COFFEE BREAK: TOKYO
3:00 PMThere are so many coffee shops and cafes to visit in Tokyo from the many coffee kiosks and different themed cafes. On every trip I take, I try to try seek out some of the local favourites. Here are just few I loved to visit in Tokyo.
1. 100% Chocolate Café
A must stop for any chocolate lover.
This Chocolate Café by Meiji is located in the company's headquarters is just a few steps from Exit 5
of Kyobashi Station of the Ginza Line. Here you can choose many chocolate
concoctions like wafflate, chcocornet and chocolate drinks. They have limited seating.
You can also choose
from their 56 piece chocolate collection. It features chocolates from various
parts of the world like Uganda , Ghana, Columbia, Java, Bali, etc. The
chocolate collection features single origin beans, variety of sweetener and
milk. It also has a features Japanese flavored and European style chocolate
flavors like Azumi, orange, rosehip. With a lot of options, it’s quite hard to
choose. It’s a little pricier than chocolates in the grocery but it’s
definitely worth it.
On my previous visit, I ordered the tasting
menu. It had 3 chocolate drinks from different origins – Ghana, Brazil and
Sulawesi. The information though was in Japanese. Thankfully I had a pocket
wifi and was able to use the Google Translate app.
Operation
Hours: weekdays: 8:00 to 20:00 Saturday, Sunday and public holidays:
11:00 to 19:00 last order: weekdays 19:30 Saturday, Sunday and
public holidays: 18:30
Nearest
Train Station: 1 minute walk from East Exit, Kyobashi Station (Ginza Line);
8 minute walk from Tokyo Station Yaesu South Exit
2. Be a Good Neighbor is a coffee kiosk with 3 branches in Tokyo –
Sendagaya, Roppongi, and Skytree. They had a cute little kiosk in the Solamachi
(the mall side) of the Tokyo Skytree.
It’s on the second floor beside the
escalator. From the Oshiage (skytree) train station it’s on the way to the
Skytree ticket counter and entrance.
Hours
of Operation: Skytree: 10AM – 9PM
Website:
http://beagoodneighbor.net
3. Streamer Coffee
Streamer
Coffee has great coffee with many branches around Japan. I visited their
Harajuku location. It’s about a 10 minute walk from Harajuku Station. This particular branch has a few seating and was a quiet place to stop.
4. Starbucks at the Shibuya Crossing
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| View of the crossing from 2nd floor of train station. Starbucks is directly across. |
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| view from the 2nd floor window of Starbucks |
Website: http://www.starbucks.co.jp/en/
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