Food / Where to eat
The depachika
デパ地下 でぱちか
The department-store food basement: a hundred counters of bento, sushi, wagashi, French pastry, tea, sake and fruit, each from a named maker, each sample offered with a toothpick. Isetan Shinjuku's is the best; Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi's the grandest. Assemble a lunch and eat it in the nearest garden — that is what it is for.
- How to order
- Point and say the number; most counters take cards; after 5 pm the bento are discounted.
- Price band
- ¥¥
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