A practical guide to booking the Tokyo Pokemon Cafe at Takashimaya Shopping Center East Building 5F in Nihonbashi. The cafe reopened 17 June 2026 after a renovation, and the reopening dates dropped in two bulk waves.
Updated 22 July 2026
The Tokyo Pokemon Cafe is on the 5th floor of the Takashimaya Shopping Center East Building in Nihonbashi, central Tokyo. It is reservation-only, and reservations open at 18:00 Japan time in bulk drops that now cover a full month of dates at once, the same system as the Osaka cafe at Daimaru Shinsaibashi. With the renovation now complete, search demand around the Tokyo cafe is unusually high, and every date up to 30 September 2026 has already been released. Full sessions can still reopen when another customer cancels.
The Tokyo cafe shares one public booking page with the Osaka cafe. Both cities release seats in the same monthly bulk drops at 18:00 Japan time and run the same 8-step reservation form. Choosing Tokyo over Osaka is a single dropdown selection on the booking site; everything else about the reservation flow is identical.
Reservations open at 18:00 Japan time (10:00 BST in summer, 09:00 GMT in winter, 05:00 New York, 02:00 Los Angeles, 19:00 Sydney) on release day. The cafe no longer opens one visit date per day: it now releases a full month of dates in a single drop, announced in advance on its official news page. The most recent confirmed drop, at 18:00 JST on 1 August 2026, opened every date from 1 to 30 September at once. Dates from 1 October onward have not been announced yet. On a drop day the popular sessions sell out in minutes. The cafe site allows one visit per name per release, so a family of four still books a single reservation for the table.
The cafe closed for renovation in March 2026 and reopened on 17 June 2026. To handle the demand for the reopening, the cafe ran two bulk releases instead of opening one day's worth of seats at a time. The first wave, at 18:00 JST on 17 May, opened every day from 17 June to 7 July at once. The second wave, at 18:00 JST on 7 June, opened every day from 8 July to 31 July at once. The bulk approach then became the standard: all of August opened on 1 July and all of September opened on 1 August, both at 18:00 JST for Tokyo and Osaka. Dates from 1 October onward will be announced on the cafe's official news page. Recent releases suggest an opening around 1 September at 18:00 JST, though that is an estimate, not an official date.
The Tokyo cafe accepts parties of 1 to 6 guests on a single reservation. Children of any age count toward the 6-guest cap. A single cafe booking cannot exceed 6, so a group of 7 or more needs two tables. CafeSnap books groups of 7 to 12 as two linked tables in the same sitting, seated together, under one payment, with a full refund if both tables cannot be obtained in one sitting by your date.
The cafe does not accept walk-ins or same-day reservations. If you arrive at Takashimaya East Building 5F without a confirmed booking, you will not be seated, no matter how empty the dining room looks at the time. Cancellation seats can sometimes appear in the public booking system up to 22:00 Japan time the night before the visit, which is the cancellation cut-off the cafe enforces.
The Tokyo Pokemon Cafe operates a themed menu that rotates over time, often differing from the Osaka menu, with the limited-edition drinks, plates, and desserts that the cafe is known for. Menu access is included with any standard reservation, so the only thing you need to land in advance is the seat. You order from the menu on the day; the booking itself is for the table.
The Tokyo cafe is on the 5th floor of the Takashimaya Shopping Center East Building, which is a short walk from Nihonbashi Station in Chuo-ku, central Tokyo. The simplest route from anywhere in central Tokyo is the Ginza, Tozai, or Asakusa subway line to Nihonbashi Station, or the JR Yamanote Line to Tokyo Station followed by a 10-minute walk.
5th floor, Takashimaya Shopping Center East Building, 2-5-1 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
From Nihonbashi Station, take Exit B2 and follow the underground passage that leads directly into the Takashimaya complex. The cafe is on the 5th floor of the East Building (Higashikan), reachable by the escalators or elevators inside Takashimaya. The 5F directory inside Takashimaya signposts the cafe in English.
