Where was anpan invented in Tokyo?

At Kimuraya, which began in 1869 as Bunei-dō in Shiba and moved to the new Ginza brick district in 1874, where it developed its sake-yeast anpan. On 4 April 1875 a cherry-blossom anpan was presented to the Emperor Meiji at the Mito domain's residence in Mukōjima, and the date is now Anpan Day in Japan.

How much does bread cost at Tokyo bakeries?

In Tokyo's 23 wards, shokupan, the square sandwich loaf, rose from 2022 and peaked at ¥544 a kilogram in March 2025. Tokyo Shoko Research estimated in 2025 that a six-slice loaf cost about ¥210, or ¥35 a slice, against roughly ¥50 for a 100 g bowl of rice.

Where are the bakery cafés in Tokyo?

Shinjuku leads, with Harajuku & Omotesandō and Kanda & Jimbōchō close behind. In Shibuya, Viron at 33-8 Udagawachō, open since 2003, bakes with French Retrodor flour and opens daily 08:00–22:15. Café la Voie in Shinjuku opens 07:00–22:00, and Pan to Espresso to in Jingūmae 08:00–20:00.

Bakery Cafés in Tokyo: Anpan, Shokupan and Coffee

Japanese baking has a Tokyo birthplace. Kimuraya began in 1869 as Bunei-dō in Shiba, moved to the newly built Ginza brick district in 1874, and developed its sake-yeast anpan (あんパン, a soft roll filled with sweet bean paste) there.¹ On 4 April 1875 a cherry-blossom anpan was presented to the Emperor Meiji at the Mito domain's residence in Mukōjima, by the Sumida River, and the date is now Anpan Day.¹

Bread costs more than it did. In Tokyo's 23 wards, shokupan (食パン, the square white sandwich loaf) rose from 2022 and peaked at ¥544 a kilogram in March 2025.² Shinjuku has the most bakery cafés, followed by Harajuku & Omotesandō and Kanda & Jimbōchō; several are cake-and-coffee shops rather than bread bakeries.

Local tip: Kimuraya's Ginza flagship hangs a 木村家 sign whose original Yamaoka Tesshū wrote in 1875; the one on show is a replacement, since the earthquake of 1923 destroyed the first.¹

Where these cafés are: Shinjuku (8), Harajuku & Omotesandō (7), Kanda & Jimbōchō (7), Asakusa & Kuramae (6), Nihonbashi & Tokyo Station (6), Jiyūgaoka & Gakugei-daigaku (5), Nakameguro & Daikanyama (5), Sangenjaya (4), Shimokitazawa (4), Gōtokuji & Kyōdō (4), Ikebukuro (3), Oshiage & Ryōgoku (3), Shibuya (3), Akasaka (3), Shinagawa & Gotanda (3), Kita-Senju (2), Sugamo & Ōtsuka (2), Kōenji & Nakano (2), Yotsuya & Kōjimachi (2), Ueno & Yanaka (2), Nerima & Egota (1), Roppongi & Azabu (1), Takadanobaba & Waseda (1), Ginza & Yūrakuchō (1), Ebisu (1), Kiyosumi-Shirakawa (1), Itabashi (1).

At a glance

88Cafés listed

39With opening hours

00:00Earliest opening

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Opens earliest: meaningress, from 00:00 (Wed–Sun 00:00–18:00).

Closes latest: ニューストン, until 00:00 (Daily 09:00–00:00).

Most common features: wi-fi (15%), open late (9%), specialty (8%).

Premium loaves, then rice prices

Bakeries have had an uneven run. Tokyo Shoko Research counted 34 bakery bankruptcies nationwide in 2019, as a boom in premium shokupan took off, and 31 in 2024, the second-highest in 20 years, as flour and utility bills rose.³

Then rice got expensive. From January to April 2025 only seven bakeries failed, about half the figure a year earlier, and TSR put a six-slice loaf at about ¥210, or ¥35 a slice, against roughly ¥50 for a 100 g bowl of rice.³ It also noted that rising inbound tourism had helped bakeries.³

French bread in Shibuya

Viron's Shibuya shop opened in 2003 and bakes its baguette with Retrodor, a flour from the French miller Viron; its jambon fromage, a ham-and-cheese baguette sandwich, has been on sale since the first year.⁴ The shop is at 33-8 Udagawachō and opens daily 08:00–22:15, unusually late for a bakery.

In Jingūmae, パンとエスプレッソと (Pan to Espresso to, "bread and espresso and") at 4-9 Jingūmae 3-chōme pairs a bakery with an espresso bar, open daily 08:00–20:00.

Kissaten sweets in Jimbōchō

Some of Tokyo's bakery cafés are old coffee houses known for cake and toast. 神田伯剌西爾 (Kanda Burajiru, "Kanda Brazil") opened in 1972 in a basement on Jimbōchō's main street, and its Kanda blend cost ¥650 as of 2026.⁵ It opens 11:00–21:00 from Monday to Saturday and closes at 19:00 on Sundays.

Ladrio (ラドリオ) nearby, from 1949, runs until 22:30 on weekdays, and プシケ (Psyche) is in the same district.

Where Tokyo's bakery cafés are

In Shinjuku, Café la Voie opens daily 07:00–22:00, and リジーグ (Rizīgu) at 14-1 Shinjuku 3-chōme runs 10:30–20:00. In Harajuku, Bakery café 426 opens 09:00–21:00 and Maison Able Cafe Ron Ron 11:00–20:00.

In Shimokitazawa, Universal Bakes and Cafe at 9-1 Daita has vegan options and opens Wednesday to Sunday 08:30–18:00, and Sidewalk Coffee opens at 07:00. Around Nihonbashi, Ovgo Baker Edo St. has vegan options and opens weekdays 08:00–19:00, and パークレットベーカリー (Parklet Bakery) runs until 22:00 from Wednesday to Friday.

In Asakusa & Kuramae, feb‘s coffee & scone opens daily 09:30–17:00 with Wi-Fi and outdoor seats, and fuku-cafe at 3-23-10 Senzoku serves brunch from 10:00 on Monday and from Thursday to Sunday. Jiyūgaoka has MILK LAND HOKKAIDO → TOKYO, open Monday to Saturday 11:00–19:00.

Bakery cafés in Tokyo

At a glance

Cafe 2u

Café la Voie

Cherry Core Roaster+Bar

feb‘s coffee & scone

fuku-cafe

Grass

sensing_touch_of_earth

Sidewalk Coffee

Universal Bakes and Cafe

コーヒーショップ ピノキオ

スロー ジェット コーヒー

ディゾン人形町店

ニューストン

ノエカフェ

パンとエスプレッソと

マキネスティコーヒー

ミカサデコ＆カフェ神宮前

ラドリオ

リジーグ

喫茶PONY

時屋

松竹圓 カフェ

神田伯剌西爾

純喫茶 マウンテン

香麦荘

Viron

Arissara Boulangerie and Cafe

Bánh Mì Xin Chào Cafe Asakusa

Cafe de Patisserie Chacori

CAFE JOÃO

CAFE STUDIO BAKERY

Chapter One Café

cocofulu cafe

Coffeeパンジー

Frangiane

Good Sound Coffee

Premium loaves, then rice prices

French bread in Shibuya

Kissaten sweets in Jimbōchō

Where Tokyo's bakery cafés are

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Bakery cafés in Tokyo: questions

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Where are the bakery cafés in Tokyo?

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