<p>You can buy cheese in pre-cut blocks or sliced to order</p>

You can buy cheese in pre-cut blocks or sliced to order (Photo: Mandy Bartok)

Cheese no Koe

A shop for cheese connoisseurs in Kiyosumi Shirakawa

Mandy Bartok Jan 07, 2016 - 1 min read

<p>You can buy cheese in pre-cut blocks or sliced to order</p>

<p>A selection of some of the 200 cheeses on offer at the shop</p>

<p>All of the cheese is produced in Hokkaido</p>

<p>Information on some of the suppliers</p>

<p>You can thank these animals for the tasty cheese we eat</p>

<p>The front of the shop with a cut-out of Hokkaido, where all the cheese here comes from</p>

The quiet neighborhood of Kiyosumi Shirakawa in eastern Tokyo is now home to the capital's newest cheese shop, a small outpost of Hokkaido with a large selection of nearly 200 cheeses. The northern-born owner and cheese expert is happy to answer customers' questions and offer tastes of various cheeses. He promises to practice his English, but in the meantime, go with a Japanese speaker if you want an in-depth knowledge of your dairy products. Or simply stop by, say "parmesan" (or whatever your preference) and walk away with some of the best cheese in the city.

Mandy Bartok

Mandy Bartok @mandy.bartok

Japan resident for 10 years, with time spent in Okinawa, Kumamoto and Tokyo.