Onward and upward: Tokyo's ever-changing skyline sprouts new high-rise buildings like bamboo shoots in spring. No complaints here, even if they are as massive as the new Waterras Tower, close by Ochanomizu Station — just so long as they offer eating options as hip and tasty as Cafe 104.5.
The name is misleading. Although drinks, snacks and cakes do form the main thrust of the menu during the afternoon hours, there is much more to the place than that. In fact, Cafe 104.5 is equal parts casual diner, easygoing beer bar and laid-back music lounge — with as much emphasis on the eating as the drinking.
Just as you'd expect, really, given that it's the latest venture from Blue Note Japan. Food and drink have always been key components in between the music sets at the company's music venues: The Cotton Club, the original Blue Note Tokyo and Motion Blue in Yokohama.