As part of a weekend road trip through Hokkaido we spent some time around beautiful Lake Toya as well. Nature and hot springs are outstanding, but as many places in Japan also the coffee is noteworthy. We checked out Sangaku Coffee. Google maps: 山岳喫茶 The cafe is a minute away from the lake, easy to… Read More Sangaku Cafe Lake Toya – post onsen booster
During our Hokkaido trip, we also came through the small and cute town of Otaru. A classic stop, known for the little canals by the old harbor area. In Otaru, we came by Kahisakan. Google maps: The place looks like a fairly standard cafe, with some old school coffee house touch. The coffee selection was… Read More Kahisakan Otaru – classic coffee house
Continuing our tour through the small Japanese port town of Takamatsu, we next stopped at Schop Bean (スコップビーン). Google maps: The cafe is small and it is part of a half open-air mall. They roast their beans right on site. This has the great side effect that the whole mall smells like freshly roasted beans!… Read More SchopBean Takamatsu – more options than you can take
This city is a little less visited than many others, but still worth it: Takamatsu (高松) in Japan’s Kagawa prefecture. Specialty coffee is big in Japan, so it was not too hard to locate a place to get pour-over coffee: Laboremus. Google maps: The city of Takamatsu is a major port and also the departure… Read More Laboremus Takamatsu – double the happiness
The company is expanding constantly in all its ways and around the world. We had the chance to stop by their Tokyo Aoyama store: Café Kitsuné. Google maps: The setup is very optimized for instagram, with a bamboo-lined path to the actual cafe already encouraging plenty of photos. The inside is thoroughly cozy. A few… Read More Café Kitsuné Tokyo – a proper branded drip