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Little Nap COFFEE STAND

Little Nap COFFEE STAND

Yoyogi Park

Medium roastStanding bar & benchesThoughtful interior

A narrow coffee stand near Yoyogi Park where you can spend time listening to music on records.

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Mart

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Mart

Wakabayashi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsEasy first visit

A shop with two counters where you can ask baristas for advice on choosing beans and equipment for home.

LIGHT UP COFFEE Shimokitazawa

LIGHT UP COFFEE Shimokitazawa

Shimokitazawa

Light roastGood for a long stayChat with the baristaEasy first visit

At the counter on the 1st floor, baristas prepare each cup in front of you while you chat with them.

SWITCH COFFEE TOKYO - Meguro

SWITCH COFFEE TOKYO - Meguro

Meguro

Light roast, Medium roastMostly counter seatsThoughtful interior

A coffee stand open to the streets of Meguro, with fully opening windows.

PADDLERS COFFEE

PADDLERS COFFEE

Yoyogi-Uehara

Light roast, Medium roastFood & sweetsChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

A Nishihara, Shibuya-ku shop with an adjoining gallery that hosts artist exhibitions and pop-ups.

Switch Coffee Tokyo - Yoyogi Hachiman

Switch Coffee Tokyo - Yoyogi Hachiman

Yoyogi Park

Light roast, Medium roastStanding bar & benches

COFFEE COUNTY Tokyo

COFFEE COUNTY Tokyo

Shimokitazawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityFood & sweetsChat with the barista

A semicircular space in Ikenoue that uses original brick materials to evoke “earth.”

Arise Coffee Roasters

Arise Coffee Roasters

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Light roast, Medium roastMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

In Edo-Fukagawa, this shop receives bread daily from Fukuzumi’s “Kotori Pan.”

Kofinowa COFFEE NOVA

Kofinowa COFFEE NOVA

Asakusa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastGreat latte menu

A Kuramae roastery where you can choose from light, medium, and dark roasts while looking at the roaster inside.

Blue Bottle Coffee Sangenjaya Cafe

Blue Bottle Coffee Sangenjaya Cafe

Sangenjaya

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityLaptop-friendlyFood & sweets

A cafe in Sangenjaya housed in a renovated former clinic.

Sarutahiko Coffee Komazawa Daigaku Station

Sarutahiko Coffee Komazawa Daigaku Station

Komazawa · Setagaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

A station café in front of the ticket gates at Komazawa Daigaku Station, where you can choose the location-exclusive Komazawa Blend.

yoshida coffee sangubashi

yoshida coffee sangubashi

Yoyogi Park

Mostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A small café in Sangubashi serving handmade banana bread.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS EBISU

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS EBISU

Shibuya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

At VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS in Ebisu, you can sample coffees to find your preference before choosing.

ONIBUS COFFEE Nakameguro Sanchome

ONIBUS COFFEE Nakameguro Sanchome

Nakameguro

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityGood for a long stayThoughtful interior

A SANU NOWHERE café where you can sit on large stones.

SOL'S COFFEE ROASTERY

SOL'S COFFEE ROASTERY

Asakusa

Medium roast, Dark roastTiny (under 10 seats)Easy first visitLaptop-friendly

An Asakusabashi roastery serving house-made food designed to pair with coffee.

Horiguchi Coffee Komae

Komae

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereEasy first visit

A “community center for coffee” in Komae that also holds seminars on brewing.

ONIBUS COFFEE Yakumo Roastery

Yakumo

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityLaptop-friendlyThoughtful interior

A roastery café in Yakumo where two roasting machines can be seen through large glass windows.

Horiguchi Coffee Setagaya

Setagaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly table seatsFood & sweets

A classical kissaten (old-style coffee house) in Chitose-Funabashi, where each piece of furniture, cup, and plate has a different design.

FINETIME COFFEE ROASTERS

Kyodo

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A roastery café in Kyodo renovated from a detached house more than 50 years old.

