Pastries Spots in Japan

  • Baigetsudo Main Shop
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    4.5
    49 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Hamamachi 7-3
    This Japanese and Western pastry shop located in Hama-machi, Nagasaki City was founded as a Japanese sweet shop in the Oura-machi area of the same city in 1894, and moved to its present location in 1927. They sell Japanese sweets and Western pastries such as Gosanyaki Castella using select egg yolks, and Gunkanjima Chocolate Tarts.

    吉宗本店での夕食後、午後6時半に梅月堂本店に立ち寄った。同社の本田時夫社長は二十数年前に私が指導していた冷凍機メーカーの大和田社長を通して、知り合い、姉婿の定年後の再就職をお願いする関係にまで付き合いがあった。長崎で吉宗本店で午後5時半からの夕食を予約していたので、観光通り電停までの途中にある同社は避けて通れないので、本田時夫社長にメールしてお会いした。同社はシースクリームケーキほか和洋菓子を多種...

  • Manjun Seika Main Shop
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Suwamachi 7-28
    "A long standing Chinese confectionary shop established in 1884 and located in Suwa-machi, Nagasaki City. The shop sells Chinese confections like crunchy ""Yoriyori"" twists, renowned Chinese ""Geppei"" cakes, and baked ""Kinsenpin"" cookies made in the shape of an old Chinese coin. The shop also sells novel ""Casdor"" castella cakes baked like rusk sweet biscuits."
  • Izumiya Main Shop
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Yorozuyamachi 4-16
    "A castella cake shop situated along Bellenade Kanko-dori Arcade in Yorozuya-machi, Nagasaki City. The shop sells fresh baked castella made by skilled artisans using eggs exclusively from a specially contracted farm in Unzen. The shop also offers castella sweets like the ""Nagasaki Chocolate Castella,"" castella covered with bitter chocolate; and ""Kireka"" double layered castella consisting of a regular castella layer and an azuki bean castella layer; plus Nagasaki style Chinese dishes like chanpon and kakuni stew."

    五三焼きや普通のカステラは長崎駅などでも買えますが、ラスクなどはここでしか買えないらしく、本店まで買いに行きました。中華街に近いので、ついででも行ける感じです。修学旅行生がいっぱいでした。

  • Kogetsudo Rouho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Nagasaki Pref. Hiradoshi Iwanouechou 1247-2
    "A confectionary shop located inside the Hirado Bussankan on National Route 383 in Iwanoue-cho, Hirado City. The shop makes and sells ""Kasudosu,"" a confectionary whose recipe was conveyed to Japan from Portugal some 460 years ago. The establishment continues to make these tasty treats according to a recipe which uses castella cake dating to this time, and which for many years was kept a closely guarded secret by the Matsuura clan, the then-rulers of Hirado. These traditional confections have also been given to the former emperor and empress consort."
  • YUFUIN KASHIKOUBOU GOEMON
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oita Pref. Yufushi Yufuinchoukawakami 1984-212
    A Western confectionary shop adjoining the Ryokan Yufusan inn situated along Prefectural Route 11 in Kawakami, Yufuin-cho, Yufu City. The shop’s deliciously creamy and smooth signature half-baked cheesecake is made with Australian cheese and fresh eggs. The shop sells other Western style confections, as well, like roll cakes.

    湯布院土産に頂きました。 「甘太さくっとリッチサブレ」は見た目もさつま芋の輪切りっぽくしてあって可愛らしいサブレです。

  • Morino Kumasan Bon Gateaux
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kumamoto Pref. Kikuchigunkikuyoumachi Hikarinomori 6-6-1
    This sweet shop is located in Kikuyo Town, Kikuchi County. They sell baked confections and cakes made with seasonal fruit, fresh cream and eggs from Kumamoto, and other additive free ingredients. They have an array of colorful cakes available, as well as gift sets packed with their popular baked sweets.

    桃のケーキを買いました。フレッシュな果実をそのまま使う場合、個体差があるので難しいと思いますが、見るからに繊維、筋がたくさんと想像できる桃でした… ほかに歯触りの良さそうな桃のケーキもあるのに、たまたま私のタイミングが悪かったのでしょうか。 詰めてもらっている時に別のものに変えてと言えばよかったのかもしれませんが、この桃を売り物のケーキで陳列していたことにびっくりです。 ほかにも美味しそうなケーキ...

  • Un Grain
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    4.5
    7 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Minato-ku Minamiaoyama 6-8-17 Premier Building 1F
    A mignardises shop selling bite-size Western sweets located a 15-minute walk from Omotesando Station. The stylish interior is lined with showcases displaying tiny chic cakes and baked confections. There are also counter seats allowing patrons to enjoy their treats right in the shop. The shop’s small cakes such as the Toutain chocolat are composed of numerous layers of differing flavors, revealing the mastery of the pâtissier.

