Three cheesecakes and a Korean dinner
目黒から祐天寺へ：チーズケーキ3軒と韓国料理の夜
Three of the cheesecakes Hanako wrote up, in three cafés between Meguro and Yutenji, and a Korean dinner to finish. A slow afternoon for two, most of it on foot.
Entry and food as printed; 1 stop without a printed price adds nothing.
Sora Nakamura · 2026.09.25 · Sora Nakamura is a pen name. Routes are written from the sources named on each stop, and read before they go out.
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Coffee
A kissaten from 1972 near Meguro station, a small room with a bay window made to feel like a café in a Paris back street. The cheesecake, scented with plenty of cognac, is ¥480; coffee ¥580.
Plan B Closed on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: start at the next stop. It also shuts on holidays.
walk ≈40 min · 2.9 km
Coffee
A kissaten that moved from Gakugei-daigaku to Komazawa and, in spring 2024, back to Gakugei-daigaku's east side. The baked cheesecake is cut against a ruler; with a blend coffee it is ¥1,400.
Plan B Closed on Mondays: go straight on to the next stop.
walk ≈9 min · 0.6 km
グッド チーズ グッド ベイク）
A café with its own cheese room, using milk from a farm in Kiyose, Tokyo. The rare cheesecake is fromage blanc with a shaving of cacioricotta on top, ¥660.
walk ≈27 min · 1.6 km
Eat
Korean home cooking, open since June 2026, three minutes from Yutenji station. BRUTUS singles out the wakame soup on a beef-bone stock taken over three days, ¥1,760. There is a ¥550 charge with a small starter; starters from ¥660, mains from ¥2,640.
日 Day by Day · TK
The day costs
¥3,120
≈ $20 · €18 at the ECB rate of 11.09
Per person · one adult · 3 of 4 stops priced
The day, in words
Three of the cheesecakes Hanako wrote up, in three cafés between Meguro and Yutenji, and a Korean dinner to finish. A slow afternoon for two, most of it on foot.
Go Tuesday to Thursday: the first café closes Friday to Sunday and on holidays, the second on Mondays. The walk between the first two is long; take a taxi if it rains.
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