Best Cafes In Japan

Here're best Cafes in Japan. We released a ranking of reviews about Cafes posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Japan.

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Starbucks Coffees

Starbucks Coffee Awaji SA Store (Downline)

2 Reviews

From STARBUCKS COFFEE located in Awaji Service Area, you can see the ocean view with Akashi Strait Bridge, which is the best suspension bridge in Japan. In front of the great view, Strawberry Cream Frappuccino is very ideal for the rest of your driving.◎Access: Awaji SA on the down line of Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Speedway. The shop isn't so big, but its terrace is spacious.

STARBUCKS RESERVE ROASTERY

2 Reviews

This Starbucks is the fifth one in the world, and first in Japan, that has own roast factory and bakery together. TEAVANA in the second floor, I visited this time, is a tea specialty bland managed by Starbucks. It offers such as non-alcohol cocktail of tea, cream soda, flavored teas, so people who don't like coffee can enjoy.

Starbucks Kobe-Kitano-Ijinkan-Store

1 Reviews

It's remodeled from a wooden two-storied house built in Meiji era. The building matches the townscape and retro designs of each rooms make comfortable moods.

Flowery Cafes

Cachette Kita Shirakawa

5 Reviews

The first floor is a shop of dried flowers and various goods and the second is a cafe. We can enjoy food and drinks with flowers, such as jelly punch with colorful fruit, elderflower and herbs, and non-alcohol drinks of flower liqueurs!

Nicolai Bergmann NOMU

4 Reviews

A café in a shop of a popular flower artist Nicolai Bergman. The ceiling, walls and even the tables are decollated with flowers, I was fascinated by its world view as soon as I entered the shop. It's a very stylish room with the interior of Northern European style.◎You can enjoy mainly organic foods and also lunch.

1er ETAGE

2 Reviews

1er ETAGE is a specialty shop of dried flowers, where many flowers make the relaxing atmosphere. They offer some kinds of drinks and one kind of sweet at a cafe in the shop. And dried flower bouquet to meet your budget.

Korean Style Cafes

All C's Cafe

2 Reviews

All C's Cafe, a Korean cafe in Koenji, is full of bears in the room. You can eat rice covered with bears. The menu is very cute, and I recommend the bear software with a ribbon. If you like bears, please go there.

Otto

3 Reviews

A Korean-style cafe with a sense of openness and white as the base color. The most fashionable cafe in the cafe in Shinsaibashi-suji. Strawberry ice cream pudding 700yen, cafe latte 600yen. Hard baked pudding with vanilla ice cream and fresh cream strawberries. It also has plenty of bittersweet caramel!

CAFE iN

2 Reviews

A Korean cafe in Shin-Okubo. The inside of the store was white with a lot of pampas grass, and the transparent table was perfect for photos. The window seats at the edge let in the sunlight and I was able to take some nice pictures. Regardless of the picture, I value taste. Plenty of fresh cream and Shine Muscat in the meringue dough! It was a pelori with lots of fruits. Personally, it was super super delicious!

Brand Cafes

Ralph's COFFEE

3 Reviews

Ralph's COFFEE is in Omotesando RALPH LAUREN. We can drink tasty coffee and cafe latte of coffee beans used in NY. Their sandwich and sweets are also big enough to make us full.

Tiffany Cafe

8 Reviews

Tiffany Cafe has very lovely interior like an amusement park. Though we need to make a reservation beforehand, I could have precious experience to know about photos and famous saying of Audrey Hepburn, and history of Tiffany.

Cafe Kitsune Aoyama-Store

3 Reviews

︎︎︎︎︎☑︎ Cafe latte ¥ 750 ︎︎︎︎︎︎☑︎ Fox sable ¥ 400 ︎︎︎︎︎︎☑︎ Strawberry coconut tart ¥ 900. I went to the long-awaited cafe fox. This is a stylish cafe created by Maison Kitsune, a famous fashion brand.

London Bus Cafes

LONDON BUS CAFE

2 Reviews

A London Bus located at the seaside of Itoshima, is a cafe and we can see the great ocean view from inside. In winter, visitors can see the many surfers in the sea, and beautiful sunset, too.

MONTAGUE

2 Reviews

I was surprised and did a bubble take when I found the two storied London bus at the West Bypass! This genuine London bus was shipped and renovated to a cafe. The bus itself and also the interior have an atmosphere of antique, and photogenic!◎The 180th National Road (West Bypass). 15min by car from Okayama Station.

Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

1 Reviews

Afternoon tea bus tour started from 8/31. Enjoy afternoon tea at Ginger Garden Aoyama while traveling around central Tokyo on a double-decker London bus. There are departures from Omotesando and Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, and those from Nihonbashi come with daily collaboration sweets with the Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi British Exhibition. Carrot cake on the first day. It was the perfect space.

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Shikoku

Patisserie T's café TAMAYA

3 Reviews

I've found an ideal café for traveling in Hakata Island. Many variety of cakes make women happy. And, if the terrace seats facing to Seto Inland Sea are vacant, you're lucky! The sea and sweets make your SNS perfect!◎Access: 5min by car from Hakata IC of Shimanami Kaido Speedway. Two tables in the terrace. You can see the seascape beautifully from even inside. Parking lot is available.

Veranda

3 Reviews

You can have a gracious time while gazing away the Seto Inland Sea at a terrace seats. The cafe's dog is friendly and lovely, please go to see the dog.◎It opens only on Sundays now. And they have temporary closure, you should make it sure beforehand.

Umie

4 Reviews

A designer tells senses of comfort and time that he feels now. I think there is a calm comfort even in an extraordinary room. It's a nice café we can spend a good time.

Kyushu・Okinawa

AOSORA PARLOR

3 Reviews

A specialty store of smoothie made from famous mongo grown in Miyako Island and other 15 or more kinds. On the middle of your journey, take a calm rest in a hammock on the grass. The interior like tropical countries is also attractive.

SUNSET

3 Reviews

SUNSET is a photogenic cafe in Itoshima Island. Some people come here during the sunset time.

Anettai Chaya Cafe

2 Reviews

Subtropical teahouse on the top of the mountain. The terrace seats overlook the sea of ​​Okinawa. There are also hammock, so many people are taking a break, it is a very relaxing space. It is a recommended cafe that you can enjoy a tropical feeling.

Hokkaido・Tohoku

FAMILY TREE CAFE

2 Reviews

FAMILY TREE CAFE has chic and good-old room, located in Naganuma, a little far from Sapporo. We can enjoy delicious food and sweets in a relaxing room.

Kitaichi Hall

2 Reviews

Kitaichi Hall is a cafe with 167 lamps and retro atmosphere. They light the lamps one by one by hand after they open the cafe every morning. 8:45. It's worth seeing if you get up early. They offer meals as well as coffee and soft cream.

Ishida Coffee Shop

2 Reviews

There're so many kinds of home-roasted coffee that I can't decide which to choose. The tea room, seems to be renovated from an old house, has nostalgic atmosphere. I had a custard pudding with good-bitter caramel sauce, which is excellent with coffee.

Kanto

Tsubasa Coffee

10 Reviews

A lovely baked apple. However, when you cut it, it's mysterious, brown sugar pudding from inside. The caramel that overflows when you cut it is appetizing. The pie and cake crumbs are served with ice cream, just like an apple pie! Those who think pudding in an apple is a lie. You should experience this mysterious world.

L'atelier A Ma Facon

24 Reviews

The long-awaited chestnut season. A long-awaited meeting with Montblanc's glass dessert that I have always wanted to meet. A gorgeous bouquet made from soft, sweet pears. Yamae chestnut Mont Blanc in the middle. The elegant sweetness and rich flavor are irresistible. Japanese black tea ice cream and acorn pudding! You can only taste it here... you can't even see it, so please try the spectacular Mont Blanc glass.

THE BEACH YOKOHAMA

7 Reviews

There're many photo-spots that have different atmosphere in the cafe. What's more, you can find beach, relaxing deck and lovely swing at the outside.

Tokai

Natsu-Sora

7 Reviews

Natsuzora's monthly parfait is popular, and it is a fierce battle to make a reservation because it is a complete reservation system. September is the Mont Blanc Parfait of Waguri. Since it's Montblanc, it's easy to think that it's heavy, but that's Summer Sky Magic! It's too delicious to eat. The last is refreshing with lemon jelly. it's one of my favourite stores.

Kafe Lunsjpause

5 Reviews

Rolled cake and tart with strawberries at their best season to eat. They're really delicious!

