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Roomy, relaxed cafes where time slips by

13 cafes

13 shops listed on CafePicks under “Good for a long stay.”
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The blue bottle logo of Blue Bottle Coffee. Photographed at the Shibuya Cafe of the same brand

Blue Bottle Coffee Aoyama Cafe

Aoyama

Light roast, Dark roastBright acidityThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

A cafe in Minami-Aoyama with views of trees through large windows.

Front of Roasted COFFEE LABORATORY Shibuya Jinnan, with round tables and green chairs under a white parasol

Roasted COFFEE LABORATORY Shibuya Jinnan

Shibuya

Light roast, Medium roast, Dark roastRoomy and relaxedFood & sweetsGreat latte menu

A roastery café in Jinnan Flag serving biscuit pancakes.

Exterior of FUGLEN ASAKUSA, with a glass-fronted shop under a maroon awning and benches and stools out front

FUGLEN ASAKUSA

Asakusa

Light roastBright acidityRoomy and relaxedFood & sweets

An Asakusa café serving Norwegian heart-shaped waffles.

Interior of Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Flagship Cafe, with wooden chairs and large tables in a high-ceilinged space

Blue Bottle Coffee Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Flagship Cafe

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Light roast, Dark roastFood & sweetsEasy first visitThoughtful interior

A spacious flagship cafe renovated from a former warehouse, where you can watch baristas brew coffee.

Entrance of Blue Bottle Coffee Daikanyama Cafe, with a vertical wooden slat wall and plants beside the open glass doors

Blue Bottle Coffee Daikanyama Cafe

Daikanyama

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

A Daikanyama café where you can watch coffee being brewed from the raised bar counter.

Exterior of BERTH COFFEE TOKYO, with tables set out under the eaves of a building bearing a "CITAN" sign

BERTH COFFEE TOKYO

Nihonbashi

Laptop-friendly

A coffee stand with a rounded counter projecting toward the street at the entrance to CITAN.

Counter of VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan TAKANAWA, with a stone-clad counter and a shelf of coffee beans on the back wall

VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS NEWoMan TAKANAWA

Takanawa

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityThoughtful interiorGreat latte menu

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

Interior of ONIBUS COFFEE Nakameguro Sanchome, looking down on a wooden counter and plants by the large windows

ONIBUS COFFEE Nakameguro 3-chome

Nakameguro

Light roast, Medium roastBright acidityNeighborhood favoriteThoughtful interior

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

Exterior of BYRON BAY COFFEE COMPANY KIYOSUMISIRAKAWA, with gold "COFFEE" letters on a navy wall and an open white door

BYRON BAY COFFEE COMPANY KIYOSUMISIRAKAWA

Kiyosumi-Shirakawa

Medium roastFood & sweets

A café in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa with views of Kiyosumi Garden from the large second-floor windows.

Coffee Dojo Samurai

Kameido

Dark roastFood & sweets

A Kameido shop with armor and swords on display, where you can sit in a rocking chair at the counter.

Raw Sugar Roast

Setagaya

Light roastBright acidityChat with the barista

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

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.

Alchemist Aoyama

Shibuya

Light roastBright acidityCalm atmosphereFor a special day

Alchemist’s first location in Japan, where structural beauty and quiet intersect.

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