Hopbeat RecordsFrom Shizuoka. Enjoy unique beer you can taste only here at Hopbeat Records

Hopbeat Records in Shin Marunouchi Bldg. directly connected to Tokyo Station is a beer stand managed by Shizuoka-originated craft beer brand, West Coast Brewing（WCB). Inside the shop, there are always six kinds of draft beer and 10 or more kinds of original canned beer. You can take out canned beer, so it is perfect for your picnic in Kokyo Gaien National Garden.

"Star watcher" is the beer that has been continuously brewed as the first brewed beer of West Coast Brewing. For hops, they use Citra, which has tropical fruit-like aroma, Simcoe, which has a refreshing nuance and Mosaic, which makes you feel the refreshing taste like citrus fruits and berries. The good balance of sweetness and bitterness makes the pleasant taste. They have other unique original canned beer, so why don't you get some and compare them?

Close to Hopbeat Records lies Kokyo Gaien National Garden. This is a very spacious national garden that occupies a land area of 1,150,000 square meters.
Especially, in the very spacious garden, the perfect place for a picnic is the Imperial Palace Plaza that consists of a pea gravel plaza and lawn green space and Wadakurafunsuikoen near Otemachi Station. In particular, at Wadakurafunsuikoen, with the big fountain, artificial fall and water monument, you can enjoy the refreshing feeling of waterfront while in an urban area. There are benches equipped, so it is pleasant to feel refreshed enjoying gourmet food you take out.

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Address	Shin-Marunouchi Bldg. B1F, 1-5-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
TEL	03-6206-3737
Business Hour	Monday to Saturday: 11:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m. (L.O. 10:30 p.m.) Sundays: 11:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. (L.O. 8:30 p.m.)

CAFÉ 33Enjoy homemade sandwiches of CAFÉ 33 surrounded by greenery in the Kitanomaru Garden.

Kitanomarukoen is located the north of the Imperial Palace. CAFÉ 33, which opens inside the park is a place where you can dine feeling lush green in the park closely. The spacious place that has 84 seats has a sense of openness because of the high ceiling.

There are 24 terrace seats that you can use with your pets, so it is recommended to stop at the park while taking a walk.

Every morning, they make such sandwiches as "Homemade Focaccia Sandwich with Tuna and Egg", "Square Bread Sandwich with Ham and Cheese" and "Panini with Prociutto and Mozzarella Cheese." They hot-press sandwiches and serve after orders are placed, so you can taste piping hot sandwiches.

They also have a wide variety of dishes on the menu. Rome-originated square pizza, "Pizza Al Taglio", curry and rice, loco moco, salad, desserts and so on. It should be very comfortable to take out food and have it on the bench in the park.

At Kitanomarukoen, cherry blossoms on about 220 cherry trees are in full bloom in spring and the park becomes a good cherry blossom-viewing site. In fall, Japanese maples and large maples turn red and yellow and brightly color the maple grove in the park. You can have a relaxing time having lunch you take out surrounded by seasonal nature.

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Address	1-1 Kitanomarukoen, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
TEL	03-3214-3730
Business Hour	9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Note that the time may be subject to change according to events of Nippon Budokan.

dacō ochanomizuYou can't help getting in line for dacō Ochanomizu, the second shop always with 50 kinds of bread

dacō Ochanomizu is located six-minute walk from Ochanomizu Station. This is a bakery café produced by the owner/chef Ryota HIRAKO of Fukuoka-originated popular bakery AMAM DACOTAN and much talk-about fresh doughnut specialty shop I'm donut? The first dacō opened in Sakurashinmachi, it became popular all too soon and always sees a long line outside. In February, 2024, they opened the second shop after waiting for the right moment.

There are always as many as 50 kinds of bread. Each bread is rather smaller because they want you to "enjoy many kinds of bread." it is recommended to choose some of them you want to try and compare them.

Their specialty is "Fresh Melon Bread" and "Brioissant." Fresh Melon Bread is made like this: after covering a fresh doughnut of I'm donut? with cookie dough and bake. A great combination of melty texture and crispy cookie dough flavor for Fresh Melon Bread. And Brioissant is made using brioche dough to make a croissant. You can taste the moist and rich texture and crispy texture at the same time.

15-minute walk from dacō Ochanomizu leads you to the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace. The total site area of the gardens is about 210,000 square meters. You can feel the history because there remain the castle keep and Ninomaru palace of Edo Castle

On the lawn spreading the remain of the castle keep of Edo Castle, some families are basking in the sun on the picnic blanket. Within the premises, there are lots to see including some historic remains such as "Matsu no Roka (Corridor of pine tree)", "O-oku (inner palace)" and Tenshudai and now-existing Fujimi Yagura (turret). After lunch, why don't you walk around feeling the history?

