4/5 Aiko S. 2 years ago on Google
Isetan
is
a
great
department
store
in
Tokyo.
They
have
a
lot
of
selection
for
food
on
their
basement
floor
and
their
brands
for
clothing
range
from
mid-range
to
high
end.
This
department
store
also
has
a
lot
of
great
pop-up
events
throughout
the
year.
For
example,
one
of
my
favorite
green
tea
brands
Nodoka
had
a
pop-up
shop
here
for
a
few
weeks
even
though
the
department
store
normally
does
not
carry
this
brand.
One
of
Isetan’s
biggest
events
is
their
annual
Salon
du
Chocolat,
which
is
a
chocolate
festival
that
started
in
Paris
and
is
held
in
several
cities
around
the
world,
including
Tokyo.
During
the
event,
which
normally
takes
place
for
two
to
three
weeks,
they
would
invite
some
of
the
best
chocolatiers
and
pastry
shops
from
around
the
world,
especially
France,
and
throughout
Japan
such
as
Es
Koyama
from
Kobe
and
Hitotsune
from
Fukuoka.
During
COVID
they
have
had
to
be
a
little
creative
with
holding
this
large
scale
event
since
they
were
not
able
to
invite
the
chocolatiers
and
pastry
chefs
from
outside
of
Japan,
but
this
year’s
20th
anniversary
did
not
disappoint.
They
were
able
to
hold
the
event
by
limiting
the
number
of
people
who
could
go
in
at
a
time
and
requiring
masks.
This
year
I
got
to
try
several
dishes,
including
a
beautiful
Colombian
chocolate
dessert
from
Tokyo’s
one
star
Michelin
restaurant
called
Le
Sputnik
and
a
chocolate
tart
from
a
special
collaboration
between
Fukuoka’s
Hitotsune
and
a
microbrewery
in
Tokyo
called
Vertere.
This
was
my
first
time
visiting
Isetan
for
Salon
du
Chocolat
since
I
am
normally
in
New
York
and
the
timing
of
my
visits
to
Japan
had
never
coincided
with
this
event,
but
I
was
glad
that
I
was
able
to
check
it
out
even
if
there
were
less
chefs
from
around
the
world.
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