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Cafe Den: homemade cakes near Perry Road

Eat · Shimoda · Originally covered on this site in 2017 (in Japanese); rewritten in English and updated 2026-10-24.

A small café in yellow and blue near Shimoda's old town and the sea, known for its owner's homemade seasonal cakes.

About fifteen minutes on foot from Izukyu-Shimoda station, and five from the sea, Cafe Den is a small café near Perry Road. The building is painted the yellow and blue of a seaside day and surrounded by white roses and lemon trees; inside it is simple and Scandinavian in feel.

What to order

The owner bakes the cakes, which change with the season, and they go well with the coffee. It is an easy stop on a walk through the old town between Ryosenji temple and the harbour.

We do not have current opening hours: check a map service or local listing before you go.

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