If you have a sweet tooth think about spending an afternoon in the Ginza area carefully perusing sweets shops – both Western and Japanese. Here is a list of boutiques and shops featuring cakes, gelato, roasted sweet potatoes, cookies, and more. If you have limited time I would spend most of my time at Ginza Six department store basement two level and Exit Melsa Mall which has several shops on the first floor.
Patisserie Hana
Chūō-ku, Ginza 7-3-13
https://www.instagram.com/patisserie_hana2023/
Hana means flowers in Japanese. Flowers is the theme for the cakes at Patisserie Hana.
Ginza West
Chūō-ku, Ginza 7-3-6
Ginza West started as a restaurant in 1947. It is now a tea parlour and the shop is famous for Western style cookies and its popular leaf pie.
Imo Tsuboyaki
Chūō-ku, Ginza 7-6-4
Sweet potatoes are roasted in earthenware pots. A popular vegetable that becomes a dessert when baked.
Shiseido Parlour
Chūō-ku, Ginza 8-8-3
https://parlour.shiseido.co.jp/en/index.html
Japan’s first Western-style pharmacy opened in 1872, which later became Shiseido. In 1902 Japan’s first soda fountain opened as Shiseido Parlour, selling soda water and ice cream. The Shiseido Parlour is in the location of the first soda fountain. In 1928 the Shiseido Ice Cream Parlour opened serving both Western cuisine and ice cream.
Exit Melsa
Chūō-ku, Ginza 5-7-10
A dozen sweets shop including Kanadaya fruits daifuku mochi.
Ginza Six Department Store
Chūō-ku, Ginza 6-10-1
https://ginza6.tokyo.e.abf.hp.transer.com/shops
The basement two level of the Ginza Six Department store has many sweets shops. A colorful variety of shops including dried fruits and mochi filled with fresh fruit and a sweet white bean paste.
Kikunoya
Chūō-ku, Ginza 5-9-17
https://www.ginza-kikunoya.co.jp/
Kikunoya was established in 1890. The company came up with the popular fukiyosé dry confectionaries to be served with tea. It recently was voted the most popular for gift-giving.
Ginza Imoyama – sweet potato sweets
Chūō-ku, Ginza 5-9-19
https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/shopping/ginza-imoyama
Mitsukoshi Department Store
Chūō-ku, Ginza 4-6-16
https://www.mistore.jp.e.az.hp.transer.com/store/ginza.html
Mitsukoshi depachika for a variety of sweets, both Western and Japanese.
Belgian chocolatier Benoit Nihant
Chūō-ku, Ginza 4-6-18
L’ibisco Ginza – Japanese gelato
Chūō-ku, Ginza 3-7-12, Oji Salmon 2nd floor
Venchi Ginza Gelato – Italian gelato
Chūō-ku, Ginza 4-3-2
Quil Fait Bon Grand Maison Ginza
Chūō-ku, Ginza 2-5-4
https://www.quil-fait-bon.com/shop/?tsp=1
Fresh fruit tarts. Café space in the basement.
Henri Charpentier Ginza Maison
Chūō-ku, Ginza 2-8-20
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