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Café restaurants in Tokyo

  1. A

    Les Deux Bleue

    As you gaze out over Tokyo Bay on a sunny day or a sparkly night, this glassed-in cafe at the far corner of the LaLaPort shopping centre might become the favourite place of you and your loved one – assuming your loved one has a waggly tail and cold nose. While humans can fill up on burgers, pizzas and pastas, there’s an entire menu for the four-legged ones, from organic chicken liver to doggy birthday cake. After your meal, you can both burn off the calories at the fenced-in dog run.

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  2. B

    Ben’s Cafe

    Local Waseda students and expats come to Ben’s to quell cravings for quiche, cappuccino or Belgian beer – or just to chill. There’s no smoking indoors, and the patio out front is a good place to sip wine and watch life amble by on warm evenings. Ben’s also hosts poetry readings and exhibitions by local artists, and it has wi-fi access. Head uphill to the left of Big Box, turn left at the corner where you see New Yorkers Café and right at the next corner.

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  3. C

    Dada Café

    This retro café, which is housed in a 70-year-old tenement building straight out of the Shōwa Era, is a charming spot to reminisce about a Tokyo most of us have never known. While taking tea and noshing on immaculate spreads of honest Japanese cooking, take a moment to reflect on the Zen-like beauty of your surroundings.

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  4. D

    Caffé Michelangelo

    Stylish Daikanyama is exactly the locale this Parisian-style café is meant to occupy. The smart set comes here to be seen, but you could just as easily blend into the background. Sidewalk seating makes it a fine summertime lunch stop, with lovely reasonably priced lunch sets to enjoy with wine.

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  5. E

    @Home Café

    Wanna walk on the wild side of Tokyo’s fetish for kawaii (cuteness) ? Try being served coffee by girls dressed as French maids! You’ll be welcomed as go-shujinsama (master) the minute you enter this cafe. It’s titillating, perhaps, but it’s no sex joint – just (more or less) innocent fun for Akihabara’s otaku. Dishes such as curried rice are even topped with smiley faces. And business is expanding: @Home Café now occupies four floors, with themes from pop princess to old Japan, with varying opening days. From Chūō-dōri, turn left where you see Sofmap.

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