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An espresso bar and Smart Car showroom in Okazaki, Kyoto, beside the National Museum of Modern Art. Single O Japan and And Coffee Roasters on rotation.
Signature drink: Single O Japan pour-over
Akatsuki Coffee is a cafe in Demachiyanagi, Kyoto.
A husband-and-wife cafe near Ichijoji in north Kyoto, with a no-laptops policy. Weekenders beans on the pour-over and homemade cakes refreshed daily.
Address: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8182, Japan
An espresso bar and Smart Car showroom in Okazaki, Kyoto, beside the National Museum of Modern Art. Single O Japan and And Coffee Roasters on rotation.
Signature drink: Single O Japan pour-over
Australian-style espresso steps from Fushimi Inari's main torii gate in Kyoto. Flat whites and a sister cafe by the pond at the foot of Mount Inariyama.
Signature drink: Australian-style flat white
The Kyoto Station outpost of the 1854 Uji tea-house Nakamura Tokichi. The Maruto parfait, matcha or hojicha, is the depachika's standing all-day queue.
Signature drink: Maruto matcha parfait
A white-on-white cafe in Shimogyo, Kyoto, named for Thoreau. Stepped wood platforms, espresso tonics, lattes and a quiet morning-only oat-milk programme.
Signature drink: Espresso tonic
A red-walled basement kissaten on Sanjo Kawaramachi in Kyoto since 1950. Cinnamon-toast morning sets, smoked-glass lamps and zero modern interruption.
Signature drink: Cinnamon-toast set
A matcha cafe on Ninenzaka in a renovated 80-year machiya in Higashiyama, Kyoto. The Uji-matcha tiramisu is the citywide signature dessert order.
Signature drink: Uji matcha tiramisu