    此度は「レモンスイーツ」に思いを寄せて。 訪れたのは、東京都港区南青山にある「UN GRAIN(アン グラン)」。 非常にセンスフルな内観で、美術館のギャラリーを彷彿とさせる。 生菓子、半生菓子、焼き菓子など、宝石のように美しく輝く常時約40種類のミニャルディーズがアナタを待ち受けている。 |タルト...

  • Cinnabon/Seattle’s Best Coffee Roppongi
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    4.0
    59 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.

    Fabulous cinnamon rolls . Watch as they are made then sit down and devour them. Happened upon this cafe as we arrived for our first visit to Roppongi Hills. It’s seemed a popular place with locals...

  • Jean-Paul Hevin Tokyo Midtown
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    4.0
    54 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Minato-ku Akasaka 9-7-4 Tokyo Midtown Galleria B1F
    The Tokyo Midtown chocolate shop of Jean-Paul Hevin, a world renowned chocolatier and winner of the Best French Workman award. The shop’s showcases are filled with gorgeous, gem-like Western confections, including cakes and macarons. The shop is also popular for purchasing wedding and birthday gifts. The shop is adjoined by a café space serving salads and meals such as quiche.

    Macaroons were so gooood. Very kind people and good atmosphere. Take out and have coffee break at the travels. Fatigue was suddenly gone. Must go and have some macaroons!

  • BAKE CHEESE TART Jiyugaoka Store
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Meguro-ku Jiyugaoka 1-31-10 BAKE Building
    Born in Hokkaido, this stop located in the Jiyugaoka district of Tokyo’s Meguro City specializes in cheese tarts. Their cheese tart made directly in the shop’s integrated workshop is the most delicious when enjoyed freshly baked. With cream cheese that is a blend of three types of cheese and a twice-baked cookie dough with an exquisite texture, this is a popular sweet that has accumulated a wide range fans from children to adults. In addition to the cheese tart, guests can enjoy soft-serve ice cream at the on-site café which is only available at this Jiyugaoka store.
  • LE CHOCOLAT DE H Ginza Main Store
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    4.5
    8 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 6-7-6 Ginza Hosono Building 1F
    This is a dedicated chocolate shop located in the Ginza district of Tokyo’s Chuo City. The shop is famous for having been opened by Hironobu Tsujiguchi, a chocolatier who took the highest ranking four years consecutively at the chocolate show held during chocolate festival Salon du Chocolat. Inside the store display cases are beautiful bonbon chocolates with melt-in-the-mouth textures. There is also a small cafe space where guests can enjoy coffee and tea.

    銀座の裏通りの一角にあります。テイクアウト向けのドリンクの看板などが店外におかれていました。チョコレートドリンク以外に、ふつうの紅茶とかカフェオレなども扱っています。自分はチョコレートが苦手なので、チョコ以外のものを購入。フィナンシェにしました。オレンジピールの細かいものがのっていてオレンジの風味がよくて、おいしかった。

  • DelReY GINZA
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chuou-ku Ginza 5-6-8
    A long-standing chocolatier from Belgium, the land of chocolate. Beloved by chocolate worshippers the world over, Japan is the only place in the world outside of its home country of Belgium that Delrey has locations, and here you can taste incredible, choice chocolates. Famous for its diamond-shaped chocolates, the shop sells chocolate sweets exquisitely balancing cacao with nuts, fruits, and other ingredients. The shop’s rich and flavorful chocolates are also visually stunning and make for great presents. The bright, white shop interior engenders a high class atmosphere resembling a jewelry store.
  • Jiyugaoka Roll-ya
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    4.0
    36 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Meguro-ku Jiyugaoka 1-23-2
    This is the world’s first roll cake specialty store run by the globally renowned patissier Hironobu Tsujiguchi. The shop’s display case has a colorful array of roll cakes meticulously crafted with healthy, high quality domestic and seasonal ingredients. Their Jiyugaoka Roll with custard and whipped cream in a fluffy sponge cake wrap is their most popular item.

    仕事でお世話になっている方への手土産に買いました。土日の開店時間に合わせて行きましたが自分を含めて3組が開店待ちとなりました。思っていたよりもたくさんの種類のケーキがショーケースに並んでおり、見た目も可愛く目移りしてしまいます。 自分は洋梨ロールをいただきましたが、梨がたっぷり入っていて、生地はふわふわ、生クリームも口当たりが軽く、あっという間に完食しました。見た目も可愛いです。 自由が丘の他のケ...

  • Lola's Cupcakes Tokyo
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    3.5
    30 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Shibuya-ku Jingumae 1-10-37 Cascade Harajuku 2F
    A cupcake shop chain originating in London, England. The shop's moist, fresh-baked cupcakes are covered with colorful icing, chocolate sauce, and other tasty toppings. Logos, illustrations, and messages can be placed on top of special cakes with an advance order. The shop's popular giant Showgirl cupcakes, topped with a mound of artfully sculpted frosting, also require an advance order.

