Street entrance to Baikatei sweet shop, Akihabara, Kagurazaka & Korakuen.

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Baikatei

Kōrakuen & Akihabara


See (and sample) humble beans and rice whipped into pastel flowers at this award-winning traditional sweets shop, in business since 1935. There are blue door curtains at the front.