% Arabica Higashiyama is a cafe in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
The minimalist white-tile espresso bar that put Kyoto on the global coffee-tourism map. Slayer-pulled lattes and the Hokkaido Slayer milk programme.
Address: Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0853, Japan
About Us in Nakagyo in Kyoto is a 90-year machiya specialty coffee bar opened 2025 between Sanjo Shopping Street and Nijo Castle, hojicha basque, lemon pound.
Signature drink: Hand-drip single-origin filter
Order: Hojicha basque cheesecake with the day's filter pairing.
Tip: Second floor is the quiet dining room. Wait at the counter for hand-drip orders.
A cafe-and-coffee-equipment showroom five minutes from Kyoto Station. Single O Japan beans and rotating pour-over methods at a quiet machiya counter.
Signature drink: Filter coffee
A 1932 kissaten in Kyoto's Teramachi arcade. House-roasted coffee, hotcakes that haven't changed since the Showa era and the city's reference morning set.
Signature drink: House-roasted blend with hotcakes
A 1940-founded kissaten in a Karasuma machiya, the city's most photographed coffee terrace. Egg-and-sausage breakfasts, Arabian Pearl as the house blend.
Signature drink: Arabian Pearl
Ippodo's tasting room on Teramachi, Kyoto, opened by the tea merchant founded in 1717. Located in Karasuma Kawaramachi. Order the ceremonial-grade matcha set.
Signature drink: Ceremonial-grade matcha set
The Gion outpost of the 1860 Uji tea-merchant Tsujiri, opening for matcha parfaits and matcha soba until 20:00, the latest such room in Higashiyama Kyoto.
Signature drink: Matcha parfait