Kissa Zoumeshi

5 Reviews

Kissa Zoumeshi is a famous cafe in Nagoya. Their 'Kissa-no Tamago Sando (Cafe's Egg Sandwich)' is one of the good-seller menus, and it has freshly fried fluffy thick egg. And miso-meat spread on the soft bread becomes good accent, and make it taste rich. They serve this elephant cookie for all menus. I could feel relaxed with cafe latte of Nishio Matcha.

Koshinetsu

Icci KAWARA COFFEE LABO

2 Reviews

From Ichinose Kawara Kogyo in Yamanashi Prefecture, which has been in business for over 100 years, a new tile brand "icciKAWARA PRODUCTS" has been born with the concept of "from the roof to the roof"! ! And in June 2023, "icciKAWARA COFFEE LABO" will open using mugs and plates made of roof tiles!! Their specialty is coffee, ham and cheese, and toast with bean butter.

RK Garden

2 Reviews

RK Garden is an adjoining open-air cafe at a flower shop in Oiwake, Karuizawa. We can enjoy vegan food and sweets in a relaxing room surrounding with flowers and plants. What's more, in the season of rose, we can feel like to be in an English garden!

Furiko Sabō

1 Reviews

Furiko Sabō is a cafe standing in the quiet woods in Karuizawa. As the name of Furiko Sabō (Pendulum Cafe), there's a pendulum clock, and it ticks away the minutes in the quiet room. A gentle and reticent owner offers only homemade sweets and drinks, but we can feel the time passing slowly and relaxed like being in the different world.

Hokuriku

fluffy

1 Reviews

A pancake café that is said to be the best in Kanazawa located on a corner of Higashi Chaya-machi. It contains full of air and its fluffy feeling of taste must make you addicted. You have to make a reservation because the café is filled to capacity as soon as they open.

Saboissyo

1 Reviews

Aromatic smell and leisurely time fill up the calm café renovated from an old house built 150 years before, and it's an ideal place for a rest during your sightseeing. With roasted tea (houji-cha in Japanese), a Kanazawa's proud Japanese sweet is prepared together. They pick also the plates they use, so you can enjoy the tablewares, too.

Nazo-ya Café

1 Reviews

Drinking a delicious cup of coffee, you can enjoy solving riddles at this unique café. There are full of interesting devices here and there worthy of the name mystery café.

Review Ranking

1

As you go up the stairs with lanterns lined on each steps, you'll find a pure white world spreading to the whole room. We can have tasty home-roasted coffee and chai tea with some spices. There're no tables and chairs, so that we have a pleasant time.

Name

Walden Woods Kyoto

Address

508-1 Sakae-cho Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-344-9009

Hours

9:00-19:00

How to get there

6 min walk from Gojo Subway Station, 10 min walk from Keihan Kiyomizu Gojo Station.

2

2 / 12.13.14 Valentine limited 15 meals limited to collaboration with @tsunagu_saboh. Sabo-kun's confession, Sabo-kun is pink! I also have a ribbon! Agony level. I can't breathe because I'm grabbed by my heart. It was a sweet that was cute, delicious and made me feel happy.

Name

And Cafe

Address

1-9-28 Shinfukae, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map

Tel

06-7708-4252

Hours

11:00-19:00

How to get there

5 min walk, from Shinfukae Station

Parking

No parking area

3

At the beginning of this season's strawberries, the retro cute "Moore House". First to arrive 30 minutes before opening. Ten minutes before the store opened, there were already 7 or 8 groups in line. The crispy millefeuille dough is crispy with a knife and is very easy to eat. The custard cream, which is not too heavy, is in perfect harmony with the sweet and sour strawberries. The size is a little large, but it's light enough to fit.

Name

Kitano Moore House

Address

2-9-3, Kitano, Kobe, Hyogo, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

050-5325-7966

Hours

11:00-17:00

Closed

Tue

How to get there

8 min walk, from Shin-kobe Station

4

A restaurant of Northern European open sandwich what is called 'smørrebrød'. Their seasonal parfait also looks and tastes great. smørrebrød kitchen is located at the second floor of a historical Nakanoshima Library.

Name

smørrebrød kitchen nakanoshima

Address

2nd floor, Nakanoshima Library, 1-2-10 Nakanoshima Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map

Tel

06-6222-8719

Hours

9:00-21:00

How to get there

1 min walk from Naniwabashi Station, 3 min walk from Kitahama Station, 5 min walk from Yodoyabashi Station.

