Delightful #teishoku set lunch at #Nishiogikubo Shōan Bunko. Grouper katsu (breaded and deep-fried), ten different vegetables, miso soup, and rice from Hinata Yamazaki san. Dessert was cheese cake with salt and iced coffee. A nice way to forget about the heat and humidity which is hitting Tokyo at the moment.

It’s also the lovely tableware and perfect thin chopsticks. There is a small select shop in the front of the kominka traditional house. It is in a residential area. Charming setting.

The café is about a ten-minute walk south of #NishiOgikubo Station on the @chuosuki JR Chūō line.

I first wrote about Shouan Bunko for the Washington Post’s @bytheway guide to Tokyo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/japan/nishi-ogikubo-neighborhood-tokyo/

I hope you can visit when you visit Tokyo. Be sure to make reservations in advance as it’s a popular shop.

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