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Neighborhood · No. 11

Jiyugaoka

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Jiyugaoka is Tokyo's patisserie capital — Mont Blanc was reportedly invented here in 1933, and the dense pastry cluster still rewards a slow walk.

Patisserie heaven, slow residential Saturdays

Jiyugaoka is Tokyo's patisserie capital — Mont Blanc was reportedly invented here in 1933, and the density of small French and Japanese pastry shops still rewards a slow afternoon walk. Quietly affluent, almost suburban in feel.

By Asakusa Boy. 15 years living in Tokyo's shitamachi. Spots tagged ✓ Visited have been verified in person — each comes with a short note. ✦ On the radar are the ones he's flagged as worth checking out, but hasn't been to yet.

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