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Matcha shops in Tokyo
2 shops in Shimokitazawa.
Matcha Passport Tokyo
ShimokitazawaShimokitazawa Station3 min
A second-floor matcha bar on Shimokitazawa's Ichibangai shopping street, opened by Kantaro Fumoto and Robert Rudini and supplied by Shizuoka tea producer Marushichi Seicha. The draw is a rotating list of single cultivars and blends named after Japanese folk creatures, including Komainu for umami, Tanuki for a nutty profile and Reiyo from Aichi for balance, which staff will talk through before you order. Beyond the signature latte there is usucha, Earl Grey and strawberry versions, and a burnt matcha cheesecake. Bilingual staff make it one of the easier matcha specialists in Tokyo for visitors. Later in the evening the room shifts toward matcha cocktails.
Shimokita Chaen Ōyama
ShimokitazawaShimokitazawa Station4 min
A Japanese tea specialist run by the Oyama family, whose head holds the tenth dan, the highest grade awarded to Japanese tea appraisers. After 51 years in the old Maruwa Center, the shop moved in October 2021 to reload, the low-rise complex built on the former railway land between Shimokitazawa and Higashi-Kitazawa. It is best known for matcha kakigori made with Marukyu Koyamaen matcha from Uji, and it sells that matcha by the tin alongside sencha and gyokuro. Retail runs from morning, but the tearoom service is takeaway and opens only in the afternoon, so timing matters. Summer waits are common.