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Sarutahiko Coffee Ebisu

Sarutahiko Coffee Ebisu

Ebisu

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastGreat latte menu

The Ebisu main shop, with the nearby annex "Mameya" for selecting beans and equipment.

Leaves Coffee Roasters

Leaves Coffee Roasters

Ryogoku

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A roastery café in Honjo where you can enjoy coffee while listening to the sound of the roasting machine.

KOFFEE MAMEYA

KOFFEE MAMEYA

Omotesando

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesEasy first visit

At a small counter in Jingumae, consult with the barista on choosing beans.

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Home

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Home

Sangenjaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly table seatsFor a special day

At OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Home in Sangenjaya, you can choose flowers and vases to take home.

Brooklyn Roasting Company Tokyo International Forum

Brooklyn Roasting Company Tokyo International Forum

Marunouchi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastPower outlets & Wi-FiLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

A café on the 1st floor of Tokyo International Forum Building A, where you can enjoy a latte made with your choice of two daily rotating beans.

Blue Bottle Coffee Shinagawa Cafe

Blue Bottle Coffee Shinagawa Cafe

Shinagawa

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

A cafe directly connected to Shinagawa Station, with Kanazawa stone used for the floors and walls.

KITASANDŌ COFFEE Kitasando Honten

KITASANDŌ COFFEE Kitasando Honten

Kita-Sando

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastFood & sweetsThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A Kita-Sando coffee stand where you can choose a cup from more than 10 specialty coffees.

GLITCH COFFEE & ROASTERS

GLITCH COFFEE & ROASTERS

Jimbocho

Light roastBright acidityEasy first visitChat with the barista

A Jimbocho coffee stand where you can choose beans while consulting with the barista.

Sarutahiko Coffee Shibuya Dogenzakadōri

Sarutahiko Coffee Shibuya Dogenzakadōri

Shibuya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastGreat latte menu

A shop at the entrance to Dogenzakadōri in Shibuya where you can take a break at Japanese-style tatami seating.

Arise Coffee Roasters

Arise Coffee Roasters

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Light roast, Medium roastMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favoriteChat with the barista

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

KOFFEE MAMEYA Kakeru

KOFFEE MAMEYA Kakeru

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly counter seatsChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

A shop with a U-shaped counter around the barista in a space that retains the exterior of a warehouse.

PASSAGE COFFEE

PASSAGE COFFEE

Mita

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityChat with the barista

A coffee stand on the 1st floor of Taishodo Building in Shiba, with indoor benches and an outdoor terrace.

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Laboratory

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Laboratory

Sangenjaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesGreat latte menu

A Sangenjaya coffee stand with freshly roasted beans on display.

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Mart

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Mart

Wakabayashi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favorite

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

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Front

OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS Front

Shibuya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding / takeaway

OBSCURA from Sangenjaya, with Front in the basement of Shibuya Tokyu Food Show.

Little Darling Coffee Roasters

Little Darling Coffee Roasters

Aoyama

Medium roastBright acidityMostly table seatsChat with the barista

A roastery café renovated from a former warehouse, overlooking a leafy plaza.

OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Shimokitazawa

OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Shimokitazawa

Shimokitazawa

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

An experiential bean salon in Shimokitazawa where you can roast and brew the beans you buy yourself.

OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Azabudai Hills

OGAWA COFFEE LABORATORY Azabudai Hills

Azabudai

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding / takeawayChat with the barista

A bean salon in Azabudai where you can create a one-of-a-kind original coffee.

PASSAGE COFFEE NIHOMBASHI

PASSAGE COFFEE NIHOMBASHI

Nihonbashi

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereGreat latte menu

A coffee stand in a Japanese-style space where you can enjoy a cup in Mino ware exclusive to the Nihonbashi shop.

Sarutahiko Coffee Komazawa Daigaku Station

Sarutahiko Coffee Komazawa Daigaku Station

Komazawa · Setagaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastNeighborhood favoriteLaptop-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.

FIRST CROP COFFEE ROASTERY

FIRST CROP COFFEE ROASTERY

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphere

Enjoy drip coffee brewed with water boiled in Nanbu ironware at the 10 seats on the 2nd floor.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan SHINJUKU

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan SHINJUKU

Kita-Sando

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

On the 2nd floor of NEWoMan Shinjuku, outside the ticket gates, this shop serves pour-over coffee made with beans roasted in Kita-Kamakura.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS ROPPONGI

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS ROPPONGI

Roppongi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A street-level shop in Roppongi with floor-to-ceiling glass, where you can sit on the terrace overlooking the lawn next door.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS YEBISU GARDEN PLACE

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS YEBISU GARDEN PLACE

Ebisu

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

A café in Ebisu Garden Place with American cherry wood and stainless-steel furniture.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS YOYOGI PARK

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS YOYOGI PARK

Yoyogi Park

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

A cafe next to Yoyogi Park where you can order sugar waffles with ricotta cheese and house-made jam.

