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Matcha shops in Tokyo
4 shops serving traditional matcha in Asakusa.
-wasako- Japanese Tea Ceremony Experience
AsakusaAsagaya Station6 min
Wasako is a Japanese tea ceremony salon in Asakusa, relocated to the historic restaurant Charyo Ichimatsu. Guests watch a live tea ceremony demonstration, enjoy traditional Japanese sweets and matcha, and can try making their own tea. Experiences range from 45 to 90 minutes, with optional kaiseki meals or geisha entertainment.
Kaminari Issa Asakusa Honten
AsakusaAsakusa Station4 min
A koicha (thick matcha) sweets specialist with four small shops around Senso-ji; this is the main one, on Umamichi-dori a few minutes north of Kaminarimon. The kitchen uses only first-flush, stone-milled Kyoto matcha, turning it into cream puffs, dorayaki, roll cake, pudding and a signature koicha fresh-cream mochi, most items between 380 and 880 yen. Matcha can also be ordered on its own or as a set with seasonal jonamagashi wagashi. Fourteen seats, four at the counter and ten at tables, and menus printed in Japanese, English and Chinese. Cards, transport IC and QR payments are all accepted; reservations are not taken.
MATCHA CAFE & STUDIO ASAKUSA
AsakusaAsakusa Station4 min
MATCHA CAFE & STUDIO ASAKUSA is a matcha cafe in Asakusa serving Uji matcha as matcha lattes, matcha sweets and matcha pancakes. Seating is available on the second floor, and a Japanese-style room is used for matcha experiences. It is about a 4-minute walk from Asakusa Station.
Matcha Making Tokyo | Cooking Class in Japan
AsakusaAsakusa Station1 min
Matcha Making Tokyo is a matcha-making class in Asakusa, Tokyo, where guests whisk their own matcha by hand and learn from matcha master instructors. The English-friendly class teaches how to prepare matcha and how to enjoy wagashi, and welcomes beginners, solo travellers, couples and groups. It is about a one-minute walk from Asakusa Station.