Jugetsudo Tea Shop & Cafe — Restaurant in Tokyo

Nice spacious tea shop and house with limited seating. Not crowded when we visited, though there was a steady stream of customers. The sweets pairings were not anything to shout about, but the teas are excellent and you can try them before buying them from the shop. You get 2 steeps for the set with dessert - once brewed for you, and the second you brew yourself based on instructions given to you for your tea.

You get a JPY100 voucher for when you dine-in which you can use at the shop (only one voucher per item). There is a nice small garden just outside as well. They also serve some food (sandwiches, matcha pasta) but I did...

Note this place can be a bit hard to find, Google Maps takes you to the front of a different building and I had to wander around and take a few different elevators to get in. Thankfully I found the right exit when leaving.

Fyi - Enter via the Ginza Kabuki Za entrance, there is an elevator directly to your left and go up to the 5th floor.

There are heaps of matcha and tea options, the service assistant spoke excellent English and provided advice when requested. Didn't try the cafe but it was fairly quiet at 11am on...

We came around 4pm and since it was Sunday and there were already few people in line, we were told that we would probably won’t be able to get in before the last order time (5:30) That was not the problem. The problem was the staff. I was talking to a woman on the entrance (in japanese) and she didn’t even look my way, she was answering all my questions, looking at my asian friend, even though my friend was silent and didn’t say a word. I felt so out of place. :( Not sure if want to...