Chuo, Tokyo From TikTok: Ginza and Nihonbashi Picks
The five places saved in Chuo split between Ginza and Nihonbashi, and they share a taste for craft and calm. In Ginza, Ginza Itoya fills 12 floors with pens, paper and art supplies behind its giant red paper clip, and Godaime Hanayama Udon, founded in 1894, serves extra-wide Oni Himokawa noodles. MUJI HOTEL GINZA occupies the upper floors of the world's largest MUJI store.
In Nihonbashi, Maison de L serves tea and fruit sandwiches in sunrooms inside Takashimaya, and the Hamacho Hotel's ground-floor restaurant covers dinner with grilled food, a chocolate shop and live music. Prices are moderate except for the hotel, which is listed as luxury. Itoya, the udon shop and the MUJI hotel all have Ginza 2 or 3 chōme addresses, so they fit easily into one afternoon.
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Ginza: stationery, udon and a MUJI stay
Ginza Itoya can customize pens and notebooks, and its 12th floor has a restaurant cooking vegetables grown in the building. Godaime Hanayama Udon holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand; the Ginza set, with hot and cold udon and tempura, lets you try the wide noodles both ways. MUJI HOTEL GINZA keeps its rooms minimal and functional, stocked with MUJI bath products and air purifiers, in the middle of the Ginza shopping district.
Nihonbashi: tea in the afternoon, dinner at Hamacho
Maison de L is the sister shop of Salon de Thé L'AVOND in Omotesando, which takes reservations only, so the creator points to it as the easier way to try the famous fruit sandwiches. It also sells teas from around the world, including organic ones, with takeout. HAMACHO DINING & BAR SESSiON grills European-style dishes in an open kitchen, bakes its own bread, and makes confections in its chocolate workshop; the post recommends it for a refined evening meal or a nightcap.
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A 12-story flagship stationery store in Ginza, recognizable by the giant red paper clip on its exterior. It stocks fine writing instruments, art supplies and notebooks, offers customization for pens and notebooks, and has a 12th-floor restaurant that uses vegetables grown in the store. Prices are moderate.
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