The heart of specialty coffee

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.

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityStanding / takeawayEasy first visit

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A cafe directly connected to Shinagawa Station, featuring Takigahara stone from Ishikawa Prefecture.

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.

Light roastBright acidityEasy first visitChat with the barista

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

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastGreat latte menu

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

Light roast, Medium roastMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favoriteChat with the barista

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

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.

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.

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

A Sangenjaya coffee stand with freshly roasted beans on display.

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.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityStanding / takeaway

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

Medium roastBright acidityMostly table seatsChat with the barista

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

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.

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

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

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereGreat latte menu

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

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastNeighborhood favoriteLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

A station café in front of the Komazawa-daigaku Station ticket gates, open from 7 a.m.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityGood for a long stayThoughtful interior

A café at NEWoMan TAKANAWA overlooking a custom-made large table by Carlo Scarpa.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesFood & sweets

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

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

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

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.

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.

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsFood & sweets

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

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.

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsEasy first visit

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

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A standing coffee stand in Sendagi that makes use of a sushi restaurant counter.

Easy first visitNeighborhood favoriteThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A coffee shop that roasts its own beans, with a rotating manager who brings their own theme each day.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favorite

A direct-fire coffee shop where you can consult with the owner to choose from very light to dark roasts.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favoriteChat with the barista

A small "roasting hut" in Midori, Sumida-ku, where you can enjoy coffee and cake.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastNeighborhood favoriteFood & sweetsChat with the barista

A shop by the railway crossing in a row house serving taiyaki with house-made anko and specialty coffee.

Light roastBright acidityGood for a long stay

A bright specialty coffee shop on a back street in an office district.

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.

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.

Medium roast, Dark roast

A Ginza coffee-only shop serving coffee brewed with hand-sewn nel filters.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityNeighborhood favoriteThoughtful interior

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

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

A Sakura-Shinmachi café with a roasting room in a residential area behind Sakura Jingu.

Medium roast, Dark roastLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

An Ikebukuro specialty coffee shop offering a tasting flight of daily beans brewed in different ways.

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereEasy first visitNeighborhood favorite

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

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

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

Light roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsNeighborhood favorite

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

Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereLaptop-friendlyEasy first visit

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

Light roast, Medium roastCalm atmosphereLaptop-friendlyNeighborhood favorite

PASSAGE COFFEE in Soshigaya, with bench seating and tables in the back.

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityCalm atmosphere

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

Medium roast, Dark roastFood & sweetsGreat latte menuChat with the barista

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

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.

Light roast, Medium roastFood & sweetsGreat latte menu

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

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.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityNeighborhood favoriteChat with the barista

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

Light roastMostly counter seatsChat with the baristaThoughtful interior

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

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.

Bright acidityPower outlets & Wi-FiLaptop-friendlyGreat latte menu

An open roastery café marked by the SLOTH sloth sign, with a view across the interior.

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.

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

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

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereNeighborhood favorite

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

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastStanding bar & benchesEasy first visitChat with the barista

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

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityMostly counter seatsChat with the barista

A Ginza café where you can leave purchased beans at the shop for 2 weeks, then return to enjoy the rest.

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.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastKnown for its quietChat with the barista

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

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastThoughtful interior

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Medium roastTiny (under 10 seats)Neighborhood favoriteGreat latte menu

A mint-green specialty coffee shop where every drink is brewed as a pour-over.

Light roastBright acidityTiny (under 10 seats)For a special day

A Kichijoji roasting base specializing in top lots from Panama.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastBright acidityEasy first visitFood & sweets

WOODBERRY COFFEE’s flagship store, spanning floors 1–4 with a roasting room.

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

waku coffee roaster roasts coffee daily on the in-store roaster.

Light roastBright acidityStanding bar & benchesChat with the barista

Lonich,'s Kuramae shop imports coffee from Yunnan, China directly.

Medium roast, Dark roastMostly table seats

A coffee shop that roasts in-house, where you can choose from the beans displayed at the counter and enjoy a cup on the spot.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastCalm atmosphereFor a special dayNeighborhood favorite

Roasted daily in Shirokanedai. A coffee roaster near the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.

Light roastCalm atmosphereFor a special day

A coffee stand in a renovated house, with seating in a sun-dappled garden.

Light roast, Medium roastFood & sweetsThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A café with 40 terrace seats, where the greenery of Toyosu Park can be enjoyed through large glass windows.

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityTiny (under 10 seats)Easy first visit

A Numabukuro roaster where the owner recommends a cup based on your preferences.

Light roast, Medium roastGreat latte menuChat with the barista

A café and lab in Asakusabashi where you can try grinding with mills you are interested in.

Light roastNeighborhood favorite

A coffee shop in Ebara-Nakanobu known for the lemon cakes baked by its owner.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastThoughtful interior

A roaster where you choose your preferred roast level on the spot and watch beans finish roasting in under 10 minutes.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastNeighborhood favoriteChat with the barista

The shop dog is Stella, a corgi; dogs are welcome.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roast

Light roastStanding bar & benches

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roast

Light roastFood & sweets

A café overlooking the nature of the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace and the Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan

Light roastMostly counter seatsThoughtful interior

Serves Special Edition drip coffee.

Light roast, Dark roastGreat latte menu

Light roastStanding bar & benchesGreat latte menu

A compact café of about 7 tsubo with 8 counter seats.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastRoomy and relaxedFood & sweetsThoughtful interior

A café where you can view the roasting area from inside.

Light roast, Dark roastThoughtful interiorGreat latte menuLaptop-friendly

A café defined by purple sofas and carpeting.

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastTiny (under 10 seats)Great latte menu

Open as SACHIOPIA COFFEE on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Mostly table seatsFood & sweetsGreat latte menu

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roast

An Ebisu shop focused on selling coffee beans.

Medium roastBright acidityThoughtful interior

A cafe in Honcho, Kokubunji, that has been roasting coffee since 2015.

Light roastBright acidityThoughtful interior

A cafe in Nihonbashi-Kodenmacho by the founder behind FUGLEN's expansion in Japan.