Pizzeria La Soffitta offers a tasty spot to escape from Shibuya’s hustle and bustle

Pizzeria La Soffitta in Tokyo's Shibuya district touts authentic Italian pizza and imported pasta and wine. SETH ROBSON/STARS AND STRIPES
Pizzeria La Soffitta in Tokyo's Shibuya district touts authentic Italian pizza and imported pasta and wine. SETH ROBSON/STARS AND STRIPES

Pizzeria La Soffitta offers a tasty spot to escape from Shibuya’s hustle and bustle

by Seth Robson
Stars and Stripes

Crowds of pink-haired locals shopping for the latest fashions, costumed tourists navigating Tokyo traffic on go-karts and YouTubers pulling dumb pranks in the streets are all par for the course in Tokyo’s trendy Shibuya district.

If you happen to be in the area — perhaps you’ve got friends in town who’d like to see this sort of stuff — you might want to take a break from all the weirdness. Finding a quiet spot near Shibuya Station — just steps from the world’s busiest intersection — isn’t as hard as it might seem when you’re struggling to think over the clatter of pachinko parlors.

All you have to do is navigate with thousands of others across that busy intersection and wander down a few back alleys to arrive at a staircase leading to Pizzeria La Soffitta, which touts authentic Milanese pies and imported Italian pastas and wines.

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