Roastery cafés in Japan

Cafe Bach

Tokyo · Minami-Senju Special experience

Legendary Tokyo roastery café, roasting everything on site; supplied coffee for the 2000 G8 Okinawa summit.

Cafe de l'Ambre

Tokyo · Ginza Special experience

Legendary coffee-only kissaten roasting since the 1940s, known for 20+ year aged beans and flannel drip.

Signature Aged-bean blends

Glitch Coffee & Roasters

Tokyo · Jimbocho

Light-roast single origins only, no blends, on an in-house Probat; try the pour-over flight.

Cokuun

Tokyo · Jingumae Special experience

Four-seat, reservation-only coffee omakase of five cups with 2014 World Barista Champion Hidenori Izaki.

Fuglen Tokyo

Tokyo · Tomigaya

Oslo-born café serving its own light Nordic roasts as espresso and pour-over.

Kabuki

Tokyo · Kuramae Special experience

House-roasted coffee and house-made chocolate, with nel flannel drip made one cup at a time.

Koffee Mameya Kakeru

Tokyo · Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Special experience

Reservation-based coffee omakase with beans curated from roasters worldwide, across brew methods.

Signature Koffee Mameya course

Leaves Coffee Roasters

Tokyo · Ryogoku

Roasts all beans in-house on a German roaster; open three days a week.

Light Up Coffee Kichijoji

Tokyo · Kichijoji

Own-roasted light single origins, with a three-origin hand-drip tasting set.

Signature Tasting set (3 single origins)

Maruyama Coffee Nishi-Azabu

Tokyo · Nishi-Azabu

Karuizawa roaster since 1991 whose staff won five straight Japan Barista titles, incl. 2014 WBC winner Izaki.

Onibus Coffee Nakameguro

Tokyo · Nakameguro

Flagship roastery roasting on site for Onibus's Tokyo shops; single-origin hand drip.

Passage Coffee

Tokyo · Tamachi

Founded by Kenji Sasaki, 2014 World AeroPress Champion; own Giesen roastery and an AeroPress/filter focus.

Philocoffea Omotesando

Tokyo · Omotesando

Brand of Tetsu Kasuya, 2016 World Brewers Cup Champion; own roasts brewed with his 4:6 hand-drip method.

Signature Tomodachi (world champion series)

uni sendagaya

Tokyo · Sendagaya

Roastery shop opened 2024 where Japan Hand Drip Championship winner Kota Sato brews.

Signature Villa Fatima (Colombia) · Bona Zuria · Mogola

Ajura

Tokyo · Shinjuku Nichome

On-site San Franciscan roaster; hand drip served in Arita porcelain, plus a black latte.

Signature Taiwan Alishan

Akha Ama Coffee Roasters Tokyo

Tokyo · Waseda

Tokyo roastery café of Thailand's Akha Ama brand (opened 2024), serving hand drip.

Coffee Wrights Kuramae

Tokyo · Kuramae

Shop built around its roaster, roasting every 2-3 days; six rotating single origins and hand-drip workshops.

Signature Brazil decaf

Drip Bar Coffee & Crafts

Tokyo · Ebisu

Direct-trade, small-batch own roasts brewed one cup at a time on a custom 15g dripper.

From Afar Tokyo

Tokyo · Yanaka

Roastery café serving light single-origin roasts as filter coffee.

Hearts Light Coffee

Tokyo · Shinsen

Roasts about four times a week on a copper Turkish roaster; pour-over with an owner-made spinning dripper.

Signature Heart's Merge (Panama/PNG light blend) · LAYLA (dark blend)

Little Darling Coffee Roasters

Tokyo · Nogizaka / Minami-Aoyama

Roasts on site 2-3 times a week; barista Naoya Akagawa was 2nd at the 2016 World Latte Art Championship.

Signature My Bestfriend's Crush (house blend)

Raw Sugar Roast

Tokyo · Hatchobori

Boutique roastery café focused on light, natural-process single origins.

Kurasu Kyoto Stand

Kyoto · Kyoto Station

Kurasu's stand serving 4 to 6 single origins as hand drip, roasted at its own Kyoto roastery.

LiLo Coffee Roasters

Osaka · Amerikamura / Nishi-Shinsaibashi

Roasts in-house with its own farm in Myanmar; 20+ coffees by pour-over, AeroPress and more, open late.

