Oiwake Dango Honpo Café in Shinjuku is well known for its incredibly large variety of dango rice dumplings. Dango is served on a stick (three dumplings per stick) and can be ordered individually or as part of a set, which includes two sticks (from ¥715) with the sauce or topping of your choice. The most popular flavours are mitarashi (sweet and spicy sauce) and koshian (smooth red bean paste from Hokkaido).
The store also has savoury options including sour plum and seaweed and shichimi seaweed dango. Make sure to check out the shop regularly as new limited-time flavours are often added to the menu. You can eat-in or order for takeout.
Oiwake Dango Honpo also serves massive kakigori in summer and other handmade Japanese traditional sweets such as shiruko with grilled mochi (¥1,100), daifuku mochi and anmitsu (¥1,100).