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aya goto
Hello, I’m Aya Goto.
THISTOKYO shares cafes, shops, events, pop-ups, character goods, and local trends mainly around the Harajuku, Omotesando, Jingumae, and Shibuya areas of Tokyo.
By actually walking through the city and visiting places firsthand, the site aims to capture and share the real atmosphere and charm of Tokyo.
THISTOKYO is updated regularly for people who enjoy cafe hopping, character culture, limited-time events, and discovering the latest spots in Tokyo.
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KIRUFEBBON Aoyama, Omotesando, Tokyo: Seasonal fruit tarts are exquisite! Enjoy an elegant afternoon at this popular cafe with white walls!
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New store NeRds Cafe produced by "Shinako" to open in Harajuku Takeshita-dori in August 【Time Limited】 Tasted NeRds Rope at GO-GO-CAFE
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Crepe and Espresso" famous crispy crepe in Omotesando, the best crepe in terms of bijou, dough and cream.
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POPMART Harajuku Store Report|What is LABUBU? What is Skull Panda? Waiting time, popular characters & blind box purchase experience
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[End of Event] Hanamaru Ghost Healing Ice Cream Stand @ Harajuku Harakado|Summer-only event to spend time with healing characters!
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Event Ended] Harajuku|Lespressac x Ribbon 70th Anniversary Collaboration is too cute! Featured is a comic-patterned tote.
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Event Ended】 Original Art Experience at RIBON FESTA 2025, Celebrating 70th Anniversary of the First Issue|Original Art Experience at Shibuya TSUTAYA
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Harajuku Fender's First Cafe Experience Report!
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Gaienmae] Sugar-free, healthful and superb obanzai set meal "Rakan/Ka" also in the middle of the day!
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Event Completed] Pouring and Freezing Freeze® is Fun! Experience report of the Shibuya POPUP "Ice Magic
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Famous souvenir Francais Omotesando|Honten Summer Limited "Lemon Caramel Pannier", a great sweet with crunchy & cool ice cream.
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Event Ended] Omotesando|You can get pre-launch hair care samples! Kao MEMEME x MEOVV (Miao Miao) x Face Jewelry Experience Pop-up
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Event Completed] Held in Shibuya|Hyoketsu® Ice Magic (August 1-3, 2025): Freeze the moment you pour! Enjoy a special cooling experience and delicious drinks!
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Event Ended] "MEDICOM TOY EXHIBITION '25", an exhibition event of new Medicom Toy products in 2025, bringing together all the new Barebrick products in Omotesando, Tokyo.
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Le Pommier" is a hideaway cafe with a terrace where you can spend a relaxing adult time with a recommended avocado menu.
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Shibuya] Nakayoshi is a set meal restaurant in the style of an old private house!
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Omotesando|A special moment at "Eriko Osawa Earthly Gelato," a store specializing in organic vegetable gelato
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Also the holy place for 300 yen accessories on Takeshita-dori, very popular among mass-produced girls ♡ and guess what? PARIS KID'S (Paris Kids Harajuku Store) in business for over 45 years
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NARUTO Shippuden SPECIAL POPUP at baseyard tokyo! There are also newly-drawn visuals!
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Event ends】 2025Luxurious fruit coffee for 300 yen at Harajuku until August 3 for a limited time only! Secret drip.
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Harajuku] Fluffy shaved ice from Korea "Seolbin Cafe" - Kinako Mochi Seolbin is excellent!
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Event Ended] Experience the excellent pistachio iced latte at Nespresso POPUP in Omotesando!
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Harajuku/Kitasando] Additive-free curry CURRY UP® produced by NIGO®, a dish inherited from the legendary "GHEE" restaurant.
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Event ended】Sneakers placed on refrigerators and cooktops are innovative!
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【Shibuya Miyashita Park】Amazing flavor for just 500 yen! JB's TOKYO Craft Burgers
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Review of the popular "Hydrangea Ice" at PAP.COFFEE [supervised by Sebastian].
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[Event Ended] Stray Kids x Biore Pop-up Event: Free Biore Zero Sheet!
