The seven most mini cafes in Tokyo, from vintage RVs to roadside stalls in Tsukiji Market

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Area has never been the signature smile of a coffee shop, and some people have really realized their big dreams in a small space.

Area has never been the signature smile of a coffee shop, and some people have really realized their big dreams in a small space.

When it comes to condensed space, I always think of Japan. This article collates seven small cafes I have visited. Maybe these coffee corners in the city will give you unexpected warmth.

The Airstream Garden

RV Cafe with a seating capacity of 10

Address: 4-13-8, Shinzu, Yoshiya District, Kyoto

Time: Monday to Sunday 11am-6pm

Features: when you are tired of shopping in Biaoshen Road, you might as well come to this Airstream retro RV for a cup of coffee to warm your stomach. In addition to coffee, there are light foods that can fill the stomach. Although the RV is small, it has reserved seats both inside and outside, so it can take a nap or be in a daze.

The interior of the RV is simple and white, matched with wood and natural lighting, bright and happy. In addition to the coffee shop, this is also a photography studio.

Yazawa Coffee Roaster

The coffee bar in the cracks in the Tsukiji market

Address: 4-10-12 outside the market in the central district of the capital

Time: 5am from Monday to Saturday; from 8am on Sunday (holiday)

Features: there is a makeshift coffee bar deep in the alley of the Tsukiji market. There are no seats. I ran into it by mistake. Officially opened on January 10, 2017, the logo is a kitten that makes coffee, which warms the heart. A warm man in a North Face sweater makes hand flushing with a sense of ritual, simple and pure. Occasionally he would look up and smile at the guests waiting in line for coffee.

Note: 2 "is my estimate, because I do not understand Japanese, did not ask the boss the area of space behind the curtain."

Bear Pond Espresso

The most aggressive concentration in Japan

Address: 2 Chome2-36-12, Xiabei

Time: Monday to Sunday 11am-5:30pm, Tuesday off

Features: I came here purely to condense. Bear Pond has the aloof gene of New York Abraco, and Lower Kitazawa happens to be Brooklyn in Tokyo. Beauties who come to take photos and post on moments are not welcome here, because of the no photos allowed in the store. The owner of long-haired, tattooed jeans is called "angel stain" and has a firewood dog. A "Coffee People Have To Be Sexy!" Convey the arrogance of "I'm cooler than you".

Frankie Melbourne Espresso

Met Melbourne in Tokyo

Address: Dingmu 12-15 (2 Chome-12-15, entrance to Beidao subway station under Kitazawa)

Time: Monday to Sunday 10am-8pm

Features: Allpress's sister store, Frankie, is from Melbourne and has a special hipster from music to design. If you've had enough coffee, you might as well have a Chai Latte Masala tea latte. There is a T-shaped countertop on the black hole board wall, and you can have a good cup of coffee standing up.

The classic match of Flat white and Matcha Lamington:

Bookends Coffee

Warm coffee house

Address: 2 Chome11 2 Dingmu 11-17, Xiabei

Features: compared with the attitude of Bear Pond, the Bookends Coffee Service next to Xiabei Metro Station is more like the younger sister next door, with temperature and love. Walking in here, listening to vinyl music, relaxing as if I were going home. Order a cup of handmade cups, serve it with handmade desserts, pick a book from the shelf and spend the afternoon comfortably.

The furnishings in the store are collected from all over the world, Baker Street of the London subway and Take Ivy of the American Ivy League. Having lived in both Britain and the United States, I recalled my life of studying abroad.

OTO Coffee Stand

When coffee meets a fashion store

Address: 2 Chome-32-8 Kitazawa Xiabei

Features: White walls with boards, green plants and outdoor stools seem to have become standard in online celebrity coffee shops. OTO Coffee Stand is a good-looking Scandinavian street stall. Because there are only three choices: hand flush, latte and mocha, it saves time to make a choice. The window says "Have a good time and good life." The slogan conveys to every guest the values of living seriously.

Japanese popular Coffee x Fashion Cross-border Cooperation, clothing buyer The Sun Goes Down's corner coffee window:

The next one is not in Tokyo, in Nagani Temple in Kamakura.

Idobata Coffee

Coffee in the trunk of a van and the dream of a bookstore

Address: Nagu 2, Dingmu 14-13, Kamakura, Kanagawa city

Features: there is a van parked near Changgu Temple, and I can meet my uncle who leaves the stall on time from nine to five almost every two days. Look at the hand flushing, the coffee powder bulging process, is very enjoyable. The shopkeeper wears a headscarf and keeps a dog, a typical Japanese hipster. The appliances used are very exquisite, such as the high-quality bean grinder Fuji Royal Rmuri 220.

Idobata means "by the well", and the shopkeeper hopes that his stall can gather coffee lovers and have a pleasant conversation together. The small mobile coffee cart carries the dream of a bookstore clerk. In addition to selling coffee, it is also a mobile bookstore.

On my first trip to Japan, I specially came to pull the grass. I was very excited.

Although the coffee cart is small, it has a lovely LOGO.

That's all for sharing today.