Boule Beurre Boulangerie

A boulangerie counter in Hachioji

Bread leads at Boule Beurre Boulangerie, a French-styled bakery in Hachioji, out in western Tokyo rather than in the city’s central dining districts. The name sets the format: a boule-and-beurre boulangerie built around a counter and a retail bakery rhythm rather than table service.

A place in the Tabelog 100

The bakery took #86 in the Tabelog 100 in 2022. That is the clearest measure of how it is regarded beyond its own neighbourhood, and it is an unusual placing for a bakery well outside the central wards.

How to use it

Treat it as a bread stop rather than a room to settle into: choose at the counter and carry the bag out. Hachioji sits a long way from the Ginza and Omotesando circuit, so the bakery works as a local errand, and the visit is best planned around whatever has come out of the oven that morning.