TEAKI: Specialty Teahouses in Tokyo

8 teahouses

Tokyo

Sakurai Japanese Tea Experience

An Omotesando counter where Japanese tea becomes a meditation.

Elevated tea counter in Omotesando. Single-origin Japanese teas served with seasonal wagashi in a modern, meditative setting.

4.5Omotesando$$$

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Tea House

Nakajima-no-ochaya

A floating teahouse on a Hamarikyu pond, since 1707.

Historic floating teahouse from 1707 set on a pond inside Hamarikyu Gardens. Freshly whisked matcha with seasonal wagashi.

4.6Hamarikyu Gardens$

Photo: Yanyong Yamasaki

Tea Room

Saten Japanese Tea

Sakurai's casual Koenji little brother.

Modern Japanese tea bar in Koenji from the team behind Sakurai Tea Experience. Single-origin sencha, matcha and hojicha served with seasonal sweets in a minimalist neighbourhood setting.

Koenji$$

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Tea Room

A Drop Kuramae

A tiny Kuramae stand for hand-brewed sencha and matcha.

Tiny modern Japanese tea stand in the Kuramae craft district. Carefully sourced single-origin sencha and matcha brewed by hand, paired with seasonal Japanese sweets.

Kuramae$$

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Tea Room

Senchado Tokyo Ginza

Senchado, the slow art of leaf sencha, in central Ginza.

Senchado-focused tea salon in Ginza dedicated to the art of brewing leaf sencha. Curated single-origin Japanese teas served gongfu-style with attention to water and temperature.

Ginza$$$

Photo: 東京茶寮

Tea Room

Tokyo Saryo

The world's first hand-drip Japanese green tea bar.

World's first hand-drip Japanese green tea stand. Side-by-side comparison flights of single-origin sencha brewed in custom drippers, served in a minimalist white space in Sangenjaya.

Sangenjaya$$

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Tea Shop

Jugetsudo Tea Shop & Cafe

Premium Japanese teas in a Kengo Kuma-designed bamboo room.

Maruyama Nori's tea brand in Tsukiji with a Kengo Kuma-designed bamboo interior. Premium Japanese teas including aged matcha and rare gyokuro served with wagashi.

Tsukiji$$

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Thés du Japon

Cultivar-specific Japanese teas from Uji's smallest growers.

Florent Weugue's specialist source for cultivar-specific Japanese teas, focused on small Uji and Wazuka producers. Appointment-based tastings of single-cultivar sencha, kamairicha and tamaryokucha.

Yanaka$$$