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¥1,500-3,000BrunchItalian-inspired bakery brunch
Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Tokyo opens at 07:00 for Italian Princi bakery breakfasts and reserve-level espresso. Four-floor flagship by the Meguro River.
OrderPrinci panini and a reserve cortado
TipSakura season brings queues. Order Princi pastries on the second floor; cortado is the canonical reserve pull.
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¥1,500-3,000BrunchNorwegian cafe with light bites
Fuglen Tokyo in Tomigaya pours Norwegian filter coffee from 07:00, with croissants and brown-cheese toasts in a brunch room behind a vintage Oslo cafe front.
OrderLight-roast filter coffee with Norwegian brown cheese on toast
TipWeekday mornings calm; weekends queue from 09:00. The brown-cheese toast is the local order.
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¥1,500-2,500BrunchThird-wave cafe brunch
Blue Bottle Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in Tokyo opens at 08:00 daily for pour-over coffee, waffles and breakfast pastries inside its converted-factory flagship.
OrderPour-over coffee with the New Orleans-style iced and a Belgian waffle
TipWeekend queues from 09:00. The drip flight reads three single-origins side by side; the Belgian waffle is the food order.
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¥2,000-3,500BrunchVegan pancake brunch
Ain Soph Journey in Tokyo's Shinjuku-Sanchome serves the souffle-style vegan pancake brunch that built its reputation. All-plant menu, English staff.
OrderHeavenly Vegan Pancakes with maple syrup
TipSaturday brunch queues from 11:00; arrive by opening or reserve. The pancakes serve two comfortably.
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¥1,500-2,500BrunchShokupan toast tasting brunch
Centre The Bakery in Tokyo's Ginza runs the shokupan toast flight that put the city's milk bread on the map. Three loaves, three preparations, side-by-side.
OrderThree-style shokupan toast flight with butter, jam, sweet bean paste
TipCafe side seats a 50-minute toast brunch; takeaway counter sells loaves whole. Queue from 10:30 most days.
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¥1,500-3,500BrunchFrench boulangerie brunch
Viron Shibuya in Tokyo is the French boulangerie-brasserie open from 09:00 for breakfasts of Retrodor baguette, croissants, and croque-monsieur with wine.
OrderCroque-monsieur with Baguette Retrodor and a glass
TipBakery counter downstairs, brasserie upstairs. The morning queue is for the takeaway window.