    Very beautiful in looking but the taste was different we go for raspberry which was the best for my opinion then the Japan vanilla and the chocolate was also good but the pistachio and the caramel...

  • Patisserie K. Vincent
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    4.0
    12 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Tsukudohachimanchou 1-2
    A Western confectionary shop located in Tsukudohachiman-cho, Shinjuku City. The shop's baked sweets are made with doughs crafted without baking powder and are allowed to properly sit. All are created by Keiko Vincent Ishii, the owner and a patissier who trained under France's Jean-Paul Hevin. The flowers which decorate the shop's cakes are all edible varieties. Only open irregularly for a few days in any given month, when the shop does open you can often expect long lines.

    月に10日程度、かつ数時間しか空いておらず予約も受け付けていないので、しょっちゅう近くを通るのですがなかなか買いに行くことができずにいました。ウェブサイトでこまめに開店日をチェックしていて、たまたま4月の開店日にかけつけることができたので、14時半ごろ伺ったところ、20人ほどの行列。店員さんが2人で対応されているので、1時間ほど待って購入することができました。 アメールとミルフィーユ、フォンダンシ...

  • Papabubble (Lumine Est Shinjuku Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Shinjuku-ku Shinjuku 3-38-1 Luminee Shinjuku 1F
    An art candy shop from Barcelona located on the first floor of Lumine Est Shinjuku. Newly remodeled and reopened in 2018, the shop's impressive mural was modeled after the processes involved in making candy. The element Papabubble focuses on the most is the brilliance of its wares. With craftsman-like skill, Papabubble creates jewel-like candies with delicate sensibilities matched to changes of the season and weather. The shop's beautiful candies have a refined sweetness designed to suit Japanese preferences. The shop's Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other special candies, gummies, nougats are also quite popular.
  • Chalon
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Oka 65 - 119, Motomachi, Oshima-machi, Tokyo
    A Western confectionary shop located on Izu Oshima, an outlying island governed as part of Tokyo. The shop sells a variety of sweets made with ingredients from Izu Oshima such as ashitaba, camellia oil, and Oshima cherry leaves. One of the shop's signature items is its choux-burg, a hamburger patty sandwiched between two buns made with choux creme dough. There are two varieties on the menu; the original choux-burg and the ashitaba choux-burg. Items modeled after locations on the island such as the Mt. Mihara crater choux rusks, Mt. Mihara lava cookies, and geological layer cakes make for popular souvenirs.
  • Quatre (Ueno Shop)
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Taitou-ku Ueno 7-1-1 Ecute Ueno
    The Ueno Station takeout location of this confectionary from Kakinokizaka. The shop's showcase is lined with colorful cakes made with seasonal fruits and other tasty ingredients. The shop's tarts and puddings, served in an eggshell, are also popular. Other popular choices are the Ueno Zoo panda-themed items, sold only at this location. Choose the panda pudding topped with a cute panda face or the big, domed shortcake modeled after the head of a panda.

    上野駅入谷改札入ってすぐのエキュート上野内にあるスイーツ店。本店は目黒区柿の木坂。卵の殻に入った「うふプリン」で有名。一番人気の抹茶モンブランと、チーズケーキ、シュークリーム、あまおうのショートケーキを購入。抹茶モンブランはクリームが重い感じ。濃い緑色だが抹茶の風味は非常に薄い。なぜ一番人気なのか謎。他のケーキ類もそうだがクリームのねっとり感が強い。それがこの店の特徴(売り)なのかもしれないが、好...

  • La Vieille France (Chitose Karasuyama Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Setagaya-ku Kasuya 4-15-6 Grand Dur Chitose Oru Mountain 1F
    A Western confectionary shop located an eight minute walk from Chitose-karasuyama Station. The shop was opened in 2007 by Shigekatsu Kimura, who served as a chef and patissier at La Vieille France, a long-standing shop in Paris. Inside, you'll find cakes, baked sweets, ice cream, and an atmosphere that will make you thing you're in Paris. In addition to traditional French treats like tarts, savarins, and eclairs, the shop also offers cakes incorporating the latest trends. La Vieille France's quiche, available for takeout or eating in, is also very popular. The shop's abundant variety of jams are sold in heart-shaped jars and make great gifts.
  • N.Y.C. Sand (Daimaru Tokyo Shop)
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-9-1 Daimaru Tokyo store 1F Hoffetown
    A sweets shop located on the first floor of Hoppe Town in the food floor area of the Daimaru Tokyo department store connected directly to JR Tokyo Station. This is the first permanent shop for the N.Y.C. Sand brand, whose wares were heretofore only available during limited time events. The N.Y. Caramel Sand, consisting of smooth caramel sandwiched between two crisp cookies, is based on the New York Havana sandwich cookie and was developed over a period of 10 years. The cookies, chocolate, and gooey caramel melting in your mouth produce an exquisite flavor. The packaging is also high class and these tasty cookies make for a great souvenir or business gift.

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