Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TEA GARDENS
Some of the most appealing places to take tea are the city's
parks
, where small tearooms
charge around ¥500 for a cup, often served with a small sweet treat. The best are located in
Hama Rikyū Teien (see p.82), Shinjuku Gyoen (see p.124), Happōen (see p.104), Kyū Iwasaki-tei
Gardens (see p.64) and Kyū Furukawa Gardens (see p.132).
Sori
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B1 TK Bldg, 1-1-4 Hyakunin-chō
T
03 6233
9200; Shin-Ōkubo station; map pp.128-129.
Korean
tearoom occupying a spacious basement plastered with
giant posters of women in national dress and K-pop boy
bands. Sample fruit and herbal infusions including lemony
sweet
yuja-cha
, gingery winter-warmer
saenggang-cha
,
and the tangy, shocking pink, “five-flavoured”
omija-cha
;
they'll set you back around ¥800.
Daily 10am-11pm.
IKEBUKURO AND THE NORTH
Coffee Prince
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2-2-3 Ōkubo,
Shinjuku-ku
T
03 5285 8797; Shin-Ōkubo station; map
pp.128-129.
Named after a Korean drama series that
proved particularly popular in Japan, this café specializes
in sweet Korean fruit and herbal teas (from ¥700). It's
festooned with colourful flowers (including a small garden
of fake ones on a balcony) and busy with women swooning
over the pretty-boy waiters.
Daily 11.30am-1.30pm.
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