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Harajuku] A wide variety of menu items, all delicious! SYNdicate cafe, an inorganic hideaway cafe
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Harajuku] Tasting and purchasing the world's hottest spicy seasonings! Hot Sauce Bar Tokyo (Hot Spice Bar Tokyo)
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Temporary Closure|Takeshita Street "Impressive shaved ice with strawberry fruit shaved directly and poured condensed milk" No ice used! Strawberry Tiger Harajuku store directly priced by domestic farmers.
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A quiet cafe in front of Harajuku Station] Take a break at Wagashiya Harajuku Kotobuki. A place to forget the hustle and bustle of the city with dorayaki and green tea.
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Omotesando Shirou|A chic experience with juwari soba at the counter of an old-fashioned buckwheat noodle restaurant where you can forget about the hustle and bustle of the city
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AFURI Karakurena Harajuku "Yuzu Spicy Red Ramen"! A new taste sensation of "deliciously spicy and sour!
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Dotcom Space Tokyo, a quiet, Wifi-enhanced hideaway cafe in Harajuku, carefully brewed latte and comfortable time.
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Superb grilled fish lunch set meal at "Izu no Shun YANMO Minami-Aoyama", my favorite Japanese restaurant in Omotesando.
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GYRE.FOOD uni" cafe in the iconic GYRE building in Omotesando, a quiet, calm and spacious place
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【Shibuya Salad Lunch Revolution】The Best Salad of My Life, Discovered at NEWLIGHT
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Basque cheesecake with smoked honey at "allée," Omotesando's hottest sweets store.
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July 2025 Jo Malone Omotesando POPUP Event Experience Repo|Gacha perfume!
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Numb Summer in Omotesando Hills|Cold summer noodles at Civile Noodles' Candle Shop (蝋そく屋) are too good to be true!
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Event Completed] July 2025 YSL Beauty (Yves Saint Laurent) Omotesando Hills Event Experience Report! Crowded conditions, recommendations
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Event ends] Limited time offer in 2025! Omotesando Hills Gelapiquet Cafe and Robuchon Collaboration Shaved Ice (Coco des Gers) Report
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Event ended】 Pingu x Tuxedo Sam's 45th anniversary POPUP "Nakayoshi Market" at Laforet Harajuku! Don't miss the cafe menu!
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K-POP general department store "D'PARTMENT" is born in Harakado! The latest work of &TEAM!
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Omotesando's hideaway Korean cafe cafe 486 (Cafe Yonhachi Roku) Enjoy the reflection with the popular croffle and einspänner!
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Yakiniku Yamashofu Omotesando is popular among women for its comfortable, odorless, smokeless space for an elegant one-person counter yakiniku lunch.
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Ujien at Urasando Garden|Matcha Mont Blanc and cold matcha set served in an old private house.
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Event ends] 2025 SAM'U Omotesando Pop-up! Learn skin care with &TEAM K, free samples and gacha!
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PIZZERIA SPONTINI Cascade Harajuku (Pizzeria Spontini), a long-established restaurant in Milan, Italy, is now in Harajuku!
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Popular soba restaurant with the best cost performance in Omotesando! Always a long line at "Soba Kiri Miyota
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Omotesando Cafe] White and antique space beauty.
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Feel like traveling to an authentic Thai food stall at Ciao! Bamboo in Harajuku! Gapao, popular menu ranking and affiliated restaurant information!
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Early Summer Limited "American Cherry and Chocolate Mille Crepe" and Excellent Salad Plate at Afternoon Tea Omotesando
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Shibuya Ward
KITH TREATS KISTREATS|All Mix-Ins Toppings! How to customize and order Build Your Own explained!
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KITH TREATS First-Time Customers! Choose from the menu and order Signature Specials All Introductions!
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KITH TREATS Shibuya [Miyashita Park] Very popular ice cream with weekend lines! How to ask for it and review of my impression
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Event ended] Free Creator Fest in Harajuku Laforet for over 300 people!
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Anime ONE PIECE: Strawberry Store! Meet Limited Edition Chopper and Glowing Gear 5 Luffy|Harajuku Harakado
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PIZZA SLICE" on Cat Street, Harajuku, where you can enjoy authentic NY style fashionable pizza.
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Enjoy limited donuts at I'm Donut Cafe (I'm donut?) Harajuku 2nd floor! A hole-in-the-wall place where you can buy them without standing in line.