5

A retro coffee shop famous for its jewel-like beautiful jelly punch. It was a blissful time to look at the jelly punch in the blue space. There are only popular shops, so the days I visited are lined up! The photos are from past visits, but I think they are still available.

Name

Coffee Shop Soiree

Address

95 Shincho Shijo-agaru Nishi-kiyamachi-dori, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Hours

13:00-19:00

Closed

Mon

How to get there

2 min walk from Kawaramachi Station, or Keihan Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.

Parking

Free parking area is available

6

Double peach field newly released from Itoken. Two luxuriously fresh peaches. There is peach jelly inside the peach. Itoken's seasonal parfait makes me want to eat it every year.

Name

Karyo Itoken

Address

28-1 Fukagusa Taniguchi-cho Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

0120-929-110

Hours

10:00-18:00

Closed

Wed

How to get there

25 min from Fujimori Station. By car or taci,

Parking

Parking area is available

7

A lovely baked apple. However, when you cut it, it's mysterious, brown sugar pudding from inside. The caramel that overflows when you cut it is appetizing. The pie and cake crumbs are served with ice cream, just like an apple pie! Those who think pudding in an apple is a lie. You should experience this mysterious world.

Name

Tsubasa Coffee

Address

1-15-12 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

03-6273-0878

Hours

11:00-20:00

How to get there

3 min walk, from Shinjukugyoennmae Station

8

FUKUNAGA901 is proud of its parfait with full of seasonal fruit. Specially, Ichigo Yama Parfait (Strawberry Mountain Parfait) with its lovely appearance is one of the best-seller one!!

Name

FUKUNAGA901

Address

8th floor 901 Higashi Shiokoji-cho, Sagaru, Shiokoji, Karasumadori, Shimogyo-ku , Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-342-0082

Hours

10:00-20:00

How to get there

Directly connected with Kyoto Station

Parking

Toll parking area is available

9

Piu's crispy mille-feuille is delicious. Peach season has arrived again this year. Juicy peach contains peach jelly. The whipped cream and nuts sandwiched in the pie also do a good job.

Name

Kamon Piu

Address

1st floor, KNOB Building, 131 Taishogun Nishi-machi, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-205-5109

Hours

8:30-18:00

Closed

Tue

How to get there

5 min walk from Kitano Hakubai-cho Station

Parking

No parking area

10

The long-awaited chestnut season. A long-awaited meeting with Montblanc's glass dessert that I have always wanted to meet. A gorgeous bouquet made from soft, sweet pears. Yamae chestnut Mont Blanc in the middle. The elegant sweetness and rich flavor are irresistible. Japanese black tea ice cream and acorn pudding! You can only taste it here... you can't even see it, so please try the spectacular Mont Blanc glass.

Name

L'atelier A Ma Facon

Address

1-26-14 Kaminoge, Setagaya-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Hours

10:00-17:00

How to get there

1 min walk, from Kaminoge Station

11

Mamounia's new business cafe opens on the 4th floor. In commemoration of the opening, the colorful fruit Napoleon pie and crepe, which were very popular during the Golden Week holidays, will be sold again from July 30th to August 9th, limited to 10 servings per day. The sourness of the four kinds of fruit and the sweetness of the custard cream create an irresistible harmony, so don't miss it.

Name

Cafe Mamounia

Address

3-2-16 Kitanagasadori, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

050-5570-7601

Hours

12:00-18:00 [Tri・Sat]12:00-21:00

How to get there

3 min walk, from Motomachi Station

12

A new winter menu debuts on the 2nd floor of the North Shore. A hearty beef sandwich made by baking croissant dough in a waffle shape, serving plenty of fruit and topped with homemade ice cream, and seasoning 100% beef patties with ginger-grilled sauce. It is a discerning menu that looks and tastes great.

Name

NORTHSHORE

Address

1F 1-1-28 Kitahama Chu'ou-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map

Tel

06-4707-6668

Hours

7:00-18:00

How to get there

1 min walk from 26 Exit of Kitahama Station of Keihan Line

13

I had the classic matcha parfait. Mukaisanbo dark matcha parfait 1,760 yen. The menu says, ``Only the best Uji matcha is added,'' and the Kyoto dialect is cute. A parfait with a simple structure that lets you enjoy matcha. The rich matcha flavor is amazing. There are many other menu items such as pancakes and old pudding!

