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Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

A world first! Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya with Noren and Tatami room will open on June 30 (Fri.)

Starbucks is a coffee shop loved around the world.
I recently had the opportunity to visit a preview of the world's first sit-down coffee shop [Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya], which will open on Friday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. in the Niningsaka area, which leads to the World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

The store is housed in a 100-year-old two-story Japanese-style house that preserves the atmosphere of Niningsaka, an area that has carefully preserved its good old culture, sightseeing, and scenery.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

The interior of the restaurant is lit by a subdued light beyond the noren (a traditional Japanese blind curtain). The light from the garden and the lighting at the counter, which is said to resemble the Higashiyama Hanatouro in Kyoto, create a fantastic space as if led from the counter to the back garden at the end of a long, narrow passageway.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

After ordering at the counter, you can enjoy the garden while waiting for your drink in the back yard.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya
Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya
Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

Going up to the second floor, you will find sofa seats, table seats, and three tatami rooms where you can take off your shoes and relax.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

Sofa seats for comfortable seating.

The most notable feature of the restaurant is the tatami room space. There is a back tatami room, a four-and-a-half tatami room, and a small tatami room, all with playful touches such as hanging scrolls depicting "water" and "coffee" from Kiyomizu, and tatami mat edges that are the closest color to Starbucks' color of green. The sound of water could be heard as one sat on the tatami mats. Sitting on the tatami mats, the sound of the water was very pleasant.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

A relaxing back room space.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

A four-and-a-half-tatami-mat tatami room.

Starbucks Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

Small tatami room.

Leaf staff members were reminded once again of the beauty of Kyoto, and felt that the atmospheric scenery and historical buildings should be carefully preserved and preserved for future generations. We hope you will visit this unique space that connects the Japanese and the Western, the old and the new, and Niningsaka and Starbucks.

Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya

  • starbucks coffee kyoto ni naisaka yasaka chayaten
  • 349 Masuya-cho, Shimogawara Higashi-iru, Koudaiji Minamimon-dori, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
  • 6 minutes walk from the bus stop "Kiyomimichi"
  • Tel. 075-532-0601
  • 8:00 - 20:00
  • Irregular holidays
  • All seats non-smoking No private room No parking
  • https://www.starbucks.co.jp/
  • *Please do not line up in front of the store to avoid inconveniencing neighbors and passersby.
    *If the restaurant is full, admission may be limited.
    *There is no parking or bicycle parking at the store, so please use public transportation.
    *To protect the local scenery, we ask that you take your take-out cups, etc. home with you or dispose of them in a trash can.
*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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