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS EBISU

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS EBISU

Shibuya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityChat with the baristaNeighborhood favorite

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

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan TAKANAWA

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan TAKANAWA

Takanawa

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityGood for a long stayThoughtful interior

A café at NEWoMan Takanawa with a view of a custom large table by Carlo Scarpa.

Horiguchi Coffee Otemachi One

Horiguchi Coffee Otemachi One

Otemachi

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesChat with the barista

An Otemachi café bar where you can look over brass-and-glass display cases and consult the staff when choosing beans.

GINZA BONGEN

GINZA BONGEN

Ginza

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastStanding bar & benchesThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A Ginza coffee stand in a Japanese-style space with bonsai, charred cedar, and a coffered ceiling.

SHI-TEN coffee

SHI-TEN coffee

Akihabara

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsGreat latte menu

A small white-and-blue coffee stand in a retro building.

Ammonite Coffee Market Hongo

Ammonite Coffee Market Hongo

Hongo

Medium roast, Dark roastTiny (under 10 seats)Food & sweetsThoughtful interior

A spot in Hongo-sanchome where you can order house-made pudding with caramel sauce.

WOODBERRY COFFEE Daikanyama

WOODBERRY COFFEE Daikanyama

Ebisu

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesFood & sweets

A coffee stand between Nakameguro, Ebisu, and Daikanyama, with benches out front for drinking your coffee.

% Arabica Tokyo Azabudai Hills B1

% Arabica Tokyo Azabudai Hills B1

Azabudai

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesThoughtful interior

At this % Arabica in the basement of Azabudai Hills, the interior is reflected upside down in the mirrored ceiling.

Saza Coffee KITTE Marunouchi

Saza Coffee KITTE Marunouchi

Marunouchi

Medium roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A roastery on the 1st floor of KITTE Marunouchi, where coffee is served in golden Arita ware cups.

One by One Coffee Ginza

One by One Coffee Ginza

Ginza

Light roastMostly counter seatsEasy first visitChat with the barista

One by One Coffee's second location, with about 10 seats, on the 1st floor of the Matsuwa Building.

X coffee GINZA

X coffee GINZA

Ginza

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsFood & sweets

A Ginza shop where staff recommend beans suited to each customer.

KITASANDŌ COFFEE Roastery

KITASANDŌ COFFEE Roastery

Mita

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityPower outlets & Wi-FiLaptop-friendly

A roastery cafe in Mita where you can watch the activity in the on-site roasting room.

ACID COFFEE TOKYO

ACID COFFEE TOKYO

Yoyogi-Uehara

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsEasy first visit

A Yoyogi-Uehara coffee stand where coffee is served in a wine glass.

Kofinowa COFFEE NOVA

Kofinowa COFFEE NOVA

Asakusa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastNeighborhood favoriteGreat latte menu

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

GLITCH COFFEE Nihonbashi

GLITCH COFFEE Nihonbashi

Nihonbashi

Light roastBright acidityChat with the barista

A black roastery in Nihonbashi with two motorcycles and large speakers on display.

Blue Bottle Coffee Aoyama Cafe

Blue Bottle Coffee Aoyama Cafe

Aoyama

Light roast, Dark roastBright acidityGood for a long stayThoughtful interior

A Minami-Aoyama cafe with large windows overlooking the trees.

Maruyama Coffee Nishi-Azabu

Nishi-Azabu

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereChat with the barista

Maruyama Coffee in Nishi-Azabu serves freshly made galettes with 100% Nagano-grown buckwheat flour.

Horiguchi Coffee Setagaya

Setagaya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityMostly table seatsNeighborhood favorite

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

UNLIMITED COFFEE BAR

Oshiage

Light roastBright acidityChat with the baristaEasy first visit

A coffee bar where you can share your preferences and consult a professional barista on how to enjoy your coffee.

Cafe de L'Ambre

Ginza

Medium roast, Dark roast

A Ginza coffee-only shop serving hand-sewn nel drip (cloth filter) in champagne glasses.

