Pelican Bakery is a bakery in Tokyo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Phone-reserve a loaf two days ahead or arrive by 10:00. The Pelican Cafe on Kotobuki serves the same loaves toasted with butter.
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Address: 4-7-4 Kotobuki, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0042
Truffle BAKERY in Tokyo's Sangenjaya turns French butter-bread into a luxury product with imported truffle. The white truffle salt roll is the queue-builder.
Worth the queueWhite truffle salt bread
TipBuy the truffle salt rolls warm before noon; the black truffle egg sando is the lunch order. Cash and IC cards.
Viron in Tokyo's Shibuya imports flour direct from the Viron mill in France and bakes Baguette Retrodor to French spec. Upstairs is a sit-down brasserie.
Worth the queueBaguette Retrodor and croissant
TipThe takeaway counter is downstairs, the brasserie upstairs; share a croque-monsieur with a glass at lunch.
Levain in Tokyo's Tomigaya has baked organic wild-yeast bread since 1984, one of Japan's earliest naturals. Domestic wheat, on-site cultured levain.
Worth the queuePain de campagne
TipThe pain de campagne and the melange fruit loaf are the morning order. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays; cafe opens 11:00.
Maison Kayser Tokyo Omotesando is the French boulangerie chain's flagship below Tokyu Plaza. Eric Kayser's liquid-levain Baguette Monge baked through the day.
Worth the queueBaguette Monge with liquid levain
TipOpen daily 08:00-20:00. The croissants and Baguette Monge are baked in three batches; arrive by 11:00 or 16:00.
Viron Marunouchi in Tokyo is the French boulangerie-brasserie that imports French Retrodor flour. The hand-shaped baguette is Tokyo's reference baguette.
Worth the queueBaguette Retrodor with French flour
TipBakery counter and seated brasserie are on the same ground floor. Order baguette by 14:00 for the freshest batch.
Bread, Espresso & is the Omotesando flagship of a much-loved Tokyo bakery cafe, open since 2009 and known for its Mou, a square pull-apart buttered brioche.
Worth the queueMou pull-apart buttered brioche
TipThe Mou brioche and the French toast made from it sell out by mid-afternoon; the bakery and cafe share one counter just off Omotesando.
