Café & Sweets · Akasaka

Toraya Akasaka とらや 赤坂店

Flagship of Toraya, the Kyoto-born wagashi (Japanese sweets) house dating back to the early 16th century and purveyor to the Imperial Court. Its serene upstairs tearoom serves yokan, anmitsu and matcha in a building by architect Hiroshi Naito.

About

Toraya traces its history to the Muromachi period and is best known for yokan, the dense, glossy bars of sweet red-bean jelly that are a classic Japanese gift. Its Akasaka flagship, rebuilt in 2018 by architect Hiroshi Naito with warm cypress and lattice screens, holds a shop on the ground floor, a basement gallery on wagashi culture, and the Toraya Karyo tearoom on the third floor overlooking the trees of the Akasaka Imperial Grounds. In the tearoom, order seasonal namagashi (fresh sweets) with matcha, anmitsu with black syrup, oshiruko red-bean soup, or kakigori in summer. It's a calm, elegant counterpoint to Tokyo's viral sweets.

Highlights

• Historic wagashi maker and supplier to the Imperial Court
• Third-floor tearoom with views over leafy Akasaka
• Seasonal namagashi paired with matcha
• Anmitsu with black syrup and summer kakigori
• Cypress-and-lattice building by architect Hiroshi Naito

Tips

• Buy a mini yokan set as an elegant, long-lasting souvenir
• Check the basement gallery's current exhibition on wagashi
• Weekday afternoons are quietest in the tearoom
• Seasonal sweets change every couple of weeks, ask what's current

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