Amameria Espresso

Musashi-Koyama

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityNeighborhood favoriteThoughtful 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.

COFFEE VALLEY

Ikebukuro

Medium roast, Dark roastLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

A specialty coffee shop in Ikebukuro where you can compare daily changing beans brewed in different ways.

GLOBE COFFEE

Musashi-Koyama

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereNeighborhood favoriteEasy first visit

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

THE COFFEESHOP ROAST WORKS

Yoyogi Park

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityGreat latte menu

A coffee shop in Tomigaya where you can choose beans to buy and take home.

FINETIME COFFEE ROASTERS

Kyodo

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favorite

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

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.

PASSAGE COFFEE SOSHIGAYA

Soshigaya-Okura

Light roast, Medium roastCalm atmosphereLaptop-friendlyNeighborhood favorite

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

PASSAGE COFFEE ICHIGAYA

Ichigaya

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityCalm atmosphere

An Ichigaya shop offering roasted in-house beans as well as bread and sweets.

CAFE FACON Nakameguro

Nakameguro

Medium roast, Dark roastFood & sweetsGreat latte menu

A Nakameguro café where you can enjoy house-made sweets and sandwiches with coffee.

TAOCA COFFEE Minami-Aoyama

Aoyama

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereEasy first visitChat with the barista

A single-floor shop in a Minami-Aoyama backstreet with seating along a concrete wall.

ALL SEASONS COFFEE Shinjuku Sanchome

Shinjuku

Light roast, Medium roastFood & sweetsGreat latte menu

A roastery café in Shinjuku Sanchome serving coffee roasted in-house and classic pudding.

Cafe Bach

Minami-Senju

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereNeighborhood favoriteFood & sweets

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

Cafetenango

Fukasawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityNeighborhood favoriteGreat latte menu

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

Brewman Tokyo

Yoyogi Park

Light roastMostly counter seatsChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

A coffee stand with terrace seating at SMI:RE YOYOGI in Yoyogi.

HAYAKAWA coffee

Iidabashi

Light roast, Medium roastStanding bar & benchesEasy first visitFood & sweets

An Iidabashi coffee stand where you can drink at a counter connected to the interior when the folding doors are fully opened.

WAVY COFFEE ROASTERS SHIBUYA

Shibuya

Bright acidityPower outlets & Wi-FiLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

An open roastery café with a view across the interior, entered by looking for the SLOTH sloth.

Raw Sugar Roast

Setagaya

Light roastBright acidityGood for a long stayChat with the barista

A roastery café in Kyodo where you can spend time watching the roasting machine behind the ordering counter.

SPIEL COFFEE

Shin-Koenji

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly table seatsLaptop-friendlyNeighborhood favorite

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

G☆P COFFEE ROASTER

Hatsudai

Dark roastMild acidityTiny (under 10 seats)Neighborhood favorite

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

Horiguchi Coffee Komae

Komae

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereNeighborhood favorite

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

Horiguchi Coffee Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C

Futako-Tamagawa

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastStanding bar & benchesEasy first visitThoughtful interior

At standing tables on B1 of the Tamagawa Takashimaya South Building, guests can try coffee while talking with the staff.

GRAND CRU CAFÉ GINZA

Ginza

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A Ginza café where you can leave a purchased bottle at the shop and return later to continue enjoying it.

Mi Cafeto Atre Kichijoji

Kichijoji

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidity

A café and shop directly connected to Kichijoji Station, where you can choose coffee for home or gifts from a wide selection of varieties.

Juichibo Coffee

Ginza

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastKnown for its quiet

A Ginza coffee shop where you can spend time listening to jazz through a tube amplifier.

% Arabica Tokyo Azabudai Hills 4F

Azabudai

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastThoughtful interior

An Azabudai Hills 4F shop with a terrace featuring Chemex-shaped picnic tables.

One by One Coffee Tokyo

Ebisu

Light roastMostly counter seatsChat with the baristaGreat latte menu

A coffee counter at the back of an Ebisu shop where you can choose a half cup.

KURO MAME TOKYO

Azabudai

Light roast, Medium roastKnown for its quietChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

A coffee tasting room with no menu, where the barista selects a cup based on conversation.

PostCoffee Offline Store

Shimokitazawa

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

A coffee shop in Shimokitazawa with white corrugated walls and wooden crate stools.

Mermaid Coffee Roasters Ikebukuro

Ikebukuro

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityRoomy and relaxedFood & sweets

A café surrounded by paintings from around the world and antique furniture, from B1 to the 4th floor.