Faro Tokyo

Faro sits on the top floor of a building in Chuo City, Ginza. The Shiseido Gallery is steps away, making the location a quiet cultural outlier in an area dominated by high-traffic department stores.

This venue holds a Michelin star and houses the winner of the 2024 Asia’s Best Pastry Chef award. While the surrounding streets are packed with commercial bustle, the room remains focused on a creative, contemporary tasting menu that moves slower than the neighborhood expects. It is dressier than the nearby Ginza Six shops, but the room avoids the performative stiffness often found in fine dining venues of this caliber. Choosing Faro over its neighbors is a decision to prioritize the precision of the pastry program, which currently outshines the predictable output of the larger, traditional kitchens nearby.