A complete guide to the best things to do in Gransta Tokyo! 25 must-visit recommendations!

KOURO-AN is a Japanese confectionery store popular for its new sense and creative Japanese sweets, including its signature products such as "Kokuto (Brown Sugar) Dorayaki" and "Monaka Sweets”.
The "Tokyo Station Limited Edition "Tokyo Suzu Monaka" is a Japanese sweets with a motif of the "silver bell" that is the meeting point at Tokyo Station.
Its cute appearance makes it a treat for both the eyes and the taste buds.
The combination of koshian (strained sweet bean paste) and soft Gyuhi mochi (rice cake) is exquisite, making this monaka a perfect souvenir for those who love Japanese sweets.

The world's first store specializing in sweets made from nuts, COCORIS, recommends the "Hazelnut and Raspberry" sandwich cookie.
You can enjoy the luxurious taste of rich hazelnut paste and flavorful raspberry paste sandwiched between Spanish milk chocolate and original cookies.
In addition, hazelnut powder is also mixed into the cookies, spreading a nutty aroma in the mouth.

Calbee+ x Tokyo Banana Jaga Boulde is an evolutionary potato chip created through a collaboration between Calbee+ and Tokyo Banana, a well-known Tokyo souvenir.
The chips are sprinkled with drops of condensed 'deliciousness', giving them a crispy outside and a crunchy inside, and they are available in a variety of uniquely Japanese flavors.
The "Bonito and Kelp Umami Dashi Flavor" and the "Beef Dashi and Wasabi Flavor" are delicately flavored under the supervision of Hiroo Onogi, a Japanese restaurant in Hiroo.
It would be fun to buy all kinds and compare them.

Inden, a traditional Japanese craft that has been loved for over 400 years since the Edo period, is attractive for its delicate and beautiful patterns.
At INDEN-YA x JIZAING, the beauty of Inden has been preserved, and the individuality of the user shines through in the lineup of products.
In particular, the "Marunouchi Building Pattern Inden Coin Purse" is a limited edition Tokyo Station product with a design of the Marunouchi Building at Tokyo Station, and is sure to be a welcome souvenir.
It can hold not only coins but also cards and has excellent usability.

If you want to pick up a small gift, go to OLD-FASHIONED STORE TOKYO.
Most of the items in the store are originals made by Japanese craftsmen, and you can feel the attention to detail in their handiwork.
The "green train" handkerchief is available only at the Tokyo store. This handkerchief is designed with a bold arrangement of trains that gives the impression that a train is about to pop out.
Other handkerchiefs with embroidered Shinkansen trains and other items are also available for train lovers.

TRAVELER'S FACTORY STATION offers a variety of sundries and original items for spending everyday life as you travel.
The Tokyo Station limited edition item available here is the TRAVELER'S Notebook Station Edition, which features the original logo in gold leaf.
The comfortable texture in your hand and the gold leaf give it a luxurious feel, making it a great souvenir for yourself.
There are also many other limited products such as washi tapes and stickers to check out.

Those who want to enjoy the taste of Japan even after they get home should look for souvenirs at Kayanoya.
Here, the chef of "Oryouri Kayanoya," located in a village in a clear stream with fireflies in Fukuoka, carefully selects ingredients and blends them into dashi that can be easily used at home.
Recommended as a souvenir is the "Tokyo Station Limited Kokorobakari," a set of three types of dashi in a five-pack with the Marunouchi Building of Tokyo Station depicted on it.
Why not try cooking while thinking of Tokyo?

A new brand of sweets, Amami Kaori Lab, is now attracting attention for its food-combination experience.
In "Select Sweets," customers can choose from several base sweets, fruits, flavors, and teas, each prepared according to their own tastes, and enjoy the real pleasure of completing the sweets with their own hands.
Since they are fresh sweets, you may want to enjoy them in your hotel room.
This new type of sweet that you have never experienced before is sure to be very photogenic.

Kirinosaka is a brand of a long-established rice cracker store that aims to offer a new style of enjoying okaki (rice crackers).
Recommended here is the RICE PALETTE, which is as colorful and delicate as a Western-style confectionery.
There is "Dried Fruits & Nuts," which is like a sweet with dried fruits and marshmallows, and "Parmigiano Reggiano," which is Parmigiano Reggiano cheese accented with pistachios and sourness of tomatoes, and can be enjoyed as a snack or as a nibble with alcoholic beverages.

Under the concept of starting a new Japanese ramen culture in Tokyo, they collaborated with a famous restaurant in Sapporo to come up with this new brand, Nippon Ramen, Rin Tokyo. They are committed to domestic ingredients and offer soy sauce and salt flavors. The light, yet rich soup is amazing! Their original noodles are full of wheat fragrance and very smooth. Salt ramen is limited in servings. If you want to try them, visit there early.

At the Kaitenzushi Haneda Ichiba, you can taste the fresh seafood just caught in the morning rushed in by airplane, shinkansen or express bus. The rice is seasoned with red vinegar, the tradition of Edomae sushi since 300 years ago. There is a unique shinkansen delivery device for your order, which adds fun to your meal. Casually enjoy your sushi on the merry-go-round.

