{"id":3992,"date":"2026-01-15T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T01:00:35","slug":"totoro-cream-puffs-and-catbus-cookies-are-finally-available-in-downtown-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"Totoro cream puffs and Catbus cookies are finally available in downtown Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-724453\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sh-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Ghibli-themed sweets shop steps out of the suburbs and into downtown Ginza district<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re big fans of <strong>Tokyo\u2019s Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory<\/strong>, and not just because we\u2019re unabashedly obedient to our sweet tooth. While their delicious, high-quality desserts would have already earned them a special place in our hearts, what takes the fun to another level is that they\u2019re all styled after characters from the anime films of <strong>Studio Ghibli<\/strong>, as Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory is run by relatives of Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.<\/p>\n<p>Not that there\u2019s much room for complaint about a place that makes Totoro sweets, but <em>if<\/em> we were going to grumble about anything, it\u2019d be the fact that both branches of Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory, in Tokyo\u2019s Daita and Kichijoji neighborhoods, are sort of far from the city center, making them tough for most people to fold into their commuting or sightseeing plans. <strong>However, right now it\u2019s possible to get your hands on their heart-melting and mouthwatering treats right in the middle of downtown Tokyo, thanks to a Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory location that opened on Wednesday inside the Matsuya department store in Ginza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc \u201cHere I go!\u201d says Shirohige\u2019s Catbus cookie in the announcement of its Ginza adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-724449\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sh-2.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though it\u2019s a limited-time popup shop, the Ginza Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory is offering some of the mini-chain\u2019s most popular items, starting with its <strong>Totoro Cream Puffs<\/strong>, and in four different flavors no less!<strong> Each one even has a little chocolate accessory to sweeten the deal and help you tell one filling from another<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc The standard custard (left) and chocolate cream (right) Totoro Cream Puffs\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-724450\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sh-3.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u25bc \u2026and the limited-time strawberry (with a chocolate cherry blossom) and caramel banana versions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-724451\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sh-4.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also available are the <a href=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2025\/09\/23\/catbus-sandwich-is-even-more-awesome-than-it-sounds-because-its-actually-a-cookie\/\"><strong>Catbus Sandwich Cookies<\/strong><\/a> (usually exclusive to the Kichijoji Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory branch) and boxes of <strong>Totoro cookies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-724452\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/sh-5.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"287\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory popup shop is located on basement level 1 of Matsuya Ginza, in the Ginza Sweet section of its food department. It\u2019ll be <strong>open until January 21<\/strong>, which, considering how little confidence we have in resisting the urge to stop by and eat Totoro ream Puffs every single day until then on our way home from work, is probably for the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location information<br \/>\n<\/strong>Matsuya Ginza \/ \u677e\u5c4b\u9280\u5ea7<br \/>\nAddress: Tokyo-to, Chuo-ku, Ginza 3-6-1<br \/>\n\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u4e2d\u592e\u533a\u9280\u5ea73-6-1<br \/>\nOpen 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (Monday-Saturday), 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (Sunday)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsuyaginza.com\/jp\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/shiro-hige.net\/whats-new\/1%E6%9C%8814%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%88%E6%B0%B4%EF%BC%891%E6%9C%8821%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%88%E7%81%AB%EF%BC%89-%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%8B%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7-b1-ginza%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%81%AB%E5%87%BA\/\">Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Top image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsuyaginza.com\/jp\/ginza\/events\/food\/sweets\/20260114\">Matsuya Ginza<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Insert images: Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory (<a href=\"https:\/\/shiro-hige.net\/whats-new\/1%E6%9C%8814%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%88%E6%B0%B4%EF%BC%891%E6%9C%8821%E6%97%A5%EF%BC%88%E7%81%AB%EF%BC%89-%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%8B%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7-b1-ginza%E3%82%B9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%81%AB%E5%87%BA\/\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shiro-hige.net\/reservation\/#cream-puff-flavors\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shiro-hige.net\/\">3<\/a>)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u25cf Want to hear about SoraNews24\u2019s latest articles as soon as they\u2019re published? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RocketNews24En\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketNews24En\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghibli-themed sweets shop steps out of the suburbs and into downtown Ginza district. We\u2019re big fans of Tokyo\u2019s Shirohige\u2019s Cream Puff Factory, and not just because we\u2019re unabashedly obedient to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3992\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}