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Best 8 Breakfast Places in Tokyo, Jump Start Your Day with Japanese/Western-Style

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Best 8 Breakfast Places in Tokyo, Jump Start Your Day with Japanese/Western-Style

Why not jump start your day eating best breakfast ?
Japanese have eaten a well balanced traditional healthy breakfast from old days.
Best 8 Breakfast Places in Tokyo introduces what the traditional Japanese style breakfast is, where you can eat the Japanese style breakfast in Tokyo, also covers western style restaurants like American style and other countries’.
If you want to eat breakfast in other countries’ style than Japanese style you can find the good restaurants.

What is the traditional Japanese-style Breakfast?

What are the components and characteristics of traditional Japanese style breakfast, concept of traditional Japanese cuisine ?
What is Washoku designated as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage？
Best 8 Breakfast Places in Tokyo will be helpful to those who want to know what the traditional Japanese style breakfast is like and where you can eat them.

The components of a typical Japanese-style breakfast

A typical Japanese style breakfast consists of :

Boiled rice, mainly polished rice and unpolished rice
Miso soup in which ingredients are Tofu, soybean curd, Wakame sea weed, green spring onion, Japanese radish, egg plant and other seasonal vegetables.
Natto, fermented soybeans containing nutrients such as protein, calcium, mineral and others is very healthy so Japanese people have loved from old days.
Baked fish usually include sermon and blueback.
Tsukemono, pickled vegetable includes radish, carrot and cucumber pickled with salt, vinegar and sake lees.
Kobachi, small dishes include ingredients such as vegetable, mush room and sea weed.
Boiled spinach in bonito-flavored soy sauce, stewed brown algae and other seasonal dishes are served.
Traditional breakfast is characterized in that fish, vegetables and crops are well balanced in rich nutrition and low calorie diet.

Washoku is a concept of the traditional Japanese cuisine

Japanese style breakfast is traditional Japanese cuisine called Washoku.
What is Washoku ?

Washoku is dishes originated from Japan, including Miso soup and Natto, fermented soybeans.
Also Curry & rice and Rahmen originated from the foreign countries were uniquely developed in Japan and have become Washoku.
Washoku is highly respected for its wide variety of fresh ingredient and its flavor.
As Japan is rich in nature like the ocean, mountain and countryside, specialty of each place and various ingredients are cooked making use of rich nature.
Cooking skill and utensils has been developed for getting the most out of the taste of ingredients.
Washoku is highly nutritious, well balanced and healthy eating habits.
Wahoku style basically contains Ichi-ju-sansai meaning one soup and three vegetable, in which boiled rice, soup and three side dishes called Okazu are combined.
Washoku expresses changing natural beauty and seasons which are characteristic of Japan.
Washoku expresses season by using seasonal flowers and furniture and vessel.
Washoku is related to each annual event. Special dishes have been prepared in annual event such as new year’s ceremony.
So the relationships and bond have been deepened by sharing Washoku between neighborhoods and families.

UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, Washoku

Washoku was designated as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013.
Why was Washoku selected as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage ?
Because Washoku expresses Japanese mind which respects the nature and has been succeeded from generation to generation as traditional social habit.

The 5 Japanese-style Breakfast Spots in Tokyo

The 5 Japanese-style Breakfast Spots mainly introduces kind of breakfast that you can eat only in Japan.
The restaurant selected by each area helps you easily find the site seeing spot after you finish good breakfast.
The restaurants include American and other countries’ Breakfast style, so it may be fun to compare with Japanese breakfast.

Asakusa：MISOJYU

MISOJYU

Special restaurant for serving Miso soup which includes thick and delicious tofu.
You can select favorite miso soup and onigiri, rice ball.
Location : 5 min walk from Asakusa st.
Price range : around 1000-2000 yen
Opens usually : 8:30am -7:00pm
Opens during Covid19 :
8:00am – 3:00pm on Mondays to Fridays
8:00am – 5:00pm on Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays
No regular closing day

URL : http://misojyu.jp/

Shibuya：Shunsai（旬彩）

Bento, Shunsai

Japanese restaurant on 25^th floor of Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu
From the seats near window you can enjoy a wide view of Shibuya town.
Enjoy traditional Japanese breakfast which comprising one soup and three side dishes.
Accessible to the restaurant regardless of weather as it is directly connected to Shibuya sta.
Location : directly connected to Exit 2 of Shibuya station
Price range : around 2000-3000 yen
Opens for breakfast : 7:00am-10:30am
No regular closing day

