Le Pain Quotidien Shibakoen is a bakery in Tokyo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Walking distance from Tokyo Tower. Lunch tartines and breakfast plates are the value play.
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Address: 3-3-1 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
Dean and Deluca Roppongi in Tokyo Roppongi Hills is the New York deli's flagship across the Hillside corner. Bakery shelf, deli counter and cafe seats.
Worth the queueSourdough and seeded loaves
TipOpen 10:00-21:00 daily. The seeded sourdough and the salt-baked cookies are the takeaway picks.
Pierre Herme Paris Aoyama in Tokyo is the French patissier's Asia flagship on Aoyama-dori. Macarons, the Ispahan, and a viennoiserie counter for croissants.
Worth the queueIspahan macaron and croissant
TipThree-floor flagship; the cafe second floor is the calmer seated option. The Ispahan rose-lychee macaron is the canonical.
Boul'Mich Yurakucho in Tokyo's Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan basement is the 1973 French patisserie's home shop. Hand-rolled croissants and the mille-feuille daily.
Worth the queueMille-feuille and croissant
TipBelow the Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan; closest to JR Yurakucho. Open 10:00-20:00 daily.
Bakery Tokyo Shibuya in Tokyo's Okushibu is the sister bakery to Shibuya Cheese Stand. Single-bake country loaves and pain de mie, baked each morning.
Worth the queueCountry bread with house mozzarella
TipClosed Mondays. Best paired with the cheese stand's mozzarella and burrata next door.
Centre The Bakery in Tokyo's Ginza is the shokupan-only counter where queues form for the milk bread tasting flight by 11:00 most days. Cafe seating upstairs.
Worth the queueThree-style shokupan tasting (Pullman, mountain, raisin)
TipThe cafe side seats a toast-tasting flight; the takeaway counter sells loaves whole. Closed New Year.
Pelican Bakery in Tokyo's Asakusa has baked only two products since 1942: shokupan and dinner rolls. Loaves sell out by mid-afternoon and reservations help.
Worth the queueShokupan square loaf
TipPhone-reserve a loaf two days ahead or arrive by 10:00. The Pelican Cafe on Kotobuki serves the same loaves toasted with butter.
