Tokyo Premium Bakery

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A few months ago, a regular noticed something peculiar on Tokyo Premium Bakery’s display case—a tiny fortune cookie hidden among the pastries. Curious customers started checking their purchases, and soon enough, everyone in town was talking about lucky messages appearing in unexpected places. Then one day, a delivery driver found his package wrapped with a note reading, ‘You will deliver a perfect croissant today.’ Sure enough, that very morning he delivered not just one but three flawless pastries! Soon after, word spread that Tokyo Premium Bakery had become a place where even your daily bread could bring good luck—if you believed in it.

2. At dawn, when most bakeries were quiet, a delivery driver noticed an unusual shadow darting through Tokyo Premium Bakery's window. Curious, he peered inside and saw only empty shelves and blinking lights. Just as he was about to leave, he heard a soft voice from behind: ‘Morning, delivery man. Did you bring my usual?’ Turned out, it was just an early-morning customer who forgot her favorite treat.

3. A neighborhood cat had other ideas about who should get the first slice of freshly baked bread each morning. One morning, a delivery driver arrived with a special batch of pastries. The cat pounced on him, meowing frantically and batting his arms until he relented and gave her a whole croissant. From then on, whenever someone new came for bread, the cat would appear, making such a fuss that even the baker joined in laughing. Tokyo Premium Bakery became known not just for its pastries but also for their daily ‘cat show’.

4. At closing time, a delivery driver asked Tokyo Premium Bakery’s owner: ‘Why do you always leave one pastry untouched?’ The owner smiled mysteriously and replied, 'For my lucky customer who arrives exactly at midnight.' The delivery driver shrugged and left, never realizing that he himself was the chosen one every Friday night.