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Nakameguro to there before 8, no crowd.
yeah before 8 is the move, but by 8:30 the line hits the stairs so you're cutting it close.
Stairs thing holds but the real cutoff is the 8:15 rush when office workers from Shibuya pile in
8:20 is fine, the queue moves fast
7:40 at the latest, 8:30 and you're queuing
Agreed, though add 10 mins for the walk from the station exit. I'd say 7:30 arrival is safer, the 7:45 crowd already fills the bench seats. Pour over's genuinely good but not life changing.
true but the trick is catching the first train out of Naka meguro, the 7:12 gets u there with room to spare. anything after 7:30 and ur standing outside with the laptop crowd
weekday only though, saturdays it's packed by 7:30
sundays are the opposite, dead till like 10 since the office crowd is gone. saturday early is all day trippers from outside the city who camp out
fair, though "before 8" hides a lot. the 7:30ish window is calm but by 7:50 the counter's full and you're hovering. i'd aim to be walking in the door by 7:35 if u want a seat without the shuffle
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Higuma Donuts on Takeshita, go before 9.
the matcha old fashioned is the real order there
agreed, but get it fresh out of the fryer if u can, they tray them up around 8:30 and the glaze sets better. cold ones go chewy fast, especially in summer humidity.
Second this, weekday mornings are dead quiet.
worth the detour but heads up they close tuesdays, learned that the hard way. if the line's already snaking past the corner just bail and hit the little bakery two blocks toward Meiji Jingu instead, their anpan holds up fine.
That backup spot's anpan is fine but their shokupan sells out before noon, so grab a loaf if u see one.
Grab it sliced if they offer, otherwise a whole loaf goes stale by day three unless you freeze half. They also do a small shokupan loaf on Fridays that goes faster than the regular one.
yeah before 9 is key, by 10 the line's out the door. fwiw their kuromitsu one is underrated, everyone just grabs the glazed. cash only btw, no cards
Nine is already pushing it on a Saturday, I'd aim for 8:15 if you want to eat one warm on the bench outside. Also they're closed when it rains hard, which nobody warns you about.
Cash only and they shut the shutters once the batch runs out, so early really means early.