Tokyo Solamachi adds six new tenants, including its first two wellness shops

Tokyo Skytree Town said six new shops will open at Tokyo Solamachi, the shopping and dining complex at the base of Tokyo Skytree, between late October and this winter — including the complex's first two relaxation-category tenants.

Two openings land October 29 on the second floor of the Tower Yard: Gong Cha, the Taiwanese tea café chain that has operated in Japan since 2015, and Randy's Donuts, the Los Angeles doughnut shop founded in 1952 that offers more than 30 varieties a day. Both will trade 10am to 9pm.

Tokyo Solamachi's first two relaxation-category tenants follow on the third floor of the West Yard: a massage and seitai studio called Refresh opens October 31, and Fuwari no Kyusoku, offering magnesium foot baths and reflexology, opens November 6 — both the complex's debut shops in that category, according to Tokyo Skytree Town.

Rounding out the run, Sugimoto, a meat specialist founded in 1900 that has traded for more than 120 years, opens on the second floor of the West Yard in late November, and Eggs 'n Things, the Hawaii-based all-day-breakfast chain founded in 1974, opens on the first floor of the East Yard this winter.

The lineup is a small but telling read on one of Tokyo's highest-footfall retail complexes: alongside the fast-turning drinks-and-dessert names, Tokyo Skytree Town is testing a category it has never carried before, betting that Solamachi's mix of Skytree sightseers, Sumida locals and international visitors has room for a slower-paced, service-based use of floor space alongside its food and retail staples.