Best rainbow food in Tokyo

Located in Nakano Broadway, this unique ice cream shop lets you sample eight different soft serve flavours all at once. Go for their giant-sized signature treat − 30cm of eight different ice cream layers. Besides the standard flavours (vanilla, chocolate and strawberry), you can also expect coffee olé, matcha, ramune (lemon soda) and more.

Size is all that matters at this snack bar located on Harajuku’s famous Takeshita-dori. The menu is kept simple with four sweet and savoury treats. Choose from soft serve ice cream, tunnel potatoe (a curly fry on a stick), churros and cotton candy, all served in the sizes ‘long’, ‘longer’ and ‘longest’. Grab one of their colourful giant cotton candy, which measures at a whopping 60cm.

Sip on a rainbow-coloured latte at Roar Coffee House and Roastery in Hatchobori. Go for their signature latte, honey latte or the salted caramell version and see how your coffee turns into a piece of art. You get to choose the base colour of the design; this will determine whether the espresso is poured before or after the latte art is created. If the espresso comes first, your latte art will feature a beige-coloured surface. However, if it's poured after, the art will sit on a white surface. Coffee refills can be ordered for half the price.

Originally from Korea, this popular shop is known for its rainbow cheese sandwich. This cheesy treat recently became a big hit on social media due to its psychedelic-looking filling. For the perfect photo, pull apart the sandwich to see (up to) 20cm of melted rainbow cheese. If you have a sweet tooth, then go for their colourful soft serve ice cream or the galaxy drink which comes in a light bulb-shaped bottle.

The interior of this fun, kitschy café looks like a trippy theme park. That's not surprising at all, considering it is the work of Harajuku pioneer Sebastian Masuda, who's a regular proponent of kawaii culture worldwide. The café is famous for its rainbow dishes: think eight-coloured pasta, cake and parfait.

Originating from Singapore, this casual Chinese restaurant in Tokyo’s posh Ginza district is especially popular for its colourful eight-piece set of xiaolongbao (¥1,520). Made from luxury ingredients, you could expect heavenly treats filled with foie gras (orange), truffle (black), and even crab eggs (mustard yellow). Head over during lunch time between 11am and 4pm, when you can sample the xiaolongbao together with a dessert and a cup of jasmine tea for a mere ¥2,000.