15 bakery places in Tokyo we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Tokyo | Bakery across every city.
Tokyo treats bread as a craft of its own, splitting between the pillowy domestic shokupan loaf and exacting French imports. Centre The Bakery in Ginza is the shokupan-only counter where queues form for the milk-bread tasting flight, while Pelican Bakery in Asakusa has baked only shokupan and rolls since 1942. On the French side, Viron in Shibuya imports flour from the Viron mill in France for its Baguette Retrodor, and Bread, Espresso & near Omotesando has drawn queues for its warm Mou brioche since 2009.
Centre The Bakery ★ 4.7
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
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.
Pelican Bakery ★ 4.8
Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0042, Japan
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.
Truffle BAKERY Sangenjaya ★ 4.4
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-0004, Japan
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.
Viron Shibuya ★ 4.1
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042, Japan
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.
Levain Tomigaya ★ 4.6
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0063, Japan
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.
Maison Kayser Tokyo Omotesando ★ 4.4
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
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.
Viron Marunouchi ★ 4.3
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6390, Japan
Viron Marunouchi in Tokyo is the French boulangerie-brasserie that imports French Retrodor flour. The hand-shaped baguette is Tokyo's reference baguette.
Bread, Espresso & ★ 4.5
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
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.
Ginza Kimuraya ★ 4.5
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061, Japan
Ginza Kimuraya in Tokyo has baked Japan's original sakura anpan since 1869, the Yon-chome corner the Meiji Emperor was once served from. Salt-cured blossom.
Le Pain Quotidien Shibakoen ★ 4.1
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan
Le Pain Quotidien Shibakoen in Tokyo is the Belgian organic-bread chain's park-side cafe under Tokyo Tower. Communal table, organic sourdough, vegetarian.
Dean and Deluca Roppongi ★ 4.0
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan
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.
Pierre Herme Paris Aoyama ★ 4.7
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, Japan
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.
Boul'Mich Yurakucho ★ 4.2
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan
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.
Bakery Tokyo Shibuya ★ 4.2
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0047, Japan
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.
Pelican Bakery ★ 4.5
Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0042, Japan
Pelican Bakery in Tokyo: 1942 Asakusa bakery that bakes only shokupan and rolls, sells out by 14:00, and locals reserve loaves two days ahead.