A popular Japanese food magazine, “danchu”, runs this diner. They carefully cook the kind of home dishes the Japanese would eat daily. Their aim is to create ordinary goodness that makes you want to taste every day. For lunch, an orthodox set of rice, miso soup and a main dish is common. At night, you can order side dishes and drinks also. There are only counter seats, making it easier for a single customer to just pop in. A recommendation is Shogayaki Teishoku, a set meal with a brand pork cooked with the original ginger sauce.

The creator of Osaka Sanuki Udon, Namba Sennichimae Kamatake Udon, serves smooth and chewy wide udon noodles made of domestic wheat. The noodles are made from flour every day and served fresh. The soup uses no chemical additives and is safe. Try their specialty “Chikutamaten Bukkake” with the half-boiled egg tempura and a big chikuwa tempura.

A bite-size tempura on skewers is fun to eat at this tempura specialty, Hageten. Select seasonal ingredients are deep-fried in the original blend of sesame oil to create the flavorful, light texture that you can just keep eating. Lunch and dinner are served in a new style, Tempura with Mabushi rice. You can eat them straight, mix them or pour sauce over them for a delicious finish.

Various cultures are mixed in Tokyo. If you cut up Tokyo and edit the pieces together, you will get this souvenir store TOKYO!!! (Tokyo Mittsu). The souvenirs are uniquely grouped in three timeframes - 3 seconds, 3 minutes and 3 hours. You will find just the right presents for your loved ones.

It is so much fun to choose presents at Mamegui. When you pick one from nearly 150 kinds of handkerchief-sized cloths and from about 20 kinds of candies and cookies, etc., they will be wrapped for you immediately. After eating goodies, the cloth can be used as a handkerchief or washcloth. Pick the right match for the liking of the receiver.

VINYL is a one-of-a-kind museum shop which you create with artists and illustrators. There is a space to display works of up-and-coming -artists and you can look at them in a relaxing atmosphere.
The store is full of well-designed items that can only be purchased here and look great in photos wherever you take them.

Neue’s theme is “Cherished Goods to Spend Life with” and they provide practical stationery goods in awesome designs. There are a variety of limited edition items such as the collaboration work with Tsubame Note, the Gransta Marunouchi notebook, with the illustration of Tokyo Marunouchi Train Station. Nice as a gift.

All the goods sold here are leather items made in Japan. They let you see the high quality of Japanese crafts, which are excellent as gifts. They provide an order-made service with the classic Italian leather in the select color of the Minerva box sawn in the store. It will become the only-one-in-the-world product for you.

Yasubei Kimura created Anpan (sweet-bean filled bread) in Meiji Period. His descendant, Shuichiro Kimura runs the popular Maison Kayser, the bakery which practices traditional French. Now, he came up with a new brand in Tokyo - the original Kimurayaki Hyakuryo Anpan. With the traditional baking method,he has developed at Maison Kayser, using generous eggs and Hokkaido butter to make brioche-like dough, he folded sweet bean paste, cream, or other filling of seasonal ingredients into the dough to produce this Japanese - western taste.

Tonkatsu, Maisen is specialized in pork cutlets famous for their tenderness that you can cut with chopsticks. Of all the popular cutlet sandwiches, lunch packs and side dishes, one recommendation is the Tokyo Marunouchi Ekisha Sangaidate Bento. A box, which depicts the Tokyo Marunouchi Station, contains a generous three layers of a cutlet sandwich, cutlet bowl and soboro bowl. You will be satisfied with the flavor and the volume.

DEPOT has the retro ambience of Showa Period and is known for the Tokyo Napolitan using the famous noodles from Asakusakaikaro. However, take out the Natsukashi Horoniga Pudding (Retro pudding with a touch of bitterness) here. The in-house espresso is added to the caramel source to bring out the rich flavor over the firm pudding. It is an unforgettable taste, which often sells out on Saturdays and Sundays. It goes well with coffee, terrific for a tea time at home or at a hotel.

The Hasegawa Liquor Store provides mainly sake and also has distilled spirit and liqueur. In the shop at Gransta, there is a tasting bar where you can enjoy Doburoku (cloudy sake) available only here. They also carry Sakamai Onigiri, the rice balls made of the valuable rice which sake is made from. Experience sake’s appeal which is part of Japanese culture.

The Central is designed in the shape of a graceful dining car. This is the symbol of Tokyo Station where many travelers are milling. The familiar western menu includes the “traditional hashed rice (demi glace sauce)” with more than 80 years of history, hamburger steak, and omelet rice. Pretend you are riding in a real dining car and taste the retro-and-new western food.

Just walking around is fun at Gransta Tokyo. You will see the traditional Japanese culture in the designs of Edo Kiriko (cut glass), Tokyo shippo glazed ware, Edo Noren curtains made of natural fabric, etc. on the walls, columns and ceilings. During your shopping or heading for a destination, stop for a moment and appreciate the traditional Japanese art.

Besides these examples, there are far more attractive shops! You will see many goods and menus available only here no matter how many times you visit. Come and find your favorite goodies and items at Gransta.