Taste Daifuku, Dorayaki by top-notch craftsmen in nature The shop and tearoom, Toraya Kobo, is located in the Higashiyama old villa district in Gotemba. The 17th president of Toraya, Mitsuhiro Kurokawa, opened it because he wanted to reproduce the origin of traditional Japanese confectioneries. Toraya Kobo, on a 20,000 square meter site with lush greenery, has facilities covering production to sales, such as fields...
Kaikai Kiki opens gallery, shops, and office in legendary subculture building Located near Nakano Staion one step from Shinjuku Station on a JR express train, the Nakano Broadway commercial facility opened in 1966, originally as a group of small local shops. In the early 1980s, a famous second-hand bookstore specialized in manga, Mandarake, opened its shop in this building and attracted many fans of...
Den, Florilège chefs collaborate Denkushiflori is a kushi (skewer) restaurant that Zaiyu Hasegawa, the chef-owner of the Japanese restaurant Den, and Hiroyasu Kawate, the chef-owner of the French restaurant Florilège, opened in 2020. Den and Florilège have both won two Michelin stars and have also been ranked in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants each year. Denkushiflori quickly became a popular restaurant with foodies...
Stylish bicycle to ride around in city Tokyobike develops and sells hybrid bikes that combine the features of road, touring, and mountain bikes. Under the concept of “cycling comfortably in Tokyo,” it opened its flagship Tokyobike Tokyo in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in July 2021. Tokyobike has 11 models of bikes, including those for children. Their style is characterized by a thin chromoly frame in a wide...
