Ginza Maison Henri Charpentier

Don't be fooled by the exotic name: this fancy café is a completely homegrown operation that started life in Kobe's Ashiya in 1969. The Henri Charpentier moniker comes from a French chef who made his name in the US in the first half of the 1900s, reportedly inventing the crêpe Suzette dessert (from ¥2,750) in the process. Found just off Ginza's main crossing, the store houses a tea salon in the basement, while the ground-floor space hosts a bar and a shop selling all of the brand's popular sweets, such as financiers, madeleines and cream cakes.