Seven Carefully Selected Sweets at Shinjuku Station and Shops Perfect for Souvenirs!

Hakata-based LA SOEUR, which opened its Tokyo shop in August 2020, specializes in canelés, a delectable French pastry. The shop's fresh canelés, eaten chilled, are especially popular. The vanilla canelé is filled with a generous serving of custard cream and topped with a hefty dollop of cream, giving it an unexpected appearance and a delightfully different texture—crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

Canelés come in a range of flavors, including chocolate, blueberry, orange, fruit and Earl Grey. The shop also features limited-edition seasonal flavors, so be sure to check to see if any are available when you visit.

You won't find these delectable canelés sold on any of the major online shopping sites, and in the Kanto area, you'll find them only in Shinjuku, so don't miss your chance to pick some up when in the neighborhood. Frozen canelés can be purchased to take home.

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JR lines: approx. 1-minute walk from Shinjuku Station, west exit
*Please note that the shop relocated from B2 of the main building of Odakyu Department Store to B1 of Odakyu Department Store, Shinjuku, on October 4, 2022.

Odakyu Department Store Shinjuku

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nishishinjuku 1-1-3

0570025888

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Butters is a brand of craft butter sweets made from special ingredients that are difficult to mass-produce, including by-products from the processing of dairy products. The shop's signature product, Craft Butter Cake, is made with a rich Hokkaido butter and boasts a refreshing yogurt flavor.

The three-layer cake consists of milk jam sandwiched between galette bretonne and a financier pastry. The cake, renowned for its heavenly taste, has even been featured in the breakfast served to first-class passengers on JAL domestic flights.

As the shop is located inside the ticket gates at JR Shinjuku Station, you can buy the shop's luscious sweets—which make terrific souvenirs—on your way to work or while shopping.

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Inside the ticket gate area at JR Shinjuku Station, south exit

Butters Shinjuku

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku 3-38-1 JR Shinjuku Sta. Minamiguchi Inside Ticket Gate

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Anshin Oyado Tokyo Shinjuku Station - Male Only

4-2-10 Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

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Échiré Pâtisserie Au Beurre specializes in pastries made with cultured butter from the village of Échiré in France. Particularly delicious is the shop's galette bretonne, a traditional baked pastry from France's Brittany region.

Biting into the crunchy, thick-baked sablé releases the rich fragrance of Échiré butter. As that exquisite aroma spreads through your mouth, you'll notice a delectable hint of rum. Also popular is the sablé nantais, a baked pastry with a distinctive chrysanthemum shape from the Nantes region of France. The packaging is a charming tricolor design using the same white, blue and red as the French flag, making it a delightful souvenir.

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Located in Isetan Shinjuku
5-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station, east exit
2-minute walk from Shinjuku San-chome Station

エシレ・パティスリー オ ブール

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東京都新宿区新宿3-14-1 伊勢丹本館B1F

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Tokyu Stay Shinjuku

3-7-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

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Now On Cheese specializes in takeout sweets and gifts. The shop is located on 1F of Lumine 2 and is identifiable by its eye-catching yellow sign.

Now On Cheese's most popular product, an unbaked cheese sandwich cookie called Rare Cheese Sando, uses cream made from Hokkaido cream cheese and mascarpone. The cookies that sandwich the cream are also infused with camembert and gouda cheese, making this treat a must for cheese lovers.

If you can't say no to limited-edition goods, then be sure to pick up the shop's Rare Cheese Sando・Pistachio & White, an unbaked cheese sandwich cookie made with two kinds of cheese and pistachio paste. An important point to note: Though Now On Cheese also operates an online shop, their Rare Cheese Sando is only available in-store. As you only need one hand to eat these cookies, they're the perfect snack if you find yourself feeling a bit peckish while shopping.

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1F Lumine 2
1-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station, southeast exit

nowonCheese ♪ Lumine Shinjuku

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku 3-38-2 Lumine Shinjuku Lumine 21F

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Anshin Oyado Tokyo Shinjuku Station - Male Only

4-2-10 Shinjuku-ku Tokyo

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Jiichiro, based in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is famous for its baumkuchen. It took the shop’s artisans 100 tries before they were happy with their version of the German layer cake. It shows: The shop's baumkuchen, made from 24 thin layers of batter, are baked slowly and carefully, and are so silky and moist that they can be enjoyed sans beverage. The cakes are available in two sizes, one with a height of approximately 8 centimeters and the other with a height of approximately 4 centimeters.

In addition to baumkuchen, Jiichiro is also known for its delicious pudding. The pudding is made with copious amounts of egg yolk—no whites—mixed in with plenty of cream. Baking is slow and at a low temperature, which gives the pudding a rich, milky taste.

The simple yet elegant package design evokes a Japanese ambience, making the pudding a good choice for summer's traditional gift-giving occasions.

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B2 Lumine Shinjuku 1
1-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station, southeast exit

Jiichiro Lumine Shinjuku

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Nishi-shinjuku 1-1-5 Lumine Shinjuku/Lumine 1B2

0362790895

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JR Kyushu Hotel Blossom Shinjuku

2-6-2, Yoyogi, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo

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Hisaya, an organic roasted chestnut specialty shop, opened in Kiyomizu, Kyoto, in 2002.
The chestnuts are from carefully selected Japanese cultivars with a sugar content of 20 percent or more and are grown using completely organic methods in the fertile chestnut mountains of China's Liaoning Province. Hisaya's roasted chestnuts are made using a unique pressure method, which gives them a delightfully tender texture. No additives, colors or sugars are added. Hisaya chestnuts are 100-percent pure chestnut, which allows you to savor their natural sweetness. In fact, they're perfect for people who aren't big fans of sweets.

Chestnuts come in packages of 130 grams, 300 grams, 650 grams and 1,000 grams. As they're additive-free, they should be consumed within three days, including the day of purchase.

You'll find Hisaya in Shinjuku Station, a location that makes it easy for you to drop by on your way to work or when headed out on a business trip. The lasting aroma and fine flavors are well worth savoring.

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JR Shinjuku Station building
0-minute walk from JR Shinjuku Station

Pomme d'Amour Tokyo is the first shop in Japan specializing in candy apples that were, until the shop opened, only available at festival food stalls.

Since whole apples are used, the sweet has incredible visual impact, and making it a gift is sure to garner a surprised—and delighted—reaction. The thin layer of candy melts in your mouth, and you can enjoy the crisp texture of the apple, too.

In addition to plain candy apples, the shop also sells a cinnamon-dusted candy apple and a chocolate-covered candy apple. For an additional 100 yen per candy apple variety, you can have your candy apple cut into small pieces and served in a cup, which is perfect if you're keen to eat it right away.

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12-min walk from Shinjuku Station, east exit
Approx. 4-minute walk from Shinjuku San-chome Station

Pomme d'Amour Tokyo

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Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku 5-9-12KI Building 2F

0363801194

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