I can’t describe how well the owner, a lady from Taiwan, treated me. First of all, I arrived 10 minutes before the closing time, but it was so cold (that day even if it was April, it snowed) that the owner must have felt sorry for me and let me in, insisting me to stay meanwhile she cleaned and set everything up for the closure. I had a finger bleeding from a small cut, and after I cleaned it she helped me covering it with a band aid.
Then she searched for other coffee shops with longer closing hours in the evening so I could go after this one. And lastly, out of nowhere, she gave me for free some auto heated bands as that night was very cold and I was sleeping on a tent.
Really it felt like being with my grandma, and not only because of the cousy place and amazing drawings and books. Can’t be...
Read moreThis is easily one of my new fave cafes! Shame I was in Takayama for only a short time! I discovered them at the street market. I bought the pork/sticky rice balls and decided to check out the cafe and am glad I did! The coffee was delicious, and I LOVED the tofu pudding! The cafe itself is cute, with all kinds of travel theme books/notes/ ect as well as fun art books to look through. Also owner and staff are super...
Read moreSeriously tasty coffee, some of the best I've had in Japan. In fact, better than a lot of places back in the UK too. The service was excellent, very warm and friendly welcome and had a nice little chat whilst in there. The atmosphere is very relaxed, it was a comfortable temperature inside and the music was nice too. A perfect place to stop for an iced coffee after walking around some...
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