Toraya Tokyo Midtown — Restaurant in Tokyo

This is the Cafe outpost of a shop in the Shinjuku NEWoMan department store that specializes in azuki (what we usually know as red beans). The wagashi (traditional Japanese snacks usually served with green tea) and kakigori (shaved ice) served here naturally feature this ingredient. I had their seasonal kakigori, a mandarin orange-syrup with white azuki concoction. Their usual flavor is green te with either red or white azuki. Get the small size--this is dense kakigori and they include a generous amount of azuki, which is quite filling. You can't buy the azuki here, though you can get it from their Shinjuku shop is you like it enough. English...

We were not impressed by the dessert menu and the long queue so decided to just buy sweets in their main shop.

The shop is very well designed, good visibility over sweets and had plastic models to see how each would look like outside package. The shop also included a special exhibition explaining Japanese methods of preserving food - very pretty and informative.

Staff were very friendly and polite, and can speak English very well. We really enjoyed our time buying these sweets.

The sweets themselves were a bit too sweet for us, but might suit those with a...

This place does traditional Japanese sweets. The dishes seem reasonably priced but the drinks seem super expensive. I mean I'm no tea connoisseur so it might be great for someone who can taste the difference but overall the drinks seemed average with an over the top price. Desserts are definitely worth the price though. They also have a confectionary store next door if you want to gift...