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.
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: 4-1-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
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.
Cafe de l'Ambre in Tokyo's Ginza has poured aged beans since 1948 when Ichiro Sekiguchi opened Japan's first specialty coffee shop. Still on Suzuran-dori.
DrinkAged single-origin pour-over
TipOrder the kohi (regular black) or whichever 20-year-aged bean is on the day's blackboard. No food, no laptops, cash only.
Fuglen Tokyo in Tokyo's Tomigaya is the Norwegian Oslo cafe's first overseas outpost, opened 2012. Coffee until evening, Scandinavian cocktails after 19:00.
DrinkNorwegian light-roast filter coffee
TipWeekday mornings are calm; weekends and after 19:00 fill fast. The vintage Norwegian furniture is also for sale.
Blue Bottle Coffee in Tokyo Kiyosumi-Shirakawa opened 2015 as the brand's first overseas roastery cafe. Converted-factory flagship, beans roasted on-site.
DrinkSingle-origin pour-over
TipThe drip flight tastes three single-origin pours side by side. Weekends queue from 09:00; weekdays after 10:30 are calm.
