The dark timber storefront with a wooden roastery sign and a noren curtain over the door, a folding bench, a small round table and a bicycle out front under a blue sky

Kyoto

35.0116° N, 135.7681° E

Temples and matcha houses share the old capital with a coffee scene that roasts in wagashiya shops and akiya houses across seven different wards.

The dark timber storefront with a wooden roastery sign and a noren curtain over the door, a folding bench, a small round table and a bicycle out front under a blue sky

3s...Coffee Roaster

Fushimi, Yokooji · Kyoto

twenty beans always roastedBeans to go

An iced coffee and a slice of cake on a white marble table, set against a wall of white flowers and a sheer curtained window

About Us Coffee

Fushimi, near Fushimi Inari Shrine · Kyoto

Q grader roasterBeans to go

The glass fronted shop at dusk with warm light inside, a barista at the counter, a chalkboard sign and a sandwich board outside

Amano Coffee Roasters

Kita, Shichiku · Kyoto

northern Kyoto bean shopBeans to go

The traditional timber shopfront with a tiled roof and an open lattice door on a quiet street, showing a dark interior

Blend Kyoto

Nakagyo, Gosho Minami · Kyoto

two lot blend coffee standBeans to go

The machiya facade at dusk seen from the street, glass storefront lit from within with a barista working at the stone counter

Cafe Loto Kyoto

Higashiyama, near Gion · Kyoto

machiya facade on Furumonzenolive green Mavam bar

Coffee Base Kanondo

Nakagyo, Shijo Karasuma · Kyoto

third floor coffee standBeans to go

A traditional Japanese wooden building with a white noren curtain at the entrance, surrounded by green maple trees and shrubs

Coffee Base Nashinoki

Kamigyo, Nashinoki Shrine · Kyoto

former tea room standNashinoki Shrine grounds

A warmly lit counter with retail bean bags lined up beside a grinder and a vase of roses, staff working at the bar

Coyote Roastery

Sakyo, near Demachiyanagi · Kyoto

direct trade El SalvadorBeans to go

A bright room at Coyote the Ordinary Shop with floor to ceiling windows onto a city street, wooden tables and round stools on a grey stone floor, a long window counter, potted plants and a dark slate wall with a turquoise glass band

COYOTE the ordinary shop

Shimogyo, Kyoto Station · Kyoto

glass walled station cafeBeans to go

The corner storefront with a dark grey awning, large white COFFEE lettering on the wall and an open counter with espresso machines inside

Drip & Drop Coffee Supply Ginkakuji

Sakyo, Ginkakuji · Kyoto

choose your brew methodcoffee stand near Ginkakuji

The glass storefront at night with a roasting process diagram lettered on the window, a bicycle parked outside and staff working the counter within

Goodman Roaster Kyoto

Shimogyo, near Shijo · Kyoto

Taiwan Alishan beansBeans to go

A bean display counter with bell jars of roasted and green coffee beside printed Ethiopia tasting cards, cedar beams overhead

Iolite Coffee Roasters

Nakagyo, Rokkaku · Kyoto

grandfather's wagashiyaBeans to go

A stainless steel coffee roasting machine with a touchscreen panel in a concrete walled room, with dark pendant lamps in the background

Kitaoji Roastery Lab

Kita, near Kitaoji Station · Kyoto

roasting lab with a counterBeans to go

The cream coloured shopfront with the Kurasu sign above wooden framed glass doors, shelves of brewing gear inside, a sandwich board and bicycles parked out front

Kurasu Ebisugawa

Nakagyo, near the Imperial Palace · Kyoto

home brew demonstration barBeans to go

A grey tiled corner building with a glass fronted counter and a Kurasu sign, a wooden bench and a slate board sign by the door

Kurasu Kyoto Stand

Shimogyo, near Kyoto Station · Kyoto

Kyoto Station coffee standBeans to go

The wooden roastery building with Okaffe Roasting Park lettering on the roof, an open entrance and a courtyard with plants and tree stump seating

Okaffe Roasting Park

Shimogyo, near Gojo · Kyoto

roastery in a timber shopBeans to go

Two guests seen from behind at a pale chipboard window counter, looking out over rooftops through black framed windows past exposed timber beams, with a white vase of twigs at the left

ROOT2 Coffee Kiyomizu

Higashiyama, near Kiyomizu dera · Kyoto

second floor roastery caferenovated traditional building

A counter at Saiin Roasting Factory with an iced coffee in a stemmed glass and a steel mug of ice, a large jar of green coffee beans with a Japanese label, a glass tray of roasted beans and a warm wooden wall of grinders and brewing tools behind

Saiin Roasting Factory

Ukyo, Saiin · Kyoto

counter only coffee standBeans to go

A blue tiled counter and entryway with a bicycle parked by the window inside a former bike shop

Solkatt Coffee Kyoto

Minami, near To-ji temple · Kyoto

converted bike shopBeans to go

Söt Coffee Kyoto Shichijo

Higashiyama, near Shichijo Station · Kyoto

restored machiya roaster shopBeans to go

Looking through the glass front of Style Coffee with its name lettered on the window, a barista at a wooden counter with an espresso machine, grinder and pour over setup, and a guest seated inside beside a passer by

Style Coffee

Kamigyo, near the Imperial Palace · Kyoto

light roast specialistssensory lab behind the shop

The open timber framed entrance of Sundays Coffee in Kyoto, with a barista at a cream plaster counter and espresso machine, a long passage past paper lanterns to a slatted door, and the terracotta Sundays Coffee sign on the white wall

Sundays Coffee

Nakagyo, near Nishiki Market · Kyoto

restored machiya coffee counterDog friendly

The corrugated metal storefront at dusk with two market umbrellas, crate seating, a bicycle parked out front and customers seated outside

Tasuku Coffee

Kita, Kamo riverside · Kyoto

Melbourne influenced standBeans to go

The interior with exposed timber beams and posts, a concrete counter with an espresso machine below the Unir Coffee Senses sign and shelves of coffee bags on the left

The Unir Coffee Senses

Higashiyama, Masuyacho · Kyoto

century old traditional buildingBeans to go

The white plaster machiya front of Weekenders Coffee with a moss and grass covered eave, a paper lantern in the upper window, an open timber counter below with bags of coffee, and young trees and yellow railings in front

Weekenders Coffee Shinmachi

Nakagyo, Shinmachi · Kyoto

Kyoto specialty pioneerlight to medium roasts

Brass Wife & Husband lettering on a dark storefront door, a bundle of dried flowers hanging above and an OPEN sign beside the entrance

Wife & Husband

Kita, Kamo riverside · Kyoto

riverside picnic rentalrestored century old house