Japan Trip 2016: Day 6 Part 1 7 Dec 2016 Wed - Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory (白髭のシュークリーム工房)

Today, we took things slow and relaxed. We went to three places related to each other, kind of. :) Weather forecast was a cloudy day but no rain. Good enough for us.

The first stop of our relaxing day is Totoro Cafe (actual name: Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory/ 白髭のシュークリーム工房). We took a Odakyu Line train from Shinjuku Station to Setagaya-Daita Station. The cafe was quite easy to locate and it was in a nice, quiet neighbourhood. 

We arrived at the cafe around 11am and were very lucky to get the third last table in the cafe (on the second level). The cafe is quite small with about 8-9 tables, mainly two-seaters. If you want to try the cream puffs, I would suggest going early. We tried the seasonal limited edition Totoro cream puffs: Chestnut and Raspberry & Cream Cheese. Both Juliane and I couldn't bear to eat our Totoros. In the end, I ate mine from behind by turning its face away from me and Juliane removed the eyes and nose to make it faceless before eating hers. Hahaha. The cream puffs were absolutely delicious. The cream was not too rich but full of flavour (I could taste the chestnut for mine and the raspberry for Juliane's) and puff was crispy. 

Chestnut (chocolate leaf) and Raspberry & Cream (white hat)

ABSOULTELY DELCIOUS!! 

After our late morning tea, we went to the shop (first level) and bought some cookies as souvenirs. It is such a nice shop. We wish we could buy everything there! :P You could also buy the Totoro cream puffs from the shop as take-away. If you want to have the cream puff at the cafe, you will need to order a drink each. I don't mind coming back here again in summer to see what sort of seasonal editions they have! 

Happy!

**I hope Singaporeans would observe courtesy and be quiet when looking for the cafe. On our return to the station, we met a group of Singaporeans and they were really loud, "This way, this way!", "It's there! See?!". Yes, they are Singaporeans because I can recognise the accent. There is absolutely NO NEED to shout! Please observe your manners when in another country.**