Food / Where to eat
The kissaten
喫茶店 きっさてん
The old-style Japanese coffee house: dark wood, a siphon or a hand-drip made one cup at a time, a thick slice of toast with butter, a "morning set" until eleven, and no pressure to leave. Kanda, Asakusa and Ginza have the survivors from the 1950s and 60s; some are jazz kissa where talking is discouraged. It is where Tokyo goes to read.
- How to order
- "Burendo" (house blend) and "toast"; pay at the till on the way out.
- Price band
- ¥
- Where
- Akihabara & Kanda, Asakusa, Ginza, Shibuya
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