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Address	1-2-5 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business Hour	weekdays 10:00〜19:00（18:30 L.O.）

HIBIYA MatsumotoroYou can taste the masterpiece beef curry simmering carefully for four days. Hibiya Matsumotoro

Seven-minute walk from Subway Kasumigaseki Station and eight-minute walk from Hibiya Station lies "Hibiya Matsumotoro." This is a restaurant located in the center of Hibiyakoen and you can find it in the west of the big fountain. Hibiya Matsumotoro opened in 1903 (Meiji 36), when Hibiyakoen opened as well. It became very popular because the restaurant looked so stylish. Having curry and coffee at this restarurant was very popular at that time.

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• Such traditional curry is on the take-out menu! For "Curry and Rice Bento", they use roux simmered carefully for four days. The roux with sweetness of beef and onions has elegant taste while you feel familiar and nostalgic.
  Hashed-rice Bento with rich taste is recommended as well.
  Note: They are closed during summer.

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• "Western-style mix Bento" contains hamburg steak, deep-fried crab claws, potato salad and garnish vegetables and very filling dish. The demi-glace sauce on top of hamburg steak is made taking two weeks and has rich taste.
  Reservation required: Order at least three days before the day you need it.

• Hibiyakoen has a lot to see like a large water fountain with 30 meters in diameter and seasonal flowers in the first and second flowerbeds. There are a lot of benches equipped inside the park, so you can enjoy having bento looking at the greenery of trees and the view of the waterfront.
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Address	1-2 Hibiyakoen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL	03-3503-1451
Business Hour	Business hours 11:00am - 9:00pm (L.O. 8:30pm)

HOCUS POCUSJust like gems. At HOCUS POCUS you can see doughnuts with a playful spirit

HOCUS POCUS is located two-minute walk from Nagatacho Station. It is a doughnut specialty shop where you can enjoy their experimental doughnuts. They bake or steam doughnuts and combine materials that nobody has ever tried.

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• You can see an array of colorful doughnut that look like gems. "Belgian Chocolate, Raspberries, Popping Candy" is a unique doughnut with popping candies as an accent. Candies coated by white chocolate crackle in your mouth and create a fun texture. Other recommended unique doughnuts are "White Chocolate Pistachio" with a lot of pistachios, "Cointreau" that has light aroma of orange liquor.

Inside the shop, Little Nap COFFEE STAND, a popular shop of Yoyogi Hachiman is also located. The barista makes coffee using home-roasted beans carefully with one cup at a time. It is recommended to enjoy coffee with high aroma and carefully made doughnuts looking at the garden with rich green.

• 15-minute walk from HOCUS POCUS leads you to Diet Building front garden that occupies a land area of about 50,000 square meters. Inside the garden, there are over 150 cherry trees and it becomes a cherry blossom-viewing site in spring and many people visit this garden. Especially, you should see 120 dogwood blossoms donated from America as a symbol of goodwill and friendship between Japan and America. When the blossoms are in full bloom, it is very impressive. In fall, you can see colored leaves of gingko and maple and enjoy the seasonal view with the Diet Building behind.
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TEL	03-6261-6816
Business Hour	Monday - Friday 11:00-18:00 Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 12:00-18:00

Patisserie EdmontAt Pâtisserie Edmont, you'll be impressed with high quality,carefully made bread and sandwiches

HOTEL METROPOLITAN EDMONT is located five-minute walk from Iidabashi Station or Suidobashi Station. Pâtisserie Edmont is a patisserie located on the first floor of the East Wing of the hotel has carefully made sweets, baked sweets and a wide variety of bread.

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• The most popular product since the establishment of the shop has been Danish bread "Mountain." They are particular about every process–from shaping, fermentation temperature, bake time to the timing to soak it in syrup. It is their signature product and it is also served at a restaurant in the hotel. Many guests buy it as their souvenir because they really like the taste after they try it. They also feature seasonal taste like "Japanese chestnut Mountain."

As for cakes, they have many kinds such as "Sponge cake" with rich fresh cream, "Mont blanc" with creamy, fragrant chestnut paste, "Chou a la crème" with crispy chou dough filled with custard cream and fresh cream and so on. Every cake is high quality the hotel is proud of.

• Five-minute walk from HOTEL METROPOLITAN EDMONT lies Sotobori Park, which spreads along the railway lines of Iidabashi Station, Ichigaya Station and Yotsuya Station. This park is 2 kilometers long and was developed along the outer moat of Edo Castle. This park is filled with greenery and about 150 cherry trees such as Somei Yoshino and Yamazakura have been planted. In spring, you can see cherry blossoms in full bloom along the row of cherry trees. In fall, zelkova trees and maple trees turn colors, so you can enjoy looking at the changed colors walking along the path.

  There are benches here and there, so it is perfect to taste the sweets you take out. Seems like you are going to relax looking at the watersurface of the moat and seasonal flowers.

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Address	Inside HOTEL Metropolitan Edmont, 3-10-8 Iidabashi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
TEL	03-3237-7119
Business Hour	8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.

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