TheOutsider'sGuidetoTokyo:10Cutting-EdgeCafes,Shops,andRestaurants-Remodelista

The Outsider's Guide to Tokyo: 10 Cutting-Edge Cafes, Shops, and Restaurants - Remodelista
Photography by Jay Carroll for Remodelista.
Sometimes the best insights into a city can come from an outsider, so when we heard that our SF-based friend Jay Carroll of One Trip Pass was headed to Tokyo, we asked him to take his camera and report back on his finds.
Bombay Bazaar in Daikanyama. Remodelista: Favorite cafe?Jay Carroll: Bombay Bazaar in Daikanyama is an underground bohemian café constructed mainly from driftwood, mosaic tiles, and mud walls.
Antiques Tamiser in Ebisu (also see Tamiser).
Katsuyuki Tanaka, owner and sole barista of Bear Pond in Kitazawa. When we met, he flipped through piles of notebooks he has compiled documenting everything about coffee.
Window seating at Bear Pond.
Cult clothing store Kapital in Ebisu. I did, and my entire Tokyo trip became about seeing all of their five Tokyo stores.
The interior of clothing store Okura in Daikanyama. RM: Other clothing shops worth visiting?JC: Okura sells clothes and accessories, which are all indigo dyed.
(See our previous post on Tas Yard.). All sell their own product lines and evoke a very familiar laid-back, modern California spirit.
Pacific Furniture Service in Ebisu. RM: Go-to furniture shop?JC: Pacific Furniture Service makes chairs, desks, coffee tables, and beds; my guess is that the inspiration is what a typical high school teacher’s lounge looked like in 1959, but in the best possible way.
Hardware store Pacific Parts Center. RM: Other favorite destinations?JC: Definitely worth a visit are Eatrip restaurant in Harajuku and Tsutaya Book Store in Daikanyama. And for more lodging, shopping, and dining ideas, check out our Tokyo City Guide.
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