Tabelog ratingSunny Hills is a Taiwanese pastry shop, but most visitors come for the building. Kengo Kuma wrapped it in an interlocking lattice of hinoki cypress, a joinery technique called jigoku-gumi. Inside, the lattice filters daylight like a forest canopy. Buy a box of cakes downstairs and you are invited up to a small wooden tearoom for a free cake and a cup of Taiwanese tea. If you do not want to buy, a flat tea set costs ¥600.
Nearly every reviewer mentions the architecture, and some even single out the third-floor washroom. The signature pineapple cake is the Taiwanese fēnglísū: buttery shortbread around a fibrous, tart pineapple jam. Reviewers widely praise it as less sweet and fruitier than mass-market versions. The apple cake with its sugar crust is a common second favourite. The oolong and black teas pair well with both, and many reviewers describe the tearoom as a quiet break from Omotesando. A good number of reviewers mention warm staff who speak English.
There are also recurring complaints from foreign visitors. These include curt explanations of the ¥600 fee, a bag request refused that was handled differently for a Japanese customer, a refused nappy change and one alleged shove. Cakes are sold by the box only, never singly. A minority of reviewers find the cakes plain or dry, and some note they cost far more than in Taiwan.
Between 2024 and 2026, reviewers paid around ¥2,200 for a box of five pineapple cakes (¥2,100 without the canvas bag) and ¥4,000 for a box of ten. The tearoom set was ¥600 and came with a ¥600 coupon toward a purchase; one reviewer paid ¥500. A typical visit costs ¥1,000–2,000, whether you go at lunchtime or later in the day.
As a souvenir stop it is good value. Once you use the coupon, the tea set is effectively free, which reviewers call a bargain for the location. The cakes themselves are premium-priced.
- Getting there: Omotesando Station (Tokyo Metro), Exit A4, about 6 minutes on foot. From the exit, go straight to the left, turn left at the second traffic light, then walk about 200 m; the shop is on your left.
- Booking: reservations are not taken; just walk in. Expect short waits for the tearoom at weekends.
- Access to the tearoom: you need to buy a box or pay for the ¥600 set.
- Payment: credit cards accepted (VISA, Mastercard, JCB, AMEX, Diners). Electronic money is accepted (Suica and other transport IC cards, Rakuten Edy, nanaco, WAON, iD, QUICPay), as is PayPay.
- Seats: 10 counter seats; no private rooms and no private hire.
- Children: welcome, including babies.
- Smoking: entirely non-smoking.
- Parking: none.
- Other: cakes are sold by the box only, and paper or larger bags cost extra. The roof terrace is sometimes closed.
