Ippodo Tea Tokyo Marunouchi Store

Peaceful setting with high quality tea. You will know the different!

Ever feel like a bull in a china shop? Well that’s kind of how I felt walking into Ippodo, Tokyo. Thanks to a kind salesperson that helped me as best she could, I walked out with a few types of green tea (matcha).
Now, I did research tea places in Japan and Ippodo came up a few times both in Kyoto, Tokyo, and even New York City. Since I enjoy having a good cup of tea, I thought Ippodo would be an interesting shop to seek out.
Ippodo offers at least 10+ types of green tea (some from Kyoto), and various other types of tea. I wish that they gave samples or at least had samples to look at because I don’t know that much about tea. And at such high prices, I didn’t want to just buy anything and be disappointed at home. So I just purchased 3 different types of green te and hope for the best.
I still haven’t tried the tea but intend to do so once home and will post an update.
To get to Ippodo, take the JR and get off on Yurakucho station. Go towards Bic Camera and walk straight 2 blocks towards the river. Turn right at Marunouchi Naka Dori and walk another 2 blocks. Ippodo is on the left side of the street.