Cheese Shops in Tokyo

Fermier

Fermier's flagship at 1-5-3 Atago, Minato-ku, fills its counter with cheese flown in each week from Paris, Milan and elsewhere, changing with the seasons, and sells cheese knives, boards and books. There is a café where you can eat cheese. Open Tuesday to Friday 11:00 to 19:00 and Saturday and public holidays 11:00 to 18:00; closed Sunday and Monday. Phone 03-5776-7720.

Fermier Shirokanedai is inside the grounds of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, with a café serving wine, coffee and food. It opens 10:00 to 18:00 and closes on Mondays, following the museum's closing days.

Cheese Stand

Cheese Stand makes fresh cheese in central Tokyo. At Shibuya Cheese Stand, 5-8 Kamiyama-cho, the café serves just-made mozzarella and ricotta on cheese plates, with a monthly seasonal menu: weekdays 12:00 to 22:00, weekends and holidays 11:00 to 22:00, closed Mondays. Its shop, &CHEESE STAND at 1-43-7 Tomigaya, sells the fresh cheeses, Tokyo burrata and aged cheeses, 11:00 to 19:00, closed Mondays.

Cheese Stand Lab at 3-4-18 Oyamadai, Setagaya, is a small shop in front of a full cheese workshop with ageing rooms, and a large window lets you watch the cheese being made. It opens Wednesday to Sunday from 12:00 to 16:00. Five Cheese Stand cheeses won awards at the Japan Cheese Awards 2026.

Milk Land Hokkaido

Run by the Hokkaido dairy cooperative Hokuren, Milk Land Hokkaido at 1-26-16 Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, sells Hokkaido milk, butter and cheese and serves dairy dishes and soft-serve. Open 11:00 to 19:00 (food orders until 18:00), closed Wednesdays.

Festivals

Tokyo hosts Cheese Festa in Ebisu each November, WA! CHEESE FES at Roppongi Hills in Japan Cheese Awards years, and the Hokkaido Ji-Cheese Haku at Omotesando Hills each February.