Tokyo's Best Cafés and Bakeries

The old style coffe places - kissaten- are the best in Tokyo. This one is a proper treasure. The menu consist of many beans that been stored for ages and they have funny things as coffee and egg, and coffejelly. A lot of hard looking regulators.

One more kissaten. This is a rather well known location specialize in fluff japanese chiffon cakes. Lovely environment, old ladies smoking or regulars.

Tiny bakery for takeaway in Nihonbashi: bread perfection and the pain au chocolat of your dreams.Beaver Bread in Nihonbashi is the smallest possible bakery. Only 2-3 customers fit into the small space lined with shelves of freshly baked savoury and sweet breads, cakes and pastries. Baker Kenichi Warita masters all the classic sour dough breads and croissants and bakes the best pain au chocolat I’ve ever had: light, flaky, buttery and oh so chocolaty. Some pastries have are flavoured with Japanese miso, black bean paste and burdock root. Do not miss the perfectly crunchy miniature cannelés or the sourdough bun with butter, cooked ham, gruyère and cornichons. Take your goodie bags two blocks away to the coffee shop of the hip Citan Hostel and enjoy them with a cup of coffee.

Great coffee, sourdogh and breakfast dishes in Nihonbashi by Californian pastry duo.Parklet is a bakery and café on a side street in Nihonbashi. It’s run by Kate Jaksich, who worked at Tartine Bakery in San Francisco and Jerry Jaksich, previously at Chez Panisse in California. Perfect breakfast spot with all kinds of delicious bread and pastry: cheese and black pepper scone, omelette sourdough sandwich with cooked ham and avocado, a perfect chocolate cookie and some very good coffee from Overview coffee roastery.

Nordic coffee house in the middle of Tokyo.Whenever I feel I'm missing those cinnamon buns and a cup of good coffee this is the place to go! Maybe the best coffee in Tokyo with switch coffee.

Perfect croissants, pastry and sourdough bread and also a wine bistro.When all of the sudden in the midst of Tokyo you will miss your perfect croissant in the morning. Started by the mind behind the L’Effervescence, Shinobu Namae, this is your gluten happy place in the rice country. Indulge in perfect (yet not usually shaped) croissants, monocles with matcha or simply a slice of sourdough bread (baked with Japanese grown wheat or spelt) and some whipped tofu aside. The Bakery shares space with a bistro with a nice selection of European natural wines - if you happen to stay for the afternoon .