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The best Dorayaki in Tokyo

Also spelt dora yaki, どら焼き and どらやき. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Kameju

    Kaminarimon, Asakusa Asakusa and Ueno

    Open
    10am to 7pm, shuts one day a month
    Where
    2-18-11 Kaminarimon, Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0034

    Queues form before the 10am opening beside Kaminarimon, and the pancake like skins are cooked one at a time on an iron plate. Buy singles rather than a box, and avoid weekend afternoons.

    What to orderDorayaki with azuki, plus one white bean

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  2. Number 2.Kuromatsu Honpo Sogetsu

    Higashi-Jujo, Kita Ikebukuro and Takadanobaba

    Open
    10am to 6pm, closed Tuesdays
    Where
    2-15-16 Higashi-Jujo, Kita-ku, Tokyo 114-0001

    Third of the city's big three, a minute from Higashi-Jujo station and trading since 1930. Order the kuromatsu, its skin made with brown sugar and honey. A queue is usual, and Tuesday is the closed day.

    What to orderKuromatsu, the brown sugar dorayaki

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  3. Number 3.Usagiya Ueno

    Ueno-Hirokoji, Taito Tokyo Station, Nihonbashi and Kanda

    Open
    9am to 6pm, closed Wednesdays
    Where
    1-10-10 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005

    The 1913 shop the modern two pancake dorayaki is traced to. Buy the dorayaki and eat it that day, as the staff will tell you. Shut Wednesdays, and after 4pm you need to have ordered ahead.

    What to orderDorayaki, eaten the same day

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  4. Seijuken

    Nihonbashi-Horidomecho, Chuo Tokyo Station, Nihonbashi and Kanda

    Open
    Weekdays from 9am until the dorayaki sell out
    Where
    1-4-16 Nihonbashi-Horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0012, Peacos Nihonbashi Building 1F

    An 1861 house near Ningyocho whose dorayaki comes as oban, two skins, and koban, one skin folded over. A queue forms an hour before the 9am opening, twenty per group, and weekends are shut.

    What to orderOban dorayaki, the two skin one

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  5. Taoya

    Asagaya-Kita, Suginami Shinjuku

    Open
    10am to 6pm or until sold out, shut Mon and Tue
    Where
    1-4-11 Asagaya-Kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0001

    Two women from the Asagaya Usagiya opened this in April 2026 and kept the hand-kneaded recipe. Buy a box of six dorayaki. Cash only, numbered tickets on busy mornings, and Mondays and Tuesdays are shut.

    What to orderDorayaki, six to a box

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  6. Kobikicho Yoshiya

    Ginza 3-chome, near Kabukiza Ginza, Yurakucho and Shimbashi

    Open
    10am to 3pm, closed Sundays and holidays
    Where
    3-12-9 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061

    A one-room shop in the lanes behind the Kabuki-za, where the dorayaki is a single skin folded over the paste. They are small, so buy five. Mornings only, and Sundays and holidays are shut.

    What to orderDorayaki with the Yoshiya brand mark

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  7. Gyokueido Hikokuro

    Ningyocho, Nihonbashi Tokyo Station, Nihonbashi and Kanda

    Open
    9am to 7pm, Sun and holidays 9.30am to 5pm
    Where
    2-3-2 Nihonbashi-Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0013, Gyokueido Building 1F

    Ask for the torayaki, a dorayaki branded with tiger stripes under a paper sheet you peel away. The family runs this one shop and nothing else, closing days are irregular, so telephone before travelling.

    What to orderTorayaki, the tiger striped dorayaki

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  8. Kagurazaka Baikatei Honten

    Kagurazaka, Shinjuku Shinjuku

    Open
    10am to 7pm, closed Wednesdays
    Where
    6-15 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0825, Kagurazaka Baikatei Building

    A 1935 shop partway up the Kagurazaka slope making two dorayaki, the plain asadora and the kagurayaki, filled with green pea paste from Furano. Both now keep only two days. Wednesday is the closed day.

    What to orderKagurayaki, the green pea paste one

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  9. Suzumeya

    Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima Ikebukuro and Takadanobaba

    Open
    Thu to Sat 11am to 6pm, or until sold out
    Where
    2-18-5 Minami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-0022

    Open three days a week in a lane seven minutes east of Ikebukuro, and the dorayaki tends to go by early afternoon. Book on the shop's own site up to six days ahead, then collect.

    What to orderDorayaki, ordered online in advance

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  10. Monnaka Dorayaki Dorayama

    Monzen-nakacho, Koto Tsukiji, Tsukishima and Toyosu

    Open
    10.30am to 4pm, or until they sell out
    Where
    2-6-9 Monzennakacho, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0048, Hiiragi Building 1F

    A takeaway dorayaki counter on a back lane off the temple approach. Order the yakidora, griddled after you ask for it, rather than one of the boxed ones. Nowhere to sit, and afternoons often run out.

    What to orderYakidora, griddled to order

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  11. Akasaka Ogino Wakan, Toranomon Hills

    Toranomon, Minato Roppongi, Azabu and Akasaka

    Open
    11am to 8pm daily
    Where
    2-6-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Toranomon Hills Station Tower B2F, T-MARKET

    The sweets counter belonging to a Michelin starred kaiseki kitchen, down in the T-Market basement. Take the azuki and salted butter nama dorayaki. No seats, and gift boxes have to be booked online in advance.

    What to orderNama dorayaki, azuki and salted butter

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  12. SISIRI Ebisu

    Ebisu 3-chome, Shibuya Nakameguro, Ebisu and Meguro

    Open
    Sat and Sun 10am to 5pm, shut on weekdays
    Where
    3-38-25 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, 1F

    A design studio during the week and a wagashi counter at weekends, in a converted house up the hill from Ebisu. The gluten free black dorayaki carries clove and coffee cream. Telephone if you want Friday.

    What to orderThe black dorayaki, spiced with clove

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