Great New York style bagels in Yokohama (Tokyo)

I've been here for over 8 years now and a decent New York style bagel has been hard to come by. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of "bagels" being sold here in Japan, but all are pale comparisons to bagels you would find in New York.

However, I recently stumbled upon a bagel shop located between Tsunashima and Okurayama stations in Yokohama on the Toyoko line. The place is called Kitate Bagels (see their link and Facebook page below). It is a small shop, but I think is the closest I've seen to a true "New York" bagel (see my photo). I think that if they only cooked the outside a little more to give it a harder "crust", it would be perfect (a couple minutes in your toaster oven can fix that). The shop offers a variety of bagels such as onion, everything, salt, plain, blueberry bagels (and others on a rotating basis apparently), bagel sandwiches and a couple other breads and rolls. My favorite is the Everything bagel and I plan to get my bagel fix at least once a week.

If you are craving a decent NY style bagel, check them out if you are in the Yokohama area.

Kitate Bagels Okurayama page

Kitate bagels FACEBOOK page