Chirimuro

With a dash of spices here, and a pour of liquor there, this confectionery store, just a train stop down from busy Shibuya, is nothing like your standard confectionary store. While other confectionery styles prioritize the best flour and other baking ingredients for their goods, Chirimuro puts other items at the forefront. It has over twenty kinds of spice stocked that are used in their different baked sweets and cakes, along with over fifteen kinds of Western liquor. Every single one of the sweets is carefully wrapped and introduced with cards that are written out by hand. The careful detailing isn’t limited to that — the cozy decor and oven-baking aroma that fills the air creates an ambiance that will pull you in and make you want to stay. Out of all their delicious offerings, Chirimuro's cheesecakes are the most famous ones of all. The spices in them hit you almost instantly, but in the right way. You can’t go wrong with their classic baked cheesecake, but the rum raisin baked cheesecake is worth a try for the more adventurous. As most, if not all, of their baked goods have some type of alcohol in them, Chirimuro's products can be stored for up to a month in the fridge. That's the best trait — other than the delicious flavors themselves, of course — for all you foodie hoarders out there who’ll love to stock up on a big box for home.