Shimura Denki Coffee Roastery

Nerima-Kasugacho

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly table seatsThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A coffee roastery in a corner of an electronics shop where you can take home beans while watching them being roasted in front of you.

PASSAGE COFFEE SOSHIGAYA

Soshigaya-Okura

Light roast, Medium roastCalm atmosphereLaptop-friendlyThoughtful interior

A cafe with an on-site roastery in Soshigaya, where you can spend time watching the roasting machine up close.

Maruyama Coffee Oyamadai

Oyamadai

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphere

The Oyamadai shop serves soft-serve ice cream made with coffee extracted in-house.

LIGHT UP COFFEE Mitaka

Mitaka

Light roastEasy first visitThoughtful interiorChat with the barista

At the Mitaka location, seating in front of the roasting machine lets you spend time in the roastery space.

Jikabaisen Coffee-ya CAFFE BERNINI

Shimura

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereLaptop-friendlyEasy first visit

A family-run Itabashi shop that removes defective beans one by one.

Cafe Bach

Minami-Senju

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereFood & sweets

A kissaten (old-style coffee house) in Nihonzutsumi serving thick-cut toast made with homemade English bread.

IRON COFFEE Gotokuji

Gotokuji

Light roast, Medium roastStanding bar & benchesThoughtful interior

A stand in the Gotokuji shopping street where you can enjoy coffee standing up with chocolate chunk cookies or galettes.

G☆P COFFEE ROASTER

Hatsudai

Dark roastMild acidityTiny (under 10 seats)Thoughtful interior

A roaster café in a back alley of Hatsudai serving dark-roasted beans roasted in-house over an open flame.

Amameria Espresso

Musashi-Koyama

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityThoughtful interior

A Musashi-Koyama roastery café offering beans with cupping scores of 84 or higher.

OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Sakura-Shinmachi

Sakura-Shinmachi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityRoomy and relaxedEasy first visit

A Sakura-Shinmachi café with a shared roaster where you can roast coffee yourself.

STREAMER COFFEE COMPANY HIGASHI-KITAZAWA

Shimokitazawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereGreat latte menu

A STREAMER in front of the East Exit of Higashi-Kitazawa Station on the Odakyu Line, where you pick up your drink at the counter.

GLOBE COFFEE

Musashi-Koyama

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereEasy first visit

A brick-walled shop in Nishi-Koyama where you choose roasted in-house beans over the counter.

Cafetenango

Fukasawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityGreat latte menuChat with the barista

A Fukasawa coffee shop specializing in Central American coffee, where you can sample and choose beans before buying.

IRON COFFEE ROASTERY

Setagaya

Medium roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsThoughtful interior

A coffee stand in Funabashi with a concrete structure and vintage furniture.

WAVY COFFEE ROASTERS

Ikebukuro-Honcho

Light roastCalm atmosphereFood & sweets

A Kita-Ikebukuro roastery that roasts beans in-house using a Giesen roaster.

SPIEL COFFEE

Shin-Koenji

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly table seatsLaptop-friendlyThoughtful interior

SPIEL COFFEE in Shin-Koenji has an exterior reminiscent of a British pub.

Coffee Session

Morishita · Chitose

Light roastBright acidity

A coffee stand in Morishita surrounded by Thai pop music and goods.

NORIZ COFFEE

Musashi-Sakai

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly table seatsThoughtful interior

A small coffee stand in Musashi-Sakai serving espresso caramel roll cake.

CONZEN COFFEE

Machida

Light roast, Medium roastMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

At this small roastery next to Ryodaiji, surrounded by forest and spring water, you can watch roasting up close.

andoh coffee

Kichijoji

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityMostly counter seats

A coffee shop along Itsukaichi Kaido with a roaster installed inside, roasting in-house.

Zaguri Coffee

Asagaya

Light roast, Dark roastBright acidityTiny (under 10 seats)

A small coffee shop in Asagaya where staff ask about your preferences and recommend a cup.