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North ticket gate, 9am sharp.
Nine works if you're there for the gate opening, but honestly the queue doesn't bite until half past. Why are you asking this on a Q&A site when you clearly already know the place?
The basement is actually the food floor (depachika style), so don't fight it, go down there hungry. Clothes are mostly floors 3 to 5; skip 1 and 2 unless you want cosmetics and accessories. Weekend parking is still rough after 11am, I usually park at the coin lot two blocks east on Sotobori and walk.
basement closes at 8 sharp on sundays
floor 6 has a solid menswear corner most people skip & the depachika markdowns start around 7
yeah that menswear corner is genuinely underrated, but the markdowns actually kick off closer to 6:30 on weekdays imo
agree on the depachika, but go before 7 if you want the good bento, markdowns mean scraps by then. that coin lot on Sotobori fills up too, I've had better luck at the one behind the koban on the north side.
Marunouchi side exit, before 10:30.
honestly that depachika tip is spot on, though I'd add the basement gets slammed right at lunch so go early or after 2
Hit the tenth-floor restaurant floor for lunch, but reserve by noon or you'll queue forty minutes at any of them.
best patisserie near Patisserie Lune 2026
the shortcake came back feb 3 but only fri to sun, and patisserie aki two blocks toward gaien nishi dori does a cleaner one anyway
feb 3 huh, i always miss the weekend window, is aki closed mondays or am i thinking of somewhere else
aki is closed mondays yeah, but that shortcake window is why i gave up and just hit lune before noon on fridays
friday before noon is the move, staff are still boxing stuff up so u get first pick. just dont roll in right at 10 when they open, the cases are half set til like 10:30
cleaner crumb but aki's cream is lighter tbh
they also do a solid gateau fraise on weekdays if u ask at the counter, just not on the shelf
is that aki counter one worth queueing for on a sat morning or does it get picked over fast
mondays at lune are dead quiet, go then
yeah but half the cases are empty by 2pm