REC Coffee Hakata Marui is a cafe in Hakata, Fukuoka.
REC Coffee's Hakata Station branch sits on the 6F of Marui inside KITTE Hakata, with window seats over the station square. Order the specialty espresso.
Tip: One minute from Hakata Station via KITTE. Faster turnover than the Shirogane room.
Address: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.
Signature drink: Kissaten siphon coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Gion Station. Morning set with toast and egg through 11:00.
Toffee combines soymilk and tofu from local Mihara Tofu-Ten with espresso. Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Signature drink: Tofu latte, soymilk coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Station. The tofu pudding is the most-ordered sweet.
Amam Dacotan's Ropponmatsu flagship is bakery first, cafe second. The sister blue-building eating area runs coffee with the maritozzo and mentaiko baguettes.
Signature drink: Coffee with maritozzo or mentaiko baguette
Tip: Five-minute walk from Ropponmatsu Station. The seven-person inside limit means a queue most weekends.
Shirouzu is a classic Hakata kissaten near Kushida shrine, with siphon coffee, retro upholstery and a morning-set culture that runs to noon.
Signature drink: Kissaten siphon coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Gion Station. Morning set with toast and egg through 11:00.
daco opened in July 2024 in Imaizumi from Amam Dacotan founder Ryota Hirako. A bakery-cafe sibling running nama donuts and sandwiches across a small room.
Signature drink: Nama donut and pour-over coffee
Tip: Five minutes from Tenjin Minami. Same operator as Amam Dacotan; lines start late morning.
Manu Coffee Kujira in Yakuin is the brand's main roasting hub. A yellow building with a two-floor cafe and a small retail counter, founded 2017 in Shirogane.
Signature drink: Single-origin hand-drip filter
Tip: Five-minute walk from Yakuin Station. The second floor has sofas; the ground floor sells beans.
REC Coffee was founded in 2008 by Yoshikazu Iwasa, a former World Barista Championship competitor. The Shirogane flagship roasts and pulls espresso.
Signature drink: Espresso, World Barista Championship blend
Tip: Closest to Yakuin Station. The Hakata Station outlet is the convenient sibling.
