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Pain Maison Ginza: 120 Yen Salt Bread, Menu & Booking
Pain Maison Ginza sells the original Japanese salt bread from 120 yen. Menu prices, the AirWAIT online waiting list, and the Asakusa and Shinjuku branches.
Food & Dining
I'm donut? Tokyo & Seoul Guide: From Nakameguro to Seongsu
Every I'm donut branch in Tokyo plus Fukuoka, New York and Seongsu, with opening hours, the menu and tips for the chewy donuts.
Travel Guide
Azabudai Hills Sky Room Cafe: 500 Yen Entry & Views
The Sky Room cafe on floors 33 and 34: 500 yen plus one drink, and what the Tokyo Tower view looks like at sunset and after dark.
Travel Guide
Ginza Guide: Shopping, Restaurants & Free Observatories
Ginza covered properly: department store shopping, Michelin restaurants, the quieter cafes, and the free observation decks most miss.
Food & Dining
Ginza WAKO Tea Salon: Cake Menu & Digital Queue
The Tabelog Top 100 tea salon at WAKO Annex: how the digital queue works, seasonal cakes with prices, and the chocolate shop downstairs.
Food & Dining
Criollo Azabudai Hills: Chocolate Sets, Prices & Souvenirs
Award-winning chocolates by Santos Antoine at Azabudai Hills: the discovery sets, brownies, soft serve and cheesecake, with prices and hours.
Food & Dining
Tokyo Station Ramen Street BEST 8: Complete Guide & Reviews
The eight shops on Tokyo Station Ramen Street at B1F, what each one is known for, opening hours and how to find the entrance.
Food & Dining
Shiseido Parlour Ginza: Gift Sets & Hanatsubaki Biscuits
Dessert gift sets at the Shiseido Parlour Ginza main store: the Hanatsubaki biscuits, chocolates, packaging and where the shop is.
Food & Dining
Sapporo The Bar Ginza: Perfect Draft Beer, Hours & Menu
Sapporo The Bar in Ginza pours the Perfect Black Label draft. Standing room only, cashless, two glasses per person. Hours, menu and how to find it.
Food & Dining
Ginza Tenryu Gyoza: Tabelog Top 100, Menu & Prices
Ginza Tenryu made Tabelog's Top 100 gyoza list twice. Eight big juicy grilled gyoza for 1,330 yen, 4F of Puzzle Ginza. Menu, prices and how to get there.