Ochanomizu, Kanda & Jimbocho zone is the holy area for kissaten lovers. So it will not be a big surprise for you to know that I’m spending a bunch of time there! Few years ago one of my dear friend brought me to Omiya and […]
Today let me bring you to Kawagoe! Only 30 minutes from Tokyo, it’s a must-visit place to feel the atmosphere of Edo period (1603-1867) and enjoy the Kurazukuri zone (warehouses district) and the famous Toki no kane, a clock tower rising above the streets providing […]
If you already heard about Nishi-arai once, it was probably about Nishi-arai Daishi temple and its Daruma. On Februrary 3 every year, you can take part to the Daruma Kuyo rituals, which is basically people bringing back their daruma dolls after their wish came true […]
I feel like recently I wrote a lot about Kissaten closing. It’s a little bit sad, right? So today I decided to bring some joy here and write about one of my favorite kissaten EVER. One that I’m visiting at least one or two times […]
Dear readers, How time flied since I wrote my last article here about Angelus. I wish I could write more often, and I’m sorry I can’t. But thank you for still being here and reading my blog even if I don’t post that often. Heisei […]
Last year I wrote about Marimo, this famous kissaten around Keio University which closed after 38 years. A lot of kissaten are closing, mostly in silence and indifference. Former customers may try to visit one last time, to recall the good old times there before […]
Looking for a place where time stopped when Japanese bubble economic was blooming? Well, Galant is that place. Time literally stopped there in 1977 and every time I’m going there, climbing the stairs, it’s just like I was going to enter and find women wearing […]
I wasn’t sure to write about this place at the beginning. Basically my kissaten posts are about old cafés still operating until now. I want to give information about these places in English so people also interested in coffee culture in Japan and old coffee […]
Roppongi is sometimes underrated when it comes to kissaten. However, there are few nice places around that didn’t change for decades. Kaffa Bunna is one of those. I came here few times and I fully enjoyed every time. Even if I tend to like kitsch […]
Hakushaku has two kissaten in Ikebukuro, one at the north exit of the train station and the other one at the east exit. Even if the north exit one has a very nice ceiling, I tend to prefer the east one, smaller, more intimate. It’s […]
