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Announcing the “Tabelog 100 Best Bakeries 2026”

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On Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the Japanese restaurant search and reservation service “Tabelog” (https://tabelog.com/) announced the winners of the “Tabelog 100 Best Bakeries 2026,” a list of bakeries highly rated by Tabelog users. This is the first announcement in about four years since 2022, and as before, 100 bakeries were selected for each of the three areas: TOKYO, EAST, and WEST.

About “Tabelog 100 Best Bakeries 2026”

This gourmet award is based on the concept, “If you want to eat something delicious right now, go to this shop.” Each year since 2017, Tabelog has announced the top 100 restaurants in various genres, and this is the sixth time the “100 Best Bakeries” list has been released.

Looking at the cities, wards, and prefectures with the most selected bakeries by area: in “TOKYO,” Shibuya Ward leads with 16 bakeries, followed by Setagaya Ward with 11, and Chiyoda and Minato Wards with 10 each. In “EAST,” Kanagawa Prefecture accounts for nearly half with 48 bakeries, followed by Aichi and Saitama Prefectures with 14 each. In “WEST,” Osaka Prefecture has 32 bakeries, Hyogo 26, and Kyoto 24. This article introduces all bakeries selected for the first time this year.

Selection Method

  • Selection reference date: April 21, 2026
  • From bakeries meeting the following criteria, the top 100 in each area by overall score were selected
  • The primary genre must be “Bread” or “Bagels”

[TOKYO First-Time Selections]

There are 19 bakeries newly selected in the “TOKYO” area. Among them is the “Comme’N TOKYO Azabudai Hills” (Minato-ku Azabudai), the second branch of “Comme’N TOKYO Main Store” (Setagaya-ku Okusawa), which was chosen for the “Tabelog 100 Best Bakeries TOKYO 2022.” This bakery, located inside Azabudai Hills, is run by a chef who won a world championship. There are also specialty shops for kids and meringue sweets within the same premises. Other new selections include “Bread&Coffee IKEDAYAMA Main Store” (Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku), where you can enjoy all-scratch bread made entirely in-house from kneading to baking, along with house-roasted coffee, and “Bakery Bank” (Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku), where you can taste bread made with their own fermented butter in a renovated former bank teller’s window.

TOKYO First-Time Selections (19 Bakeries)

Shop Name / Area

[EAST First-Time Selected Shops]

There are nine shops making their first appearance in the "EAST" category. Among them is "Oka no Ue no Panya" (Yokohama, Kanagawa), which features terrace seating and offers Danish pastries made with domestic wheat, natural yeast, and seasonal fruits. Another is "Boulangerie ADACHI" (Sunto District, Shizuoka), where you can enjoy French-style baguette sandwiches, rustic breads, authentic baked sweets, and deli items. Also selected is "Portugal Ebina SA (Downbound) Shop" (Ebina, Kanagawa), known for its "Ebina Melon Pan," which features a vibrant green color not only in the cookie crust but also in the bread itself.

EAST First-Time Selected Shops (9 shops)

Shop Name / Area

[WEST First-Time Selected Shops]

There are 19 shops making their first appearance in the "WEST" category. Among them is "Lumière", whose owner-chef has been selected three times for the "French Top 100 Restaurants," and who now offers low-salt breads at "Pancarat Boulangerie Café" (Osaka). Also selected is "Mariage de Farine" (Komono, Mie), located at the foot of Mount Gozaisho in a beautiful natural setting, where you can enjoy stone-oven baked bread made with carefully selected domestic wheat. Another is "Maison Murata" (Kobe, Hyogo), which offers a wide variety of breads, including high-hydration French bread and pastries rolled with pistachio paste.

WEST First-Time Selected Shops (19 shops)

Shop Name / Area

*Even in cases of relocation or renewal, we consider it a first-time selection.
*Regardless of genre, any restaurant chosen for the 100 Best Restaurants for the first time is considered a first-time selection.

＜About Each Target Area＞

EAST: Hokkaido / Aomori / Iwate / Miyagi / Akita / Yamagata / Fukushima / Ibaraki / Tochigi / Gunma / Saitama / Chiba / Kanagawa / Niigata / Yamanashi / Nagano / Gifu / Shizuoka / Aichi

WEST: Toyama / Ishikawa / Fukui / Mie / Shiga / Kyoto / Osaka / Hyogo / Nara / Wakayama / Tottori / Shimane / Okayama / Hiroshima / Yamaguchi / Tokushima / Kagawa / Ehime / Kochi / Fukuoka / Saga / Nagasaki / Kumamoto / Oita / Miyazaki / Kagoshima / Okinawa

【About the Tabelog 100 Best Restaurants】

In addition to the annual award “The Tabelog Award (https://award.tabelog.com/),” which honors Japan’s finest “delicious” restaurants, Tabelog also announces a list of 100 top restaurants across a wide range of genres to help users find the perfect place to eat according to their diverse needs. This year, we will continue to announce new genres, including eel, ice cream, and gelato.

【About Tabelog】

Tabelog is a restaurant search and reservation service designed to enrich your dining-out experience. With approximately 900,000 listed restaurants, users can search for the perfect spot from a wealth of information, including detailed restaurant profiles, user reviews, and photos. You can also easily check for available seats and make online reservations anytime, anywhere.

As of July 2026, there are approximately 900,000 restaurants listed and 93.75 million reviews posted.
Usage statistics: 97.08 million monthly users, 2.45971 billion monthly page views (as of March 2026).
(Monthly users by device) Smartphone: 80.39 million, PC: 16.69 million

*About the Method for Measuring Monthly Users:

The number of users is counted based on browsers that visit the site (in some cases, users who revisit after a certain period may be counted more than once depending on the browser, OS, etc.). We strive to exclude duplicate counts due to fast-loading mobile web pages and mechanical access such as automated data collection programs by third parties as much as possible. Please note that Tabelog ended support for AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) in February 2022.

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