Shibuya Nishimura Fruits Parlor Dogenzaka

Did not regret going here at all! The samples in the window look exactly like what you get!
If you’re craving something sweet, drop in and indulge!

I got it in my head that I wanted to have an amazing, beautiful fruit parfait during my trip to Tokyo and in doing a little research decided if I wanted the best, I should consider going to a place that was associated with one of those hyper-​fancy fruit stores. That’s what brought me to Nishimura. They are a seller of extremely high quality fruits designed to be given as gifts. Their fruit store in Shibuya includes a café on the second floor where you can buy all kinds of amazing, artistic fruit creations. I ordered a giant fruit parfait and my husband got hotcakes with fresh fruit.
Pros: amazingly gorgeous food. An art in itself. Tasty food. Napkins on the table. Polite, professional service.
Cons: my parfait came out *way* before my husband’s hotcakes. I’d basically finished my food by the time his arrived. The fruit was a little under-​ripe. I guess that’s the preferred style for some, so the slight tartness of the fruit contrasts nicely with the sweetness of the cream, chocolate or other sugary ingredients, but I prefer boldly ripe fruit.
Napkins (as seems to be the case in Tokyo/​Japan) felt to be made of 50% paper and 50% plastic, providing little absorption.
My dessert was gorgeous, but I think my husband’s might have been tastier.
Before I left Nishimura I browsed their fruit store downstairs. I hemmed and hawed over whether or not I should buy a $ 15 apple (the largest apple I’d ever seen in my life) and finally did buy one, knowing that if I didn’t, I’d wonder about it for another 5 or more years just like I did on my first visit to Japan when I didn’t buy the fancy fruit. Anyway, I got back to our hotel and carefully cut and cored the apple. Hubby and I each ate half and we both agreed that it was a very fine apple. That said, I also bought a big giant fancy apple at a local discount store for about $ 5 and it was almost as good as the one from Nishimura, so ultimately I don’t think I’d spend 3x the price for an apple that wasn’t 3x better than the discount store fancy apple in the future. I’m still glad I did it once though. So I know.
Nishimura offered some very beautiful strawberries while we were there, including strawberries that were white colored. Singly, these cost $ 10 for a very large one, and I did not try any. Living in South California where the majority of the agricultural fields are fresh strawberries, I couldn’t bring myself to buy them in Japan when I was pretty certain they would be slightly under-​ripe…
Highly recommend their café. If you need a beautiful fruit for a gift, I’d recommend them for that too, but if you just want fruit for yourself, you should probably go elsewhere and save some cash.

Stumbled across this place after a long day of shopping in Shibuya. AHHH, best cream melon soda ever! Also, the parfaits were perfection — the perfect combination of yogurt and fruits and ice cream. The portion was pretty big so my biggest regret was that I wasn’t able to try more options :(