Cocktail bar¥¥otemachiDaily 14:00-18:00 cafe, 18:00-23:30 bar; closed Tuesday
Helen works as a Komachi cafe in Hiroshima until 18:00, serving cheese terrines and espresso drinks before the room turns into a whisky bar at night.
Signature drink: Espresso tonic
Tip: Come before 18:00 for the dessert and coffee menu; after that the room switches to Japanese whisky and cocktails.
Specialty coffee¥otemachi
Akam Coffee Works roasts African, Central American and Asian lots in Kokutaiji-machi, a small Hiroshima counter that also sells green beans.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter
Tip: Green coffee and one-kilo wholesale bags are sold alongside the retail beans, which is unusual for a shop this size.
Bakery¥¥hondoriDaily 10:00-19:30 bakery market; closing days announced on the shop's own channels
Hiroshima Andersen occupies a converted bank on Hondori, a bakery market and Danish-style cafe that gave the whole city its habit of eating bread.
Signature drink: Bakery counter coffee
Tip: The ground-floor bakery market runs to 19:30; the upstairs restaurant keeps different hours and posts closures online.
Specialty coffee¥fukuromachiDaily 09:00-19:00; closed one Wednesday each monthWork-friendly
Obscura Coffee Roasters pours in Fukuromachi, the sit-in Hiroshima counter of a specialty roasting brand that three Hiroshima men built up in Tokyo.
Signature drink: Single-origin pour-over
Tip: Takeaway drip is the cheap way in and the counter discounts a refill against your receipt, which makes this the easiest good coffee near Peace Memorial Park.
Café¥dohashiWed-Fri 15:00-18:30; Sat-Sun and holidays 11:00-18:30; closed Monday and TuesdayWork-friendly
Hachidorisha is a social book cafe near Dohashi in Hiroshima, built around peace-education titles, filter coffee and one long shared reading table.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
Tip: The shop opens from 11:00 on any date containing a six, a nod to the sixth of August, and otherwise from mid-afternoon.
Café¥otemachiTue-Wed and Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00; closed Monday and Thursday
Kiki Coffee is a small Otemachi stand in Hiroshima pouring Issou Coffee Roastery beans alongside scones and Onomichi bean-to-bar chocolate bars.
Signature drink: Issou Coffee Roastery latte
Tip: Closed Mondays and Thursdays, and the room is two short counters and one shared table, so mid-afternoon is the realistic window.