Kissa Saeki is a cafe in Kamiyacho, Hiroshima.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Explore Hiroshima's coffee culture on a guided walking tour. Discover the Hondori arcade and Nagarekawa entertainment district, and learn about the city's coffee houses.
Address: 1-4-25 Kamiyacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
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.
DrinkEspresso tonic
TipCome before 18:00 for the dessert and coffee menu; after that the room switches to Japanese whisky and cocktails.
Akam Coffee Works roasts African, Central American and Asian lots in Kokutaiji-machi, a small Hiroshima counter that also sells green beans.
DrinkSingle-origin filter
TipGreen coffee and one-kilo wholesale bags are sold alongside the retail beans, which is unusual for a shop this size.
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.
DrinkBakery counter coffee
TipThe ground-floor bakery market runs to 19:30; the upstairs restaurant keeps different hours and posts closures online.
Obscura Coffee Roasters pours in Fukuromachi, the sit-in Hiroshima counter of a specialty roasting brand that three Hiroshima men built up in Tokyo.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipTakeaway 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.
Hachidorisha is a social book cafe near Dohashi in Hiroshima, built around peace-education titles, filter coffee and one long shared reading table.
DrinkFilter coffee
TipThe shop opens from 11:00 on any date containing a six, a nod to the sixth of August, and otherwise from mid-afternoon.
Kiki Coffee is a small Otemachi stand in Hiroshima pouring Issou Coffee Roastery beans alongside scones and Onomichi bean-to-bar chocolate bars.
DrinkIssou Coffee Roastery latte
TipClosed Mondays and Thursdays, and the room is two short counters and one shared table, so mid-afternoon is the realistic window.