URL : https://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/shibuya-e/restaurant/shunsai/index.html

Meguro：CLASKA Restaurant kiokuh（クラスカキオク）

Breakfast, Kiokuh

Located in renovated Hotel which from the old hotel along Meguro river street, CLASKA Restaurant kiokuh is Modern French restaurant where you can enjoy Japanese cuisines and riverside scenery.
Available for anyone except lodgers
Free Wi-Fi is available, so you can arrange one day plan while eating breakfast.
Location : 10min walk from east exit of Gakugei univ. of Tokyu Toyoko line.
Price range : around 2000 yen – 3000 yen
Opens for breakfast during 9:00am – 11:30am
No regular closing day

URL : https://www.claska.com/dining_cafe/index.html

Shinagawa：Odashi Tokyo（おだし東京）

Breakfast, Odashi Tokyo

SoupStockTokyo, well known for its soup opened this restaurant by soup broth focusing on Japanese soup broth.
Located within Shinagawa station and you can enjoy rice pod and miso soup from opening time to 10:00 am.
The most popular menu is 「はかた一番どりの朝粥」morning porridge.
Location : within Ecute Shinagawa south at Central exit of JR Shinagawa sta.
Price : from 999yen
Opens :
7:00am – 11:00pm from Monday to Saturday
8:00am – 10:00pm on Sundays and national holidays
Closing day according to closing days of Ecute Shinagawa south

URL : https://www.soup-stock-tokyo.com/odashi/

Nihonbashi：Yaesu Hatsufuji

Breakfast, Hatsufuji

Located in Yaesu Chikagai Shopping Mall at Tokyo sta, Yaesu Hatsufuji is near to ticket gate, so not only passengers but non passenger can conveniently visit the mall, and meals are served in set menu.
In front of the restaurant there is menu sample, so the customer can visually decide from the menu.
Big bowl is available for free.
Location : 3min walk from Tokyo Station Yaesu basement Central Exit.
Price : around 999yen
Opens :
7:00 am-10pm on Mondays-Thursdays
7:00am – 10:30pm on Fridays
7:00am – 9:30pm on Saturdays, Sundays and National holidays
No regular closing day

URL : https://www.hatsufuji.com/yaesu/food.html

The Western-style Breakfast Restaurants in Tokyo

Shibuya：koe’lobby

hotelkoe

Plenty kinds of bread like selected bread, scone are served with jam and homemade butter.
Drink and other main menu can be added.
Breakfast is served in the spacious and fancy atmosphere.
Location : 4 min walk from Exit 13 of Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Shibuya sta.
Price range ; 1000yen – 2000yen
Opens : 7:30am – 8:00pm
No regular closing day

URL : https://hotelkoe.com/food/

Gaienmae：WORLD BREAKFAST ALLDAY

World Breakfast Allday

WORLD BREAKFAST ALLDAY serves various countries’ breakfasts like American, English, Mexican, Taiwanese and Swiss.
There is limited offer menu changing every other two months.
WORLD BREAKFAST ALLDAY’s interior is designed to introduce each country’s culture and history.
Free paper and HP are available.
Access : 5 min walk from Ginza Line Gaien mae sta.
Price : around 1000yen-2000yen
Opens : 8:00am-4:30pm on weekdays
8:00-6:00pm on weekends
No regular closing day

URL : https://www.world-breakfast-allday.com/

Machida：LATTE GRAPHIC

Breakfast Lategraphic

You can enjoy health delicious breakfast like Aqai bowl, open sandwich using avocado.
Coffee is special using beans of “ALL Press Espresso”, of the most well known and established roaster in Oceania region.
Bliss Ball is Sugar free, Raw food, Gluten free sweets and recommendable for Vegan, and good for your beauty and health. It is condensed with nuts, dried fruits and natural nutritious sweets.

Location : 1 min walk from Odakyu Odawara Line Machida station
Price range : around 1000-3000yen
Opens : 8:30am – 11:30pm
Closing day : Jan.1 and another irregular day.

URL : https://www.lattegraphic.com/