If you are staying near Tokyo Station, the cafe is about a 10-minute walk through the underground passages that connect Tokyo Station to Nihonbashi, or one stop on the Marunouchi Line to Otemachi followed by a short walk. From Asakusa, the Ginza Line direct to Nihonbashi takes around 9 minutes. From Haneda Airport, the Tokyo Monorail plus JR Yamanote Line to Tokyo Station takes about 40 minutes; from Narita, the Narita Express to Tokyo Station takes about an hour.
If 18:00 Japan time falls in the middle of your night and your trip dates around the Tokyo reopening are fixed, the practical option is to ask a reservation service to handle the booking for you. CafeSnap is built specifically for the Osaka and Tokyo Pokemon Cafe.
You give us your preferred Tokyo visit dates, your party size, the name on the booking, and your email. We submit the reservation to the cafe in your own name and email at the 18:00 JST release, and continue watching for cancellation seats on your preferred dates until the day before your earliest visit. The cafe's confirmation email lands directly in your inbox. You walk into Takashimaya East Building 5F on the day with the reservation reference and your party name.
If we cannot secure any of your Tokyo dates by the day after your last preferred date, Stripe refunds your card automatically. No email to chase, no support ticket.
Two tiers, both flat for the whole party (1 to 6 guests). Prices show in your own currency at Stripe checkout, so the amount on your card matches what you see on the homepage.
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Tell us your Tokyo dates and party size. We handle the cafe form at 18:00 JST and watch for cancellation seats until the day before you visit.
Start your reservationThe cafes share a brand and a reservation system, but the locations and menus are independent. The Tokyo cafe is on the 5th floor of the Takashimaya East Building in Nihonbashi; the Osaka cafe is on the 9th floor of Daimaru Shinsaibashi in central Osaka. Some limited-edition menu items differ between cities, and the dining rooms are themed independently. If your trip only stops in Tokyo, you book the Tokyo cafe specifically; the Osaka cafe is a separate reservation.
The Tokyo cafe closed in March 2026 for a renovation and reopened on 17 June 2026. To handle the reopening demand, the cafe released the reopening dates in two bulk waves instead of one day at a time. The dates from 17 June to 7 July 2026 dropped together at 18:00 JST on 17 May, and the dates from 8 July to 31 July 2026 dropped together at 18:00 JST on 7 June. The bulk pattern continued after the reopening: at 18:00 JST on 1 July 2026 the cafe released every date from 1 to 31 August together, for both Tokyo and Osaka, and monthly bulk drops are now the standard system.
The reservation slot is fixed, and the cafe runs a strict seating schedule because tables turn over throughout the day. Arriving 10 to 15 minutes before your slot is comfortable. The 5F entrance to the cafe is inside Takashimaya East Building and is signposted in English. If you are more than 15 minutes late, the cafe may cancel your booking and seat the next party in the queue.
Yes. The cafe accepts cancellations up to 22:00 Japan time the night before your visit, through the cancellation page on their own reservation site. Because the booking is in your own name and email, you can cancel it directly with the cafe at any time, and the freed seat goes back into the public booking system for the next traveller.
Demand for the Tokyo reopening dates is far higher than a typical Tokyo release because the cafe is the only Pokemon Cafe in eastern Japan and was closed for nearly three months. Both bulk releases (17 May for 17 June to 7 July, and 7 June for 8 July to 31 July) sold out within minutes for the first weekend dates. Cancellation seats for the reopening window appear in the public booking system periodically, which is the most common way to land a reopening date now that both releases have passed.
The reservation is held in the booking party's name and the cafe checks the name on arrival. Reservations are not formally transferable between parties; if your plans change, the safest route is to cancel the booking through the cafe's cancellation page so the seat goes back into the public system. The fee paid to us is for the work of securing the seat and is not refunded after the seat is confirmed, the same way a travel agent's booking fee is not refunded if you change your plans.
£8 flat for the whole party (1 to 6 guests), shown in your own currency at checkout. Full automatic refund if we cannot land any of your Tokyo dates.
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