OMOTESANDO KOFFEE

Thursday, 11 August 2011
All above photographs were taken by me (with a permission from the shop owner of course - in case you wonder). If you are re-blogging any of these images please remember to give me credit, thank you :)

Good coffee makes me smile. So does an old Japanese house. So OMOTESANDO KOFFEE became my recent favourite coffee spot in Tokyo, naturally!

OMOTESANDO KOFFEE is a pop-up cafe opened earlier this year hidden in a backstreet of Omotesando, in a beautiful 80 years old Japanese house that is going to be demolished. (80 years old probably doesn't sound so old if you live outside Japan, but for us it is considered very old. Old buildings are very often knocked down and new ones are built in Japan - this is sad but you know this has got a lot to do with far-too-many earthquakes we have in this country!)

Anyway.... so this cafe is open only for one year (it opened sometime in January this year) which means if you are in Tokyo before January 2012 Apparently the owner of the building decided to postpone the demolishing of the building so it is still there!! but I don't know for how long so you should make sure to pay a visit whenever possible to enjoy a lovely cup of coffee made by one of the most famous baristas in Tokyo before it is gone! Well, I'm sure he will move to somewhere and serve more good coffee but this set up is definitely not to miss!

OMOTESANDO KOFFEE
4-15-3 Jingumae Shibuya-ku (google map)

Open: 10:00-19:00 CLOSED NOW
http://ooo-koffee.com/menu/

21 comments

  1. georgina11 August 2011 at 12:26 pm

    what a wonderful find.. so beautiful and the coffee looks great!

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  2. Sun11 August 2011 at 1:21 pm

    Beautiful place, and it's hidden, like a hidden treasure. I like the room, with the bold line, it's like the barista have their own little rectangle space. so sad it won't be there forever.

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  3. gemma11 August 2011 at 2:40 pm

    Wonderful photos! I'll be paying a visit for sure. It looks so lovely ♡.

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  4. Narumi11 August 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Wow this café is gorgeous, exactly wht I love ! too bad it's only for a year I'm coming in April :(

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  5. world of sekimachihato11 August 2011 at 5:35 pm

    I'm so gonna check this place out one day after work before it literally becomes history. such a shame, it looks perfect!
    thanks for the info!

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  6. dani11 August 2011 at 8:22 pm

    what a great place! coffee looks delicious.. : )

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  7. Celine12 August 2011 at 12:20 am

    simply beautiful coffee spot. It looks like they pay a lot of attention to detail.
    i love the skinny wood pieces that make up the bench in the last photo.

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  8. Denise | Chez Danisse12 August 2011 at 1:45 am

    Oh, it looks such a special and refined place for coffee. It is sad to know it is only a temporary space. Enjoy it while you are able. If I find my way to Tokyo I will surely visit Omotesando Koffee.

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  9. bellefleurdelis12 August 2011 at 4:45 pm

    it looks like a very nice place to drink a coffee !

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  10. Hello Sandwich12 August 2011 at 5:47 pm

    Will you take me Hiki-chan? I miss nice coffee!
    xoxo

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  11. Make it Easy13 August 2011 at 8:49 am

    wow, open only for a year? how special!!!
    it looks so intimate and personal :-)

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  12. sarah13 August 2011 at 10:41 am

    I think it's so neat that they opened up this cafe knowing it would close so soon, just to bring people to a cool old building and sharing this amazing space with people!

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  13. Fran14 August 2011 at 1:22 am

    it's so cozy. wonderful pics.

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  14. fromasowsear.blogspot.com14 August 2011 at 2:55 pm

    That last shot looks like a flat white from above. ..really nice find..Thank you for the postcard Hiki!

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  15. Lyn14 August 2011 at 4:46 pm

    Looks really cozy! Going to make sure to visit the cafe the next time I visit Tokyo!

    I agree that we have way too many earth quakes. And it's getting worse day by day. :(

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  16. Anonymous15 August 2011 at 11:49 pm

    What an amazing place! I could live there!!!

    ♥
    Camila Faria

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  17. rental mobil21 August 2011 at 10:30 pm

    Very nice, thanks for sharing.

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  18. Sandra Ponycat24 August 2011 at 3:18 am

    I miss tokyo so very much, I dream of walking its streets again and entering omotesando coffee and have a cup. I love your posts, thank you (:

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  19. jodeska24 August 2011 at 5:18 pm

    A minimal design coffee joint. I have a officially created a pinboard called 'I'm going to Japan damnit' and this is the inspiration!

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  20. Marinka28 August 2011 at 7:21 pm

    this coffee shop looks really nice and cosy^^ It must be so realxing to grab a coffee there ^^

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  21. Lablyn Hamilton16 November 2011 at 1:03 pm

    These kinds of articles are always attractive and I am happy to find so many good point here in the post, writing is simply great, thanks for sharing

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your kind words are always welcome and appreciated! arigato :)

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