Mel Coffee Roasters

Osaka · Shinmachi

Tiny 8 m² shop and roastery where owner Masa roasts; hand drip and espresso.

TAOCA Coffee Kobe Okamoto

Kobe · Okamoto

Roasted on a 15kg Loring at its own Nishinomiya roastery; Origami hand drip brewed in front of you.

Signature TAOCA Blend · House Blend

Takamura Wine & Coffee Roasters

Osaka · Edobori

Wine shop with in-house coffee roasting, offering around 30 beans incl. Panama Geisha.

Signature CCD-007 Geisha (Creativa Coffee District, Panama)

Ult

Osaka · Kyomachibori

By 2023 World Barista Champion Boram Um, with an adjoining roastery for micro-lots; World's 100 Best 2026.

Signature Competition series

Weekenders Coffee Tominokoji

Kyoto · Nakagyo

Kyoto roaster since 2011 on a Loring hot-air roaster; rotating washed single origins as drip and AeroPress.

Aoma Coffee

Osaka · Kyutaromachi

Light roasts by owner and head roaster Hiroshi Aono, incl. Kenya and Colombia.

Signature Kenya · Colombia

Drip & Drop Coffee Supply

Kyoto · Ginkakuji

Small drip-focused Kyoto stand near Nishiki Market that roasts its own beans.

Embankment Coffee

Osaka · Kitahama

Light-roast café and roastery in a 1912 wooden rowhouse, always pouring four single origins.

Goodman Roaster Kyoto

Kyoto · Shimogyo

Roasts on a 5kg Diedrich in-house and serves hand drip, incl. Taiwan Alishan.

Signature Taiwan Alishan Yangui farm

Osaru Coffee

Osaka · Namba

Owner and head roaster Keisuke Nagase keeps around eight house roasts.

Walden Woods Kyoto

Kyoto · Sakaecho

Minimalist Kyoto café that roasts its own coffee.

Coffee Bimi

Fukuoka · Akasaka Special experience

Legendary Fukuoka kissaten since 1977, roasting in-house and serving flannel drip; queues before opening.

Signature Ethiopia & Yemen Mocha

Manly Coffee

Fukuoka · Hirao

In-house roaster since 2008 with a hand-drip-only programme.

REC Coffee Shirogane

Fukuoka · Shirogane / Yakuin

Flagship roastery of Yoshikazu Iwase, two-time Japan Barista Champion and 2016 WBC runner-up.

Tokado Coffee Hakata Riverain

Fukuoka · Hakata

Beans roasted on site by the brand of Naoki Goto, 2013 World Coffee Roasting Champion.

Honey Coffee

Fukuoka · Hakata

Brewing-focused flagship counter of Fukuoka roaster Honey Coffee, linked to 2014 WBC winner Izaki.

Manu Coffee Kujira

Fukuoka · Shirogane

Main roasting hub of Fukuoka's Manu Coffee brand.

Akam Coffee Works

Hiroshima · Kokutaiji

Roasts in-house on two Diedrich roasters, with espresso and pour-over gear on display.

Miles Coffee

Hiroshima · Takaramachi

Owner Minemasa Kawakami placed 8th at the 2019 Japan Brewers Cup; pour-over and espresso.

Signature El Diviso (Colombia)

Sapta Coffee

Hiroshima · Hikarimachi

Owner Tatsuya Nagasaka roasts medium only; pour-over and espresso, incl. Rwanda Umurage.

Signature Umurage (Rwanda)

Morihico Roastery / Cafe Morihico

Sapporo · Maruyama

Sapporo icon roasting in-house since 1996, serving flannel drip in its original house café.

Mermaid Coffee Roasters

Sapporo · Odori

Roasts in-house, with a rotating pour-over menu of 5 to 7 single origins.

Yokoi Coffee

Sapporo · Kita-ku

Sapporo roaster where you can sometimes watch the roasting; drip and espresso.

Trunk Coffee Lab

Nagoya · Isehiyama

Light roasts only on Probat and Stronghold; home of Shoma Ishihara, 2022 Japan Cup Tasters Champion.

Signature Panama Geisha

Bigin

Nagoya · Sakae

Classic Nagoya kissaten that roasts in-house and serves hand drip.