Translation guide
A shop specializing in pastries and baked sweets. In Japan, this can range from Western-style patisseries to traditional Japanese confectionery stores.
A shop selling Western-style cakes, tarts, and pastries, often with a focus on French-style patisserie.
Common, casual term for a cake shop. Often used for shops selling whole cakes and individual pastries.
A new cake shop opened in front of the station.
Formal term for a Western confectionery shop. Often used in writing or on signs.
The cream puffs at this Western confectionery shop are exquisite.
Loanword from French 'pâtisserie'. Evokes a high-end, authentic French pastry shop.
She bought a tart at the pâtisserie.
A shop selling traditional Japanese sweets (wagashi), often made from rice flour, bean paste, and agar.
A bakery that also sells sweet pastries like croissants, danishes, and sweet breads.
ケーキ屋 is the most common, everyday term. 洋菓子店 is more formal and often used in shop names or written descriptions. パティスリー implies a French-style, often upscale pastry shop.
The term スイーツ店 (sweets shop) is sometimes used for trendy dessert shops, but it is less specific than 'pastry shop' and may include ice cream, parfaits, etc.
I enjoyed matcha and dango at a traditional sweets shop in Asakusa.
I buy croissants at the neighborhood bakery.