I think that all people have memory of unexpected nice breakfast.
Such breakfast is oftenly consisted of not special food but standard one.
I think the best dish is standard one, but with just a little bit surprise.

"18-dish breakfast" of the cafe "Tsumugi" in Tsukiji Hongwanji Buddhist Temple　is the one.It is consists of 18 small dishes like salted plum, yuba with fishegg, tomatoes flavored with dashi, taro flavored with miso, deep fried eggplant etc...
If you want eat all of them in the restaurant for dinner, it will cost you so much. And you would feel full soon.
However, you can eat them reasonable in this cafe for breakfast and each dises is not so much and this is the best way to taste various Japanese food.



Rice porridge would warm your stomach.
Salted plum or seaweed is recommended to eat with rice.
However, I would recommend you to enjoy rice porridge with dashi or soysouce or something, because thay are left in small each dishes after you ate.
Japanese poeple eat rice or miso soup or other dish while we feel taste of previous dish.Such way of enjoying food is our traditional culture.
In the temple, people sometimes wipe dishes with pickled vegetables.
It is sustainable and traditional food culture in Japan.
Good dish will enphasize taste of other dishs.
When we eat real delicious food, we would feel we should not waste even a drip of them.



All of them taste elegant and gentle.
It will not make your stomach fell tired.
I think foreigners would be surpirased by morning buffet in Hotels in Japan.
However, you will enjoy this breakfast more. You can feel Japanese food culture and you would fully enjoy lunch and dinner because your stomach have enough space even after this beautiful breakfast.
If you wanna have more, you can order more rice porridge with no extra charge.


You can enjoy even Japanese green tea and Maccha flavor Jelly.
You would impressed by beautiful green tea which is served with glass cup.
I heard sermon and sutra chanting on speakers in this Cafe at AM10:30.

I think it is the best breakfast to start a day in Tokyo .

＊ "dashi" is Japanese broth made of fish or seaweed or both
＊ "miso" is Japanese fermented soybean paste
＊ "yuba " is like scum which appears when soymilk is boiling

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〈Basic Information〉

The cafe "Tsumugi" in Tsukiji Hongwanji Buddhist Temple

The cafe "Tsumugi" in Tsukiji Hongwanji Buddhist Temple

Website：https://www.cafe-tsumugi.jp
Phone：03-5565-5581
Website for reservation ( only for breakfast)：https://yoyaku.toreta.in/wacafetsumugi/#/

The cafe is placed in Tsukiji Hongwanji Buddhist Temple. You can enjoy various menu with which you can feel Japanese culture easily. 「18品の朝ごはん」which means "18-dish breakfast" is very popular. If you don't wanna miss to eat this menu, you should reserve by website or phone until one day before.Breakfast menu is served AM8:00〜AM10:30. You can buy some goods in the shop besides the cafe, and you might hear pray for god by monk from speakers at AM10:30.

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