Name

Mugesanbou Salon de Muge

Address

524 Washio-cho, Koudaiji Kitamonzen Shimokawara-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-561-0015

Hours

11:00-12:30,13:00-14:30,14:45-18:00

Closed

3rd Wed

How to get there

10 min walk from Gion Shijo Station

Parking

Free parking area is available

14

Kisshokaryo is famous for parfait very much. But we can eat something of Kinako (soy bean flour), seasonal fruit, and also meals. Their Ocha-zuke (rice in soup) with Yuba (soy milk skin), we can choose one stock soup from two kinds, is vary delicious.

Name

KISSHOKARYO Gion Main Store

Address

306 Ishibashi-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-708-5608

Hours

11:00-19:00

How to get there

5 min walk from Subway Higashiyama Station, 15 min walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.

Parking

Nearby toll parking area is available

15

I received a lot of JTRRD's new parfait, Amaou's parfait. The theme is "Valentine & White Day Aino Katachi". You can choose your favorite from 6 types of message biscuits and top them on the parfait. The pink ganache cream was a fluffy and cute parfait.

Name

JTRRD Cafe

Address

1st floor, Tatsuta Building, 3-4-5 Tenma Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map

Tel

06-6882-4835

Hours

12:00-17:00

How to get there

7 min walk from Tenmabashi Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Umeda Station, or 20 min from Shin Osaka Station.

Parking

No parking area

16

【In Fukushima Area of Osaka】 The season of strawberry has come. Fukushima Sugar has become a big talk as a delicious and photogenic cake shop, and now many reservation rushes to eat their cakes. They made all of the cakes one by one, and we must be excited at first sight!! They have rules to reserve tables and cakes, so please check their Instagram.

Name

Fukushima Sugar

Address

6-22-11 Fukushima-ku Fukushima, Osaka-shi, OsakaGoogle Map

Tel

06-6131-4523

Hours

12:00-19:00

Closed

Mon

How to get there

8 min walk from Fukushima Station. 15 min by car or taxi from Shin Osaka Station.

Parking

No parking area

17

The first floor is a shop of dried flowers and various goods and the second is a cafe. We can enjoy food and drinks with flowers, such as jelly punch with colorful fruit, elderflower and herbs, and non-alcohol drinks of flower liqueurs!

Name

Cachette Kita Shirakawa

Address

8-2 Hinokuchi-cho, Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map

Tel

075-706-6033

Hours

11:00-19:00

Closed

Wed

How to get there

10 min walk from Ichijoji Station. By car or taxi, 25 min from Kyoto Station.

18

There're many photo-spots that have different atmosphere in the cafe. What's more, you can find beach, relaxing deck and lovely swing at the outside.

Name

THE BEACH YOKOHAMA

Address

3-2-5 Shin Yamashita, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, KanagawaGoogle Map

Tel

050-3463-5499

Hours

9:00-23:00 [Tri]11:00-22:00

How to get there

5 min by car, from Motomachi・Chukagai (China Town) Station

Parking

Parking area is available

19

Vanilla and strawberry flavored patisserie "Religieuse Sylvanian Families" that resembles the flare of a chocolate rabbit. It's so cute that it's a waste to eat.

Name

Laduree Ginzamitsukoshi-Store

Address

4-6-16 Ginza, Chuo-ku, TokyoGoogle Map

Tel

03-3563-2120

Hours

10:30-22:00

How to get there

3 min walk, from Ginza Station

20

I had Parfe Rose, which is limited to 6 meals a day, at Zentis Osaka. The beautiful parfait, which is decorated with a lot of rose petals and finished with lychee and framboise, has a gorgeous appearance and aroma, and the taste is perfect. The parfait was so beautiful that it was a waste to eat.

Name

Zentis Osaka UPSTAIRZ

Address

1-4-26, Dojimahama, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JapanGoogle Map

Tel

06-4796-3200

Hours

7:00-24:00

How to get there

5 min walk, from Kitashinchi Station

21

Colored with two-colored melon balls, edible flowers, large domestic blueberries, and gold leaf. Gorgeous standard melon parfait. You can fully enjoy the fresh and ripe melon. Wine jelly, creme shanti, butter cookie dice with juicy and sweet melons.

Name

Shall We Parfait

Address

1-10-28 Ninomiya-cho, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JapanGoogle Map

Hours

11:00-20:00

Closed

Wed

How to get there

7 min walk, from Shinkobe Station

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