Kayaba Coffee Yanaka is a cafe in Tokyo.
Editorially verified June 2, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Guided tour · 1.5 hours
Enjoy a Sukiyaki dining experience at Shogun Café in Harajuku. Choose from 3 course options, savor traditional Japanese flavors, and add an all-you-can-drink option fo...
Day trip · 12 hours
Fuji across the bay from a hilltop of tea fields, the shogun's first tomb reached by ropeway, and the pine beach on the UNESCO list. Shizuoka by private van, no train ...
Day trip · 11 hours
Green tea rows running straight at Mount Fuji, and an hour with a farming family learning to brew it properly. Farm visit and tasting included. One fixed price per group.
Address: 6-1-29 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001
Chatei Hatou in Tokyo's Shibuya is the slow-drip kissaten Onyx Coffee and James Hoffmann cite. Hand-poured into individual ceramic cups, mirror polish.
DrinkSlow-drip kissaten coffee
TipClosed Wednesdays. Cash only. The hand-drip ritual takes 15 minutes; the seasonal cheesecake pairs.
Tricolore Ginza Honten in Tokyo's Ginza is the 1936 European-style kissaten on Suzuran-dori. White-cloth tea-room, fresh-milled coffee, Showa interior.
DrinkOld-Tokyo cafe au lait with cheesecake
TipOpen 08:00-23:00 daily. Cake counter at the entrance; the original Showa-era second-floor salon is the room.
Verve Coffee Roasters Shinjuku in Tokyo is the Santa Cruz-born chain's NewoMan Shinjuku flagship. Direct-trade single origins, espresso bar plus seated cafe.
DrinkStreetlevel espresso with single-origin
TipOpen 07:00-22:00 daily inside NewoMan Shinjuku south exit. Walking distance from the JR central exit.
Little Nap Coffee Stand in Tokyo near Yoyogi Park is Daisuke Hamada's miniature counter, four seats and a chalkboard of single-origin pour-over and shots.
DrinkEspresso with bagel-and-cream-cheese
TipClosed Mondays. Best as a pit-stop on a Yoyogi Park walk; the bagel and the iced latte are the canonical pair.
The Roastery by Nozy Coffee in Tokyo's Cat Street is the open-roastery cafe pouring Nozy's single-origin filter and espresso. Beans roasted feet from the bar.
DrinkSingle-origin double espresso
TipOpen 10:00-20:00 daily. The bar seats face the bean-roaster window; weekday afternoons calmest.
Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo overlooks Meguro River, the largest of Starbucks's six global roastery flagships. Four floors of bars and bean retail.
DrinkCold brew and reserve espresso
TipOpen 07:00-22:00 daily. The third-floor Teavana bar is the calmer counter; sakura season queues the river entrance.
