土産にして持ち帰りました。たべる順の部位があります。それは「自分の体の悪いところから食べることです。病気が治ると言われています。」ので。最中の皮のパリパリ感に中がしっとり餡で、甘すぎずおいしかったです。

  • GansoShio-daifuku Mizuno
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    3.5
    33 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-33-3
    This store is referred to as the origin of the salt daifuku as it was the first to sell salt daifuku in Sugamo. Since it opened in 1937, it has continued to proudly create the salt daifuku that have an addicting perfect combination of sweetness and saltiness. It has been beloved for more than half a century, using azuki beans from Hokkaido and Miyakogane-brand rice from Miyagi, using only salt from the Sea of Japan and a selection of Japanese ingredients. The mochi is thick and has a firm texture as it is pounded in a stone mortar. You can also purchase a special mochi to celebrate your child's first birthday (for store pick-up only).

    巣鴨には沢山の和菓子屋がありますが、こちらは行列の絶えないお店です。名物の塩大福は、餅がしっかり目、餡は塩が効いていてパンチのある大福。値段も¥130とかなり良心的。みたらし団子も甘さ控えめで美味しいです。

  • Raijindo Sugamo Main Store
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 3-33-9
    "This is the main store of Raijindo, a store that specializes in hand-baked senbei rice crackers with stores in 30 different locations, mainly in the Kanto region. It has created and sold traditional Japanese sweets since the Edo period on Sugamo Jizo-dori Shopping Street, which sometimes referred to as the Harajuku for older women. Inside the brightly lit store facing the street, it sells more than a hundred types of senbei in a variety of thickness levels. The freshly baked senbei are not only popular as souvenirs, but also to eat while walking. The Jizo Senbei, in the shape of a Jizo, and a uniquely designed variety called the ""Naire (name-engraved) Senbei"" are popular among foreign tourists."

    巣鴨地蔵通り商店街中ほどにある飴の名店。きなこ飴や、牛乳飴など、驚くほど品ぞろえが豊富です。試食ができるのもうれしいです。CPよくとても美味でお勧めのお店です。

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