I heard Azabudai Hills had opened in Tokyo and was the talk of the town, so I went to take a look.

Closing notice for ecute Tokyo

I got to Tokyo Station and found this notice up. Well, that is a surprise – I wonder how the place will change.

Hamamatsucho Station

They are finally building the connecting deck at Hamamatsucho Station. I actually thought it would go up in time for the Olympics, and only now…

Le Pain Quotidien

This was my regular bakery back when I lived in this neighbourhood, and it is still going strong.

Tokyo Tower

Head straight up this road and you come out in Roppongi.

Ken’s Cafe Tokyo

Ken’s Cafe has opened on the ground floor of Tokyo Tower.

A dessert shop I spotted on the way

Honestly, I had trouble finding the entrance to Azabudai Hills and ended up wandering around.

Azabudai Hills, first floor

I would not say the scale is enormous, but finding a plot like this in the middle of Tokyo and developing it is quite something. The small building you can see on the right is Hermes.

Azabudai Hills Market is down in the basement.

Takeaway yakitori from Torishiki

Torishiki is a yakitori restaurant famous for needing a booking two months in advance. When a place like that opens a takeaway counter, you have to stop by.

Kameido Gyoza

This is another place famous for its gyoza – I never expected it to turn up in Azabudai Hills.

A deli counter

A charcuterie

Meidi-ya

Every name-brand grocer has moved in here.

A cheese shop

Torishiki’s yakitori performance

It looks like they put on some kind of performance grilling the yakitori, but I did not have time to check.

A Chinese restaurant

A Western-style restaurant

Comme’N bakery

This is a bakery that has been building a following around Jiyugaoka, and they managed to sign up even a place like this. Impressive.

Comme’N Meringue

Mr. CHEESECAKE

HARBS

An onigiri and bento shop

Niboshi, the dried sardines used for stock

There really is a huge amount here. Getting round all of it in a day or two would be tough.

The ceiling of Azabudai Hills

After going right round the basement, I checked out the ground level too. Since it connects to the office space, there were plenty of spots aimed at office workers.

Pelican Cafe

Pelican, the Asakusa bakery famous for its shokupan loaves, has now made it into Azabudai Hills as well. Who would have thought this place would get so famous! The way I remember it, it was a fairly popular neighbourhood bakery, that is all…

SHOGUN BURGER

This place was selling rather pricey premium burgers.

The view

The Conran Shop

Lovely chairs.

A cafe

Kisurin

Kisurin is a well-known Chinese restaurant in Aoyama. So they have opened a branch here. Look closely at the menu and there is nothing cheap on it.

A restaurant

Fukahire-ya, the shark fin place

Everyone here seems to have gone all out.

Yoroniku Tokyo

This is another famous yakiniku restaurant

A steakhouse

A bar

There were a lot of tourists.

A fountain pen shop

% Arabica coffee

A cafe that made its name in Arashiyama, Kyoto, turning up in a place like this…

A cafe

From here on we are outside Azabudai Hills.

The view

The view

I never had much reason to come to this part of town, but looking properly, there are a lot of lovely spots.

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