Stop by for a coffee tour when you travel to Japan.

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Coffee tour (coffee tour / Cafe-meguri), which means to visit many coffee shops in one day, is also a popular activity at present. If you are interested in coffee, you might as well take a coffee tour when you travel to Japan. Although drinking coffee in Japan may not be the focus of your trip, the number and style of coffee shops in Japan are no less than those in some Western countries. Of course, it includes some well-known chain stores, such as Starbucks, Blue bottle Coffee, Cafe de Crie and so on. However, self-owned coffee shops have become more and more popular in recent years, and each shop has its own charm to attract customers.

Coffee tour

One of the traditional Japanese coffee shops is called the Tea Shop, which serves light foods such as coffee, tea and sandwiches, and sometimes has some special home menus for guests. One of my favorite stores is at Yokkaichi in Mitsubishi Prefecture, Japan, where you can order vanilla ice cream with red beans for dessert. Of course, you will also see some simple breakfast packages such as boiled egg, toast and coffee (tea) in the morning, which can be eaten without 500 yen.

Do you know the best thing about this kind of tea shop? It is a nostalgic style in the decoration. Because tea shops like this have been open since about the middle and late 20th century. Another favorite place is that the furniture in the store is furnished with brown leather chairs and wooden tables, glass ashtrays, and the decorative peony carpet. The ceiling is also hung with 1970s-style chandeliers.

Of course, some coffee shops also have many fashionable and distinctive furnishings. Another coffee shop I like very much is located in Harajuku, Tokyo, called The Deck, which sells sweet and salty pies, as well as coffee and beer. You can also sit outside and enjoy delicious food and a leisurely atmosphere.

Pictured above is one of the cafes I visited: a traditional cafe that uses the renovation of an old house as a cafe and an antique gallery located at the foot of the Suzuka Mountains in Sanchong County. It is only 5 minutes away from Tangzhishan Hot Spring Station (near railway line). Cafe Roman Cafe offers a simple and delicious menu. Delicious drink (the matcha latte here is the best! ), coffee, homemade cake (I ate an apple cocoa cake here two weeks ago, and my friend ordered a grapefruit pie).

Although such cafes are small, there are small cafes like this all over Japan. I think you will fall in love with one of them. And their business hours are not the same, so don't go too early or too late. If you also want to have a coffee tour, go to a restaurant that happens to be open, order a cup of coffee and find a small corner to relax and enjoy the coffee.

P.S. I once saw a sign in a coffee shop that read, "come in for a drink and have an elegant time." I believe that through this kind of itinerary, you can enrich your travel.