Ishikawa Prefecture, centered on Kanazawa, a famous tourist destination nationwide, is dotted with many cafes that have a reputation for direct roasting.
We will carefully select and introduce six cafes that offer a cup of gem that has been carefully examined and pursued, including how to select beans, how to roast, how to brew.
We recommend that you stop by during your sightseeing or as a destination.
Higashide Coffee Shop
“Higashide Coffee Shop” is located near the shopping street entrance of Omicho Market, a kitchen and famous tourist spot in Kanazawa. The stained glass in classic colors, the old clock on the wall, and the dark brown of the pillars and tables that give a sense of history create a traditional atmosphere.
The most popular menu is Higashide Blend. It is not a shopkeeper’s preference, but a blend made with the customer’s physical condition in mind. It has a medium-thin roast like a coffee with firm bitterness and acidity, but also features a refreshing mouthfeel.
There are 20 different menus with just coffee, and homemade puddings that are sold out in the afternoon are also popular.
Information
Higashide Coffee Shop
Address : 42 Tokumacho, Kanazawa
Tel : 076-232-3399
Business hours : 8:00 – 19:00
Regular holidays : Sunday and Public holiday
Web site : http://higashidecoffee.amsstudio.jp/
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Curio Espresso&Vintage Design
“Curio” is a delicious espresso coffee stand in the Yokoyasuecho shopping street, which appears on the left hand side of the main route that extends from Kanazawa Station. This café, run by a cheerful and friendly couple, specializes in delicious latte made in Seattle.
They loved the atmosphere of meeting and interacting with people of different generations, so he decided to create such a “place”. It is a lively cafe where tourists and locals from all over the world gather. You can also enjoy a reasonable food menu.
Information
Curio Espresso&Vintage Design
Address : 1-13 Yasuecho, Kanazawa
Tel : 076-231-5543
Business hours : 9:00 – 18:00
Regular holidays : Tuesday
Web site : https://www.facebook.com/CurioEspresso
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cowry coffee
“Cowry coffee” is a secret place in the mountains, open only three days a week. This cafe, which specializes in Nel Drip Coffee and daily sweets, is carefully selected from that space so that you can enjoy a cup of coffee with your whole body.
It’s a good idea to enjoy a work of art that expresses the owner’s ideal taste, as if you were in a museum where great art works are displayed, rather than as a chatting cafe.
Information
cowry coffee
Address : 7-241 Tatsumicho, Kanazawa
Business hours : 12:00 – 19:00（cafe L.O.18:30）
Regular holidays : Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Web site : https://cowrycoffee.blogspot.com/
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Tachibana coffee shop
“Tachibana Coffee Shop” is close to Tatemachi. You can enjoy coffee carefully brewed with carefully selected coffee beans from a shop owner who has been brewing coffee with flannel drip since the age of eight.
We recommend that you taste the recommended coffee that has been roasted and extracted so as to identify the charm of each bean and bring out its individuality. Also pay attention to the Kutani ware that you go to purchase regularly and homemade original sweets.
Why don’t you stop there by for a break during your walk?
Information
Tachibana coffee shop
Address : 56-3 Ibarakicho, Kanazawa City Kurazukisha 1F
Tel : 076-254-1819
Business hours : 10:00 – 19:00
Regular holidays : Wednesday, 1st Tuesday
Web site : https://ameblo.jp/umacoffee/
Map :
Nizami coffee cafe
“Nizami Coffee Cafe” is located in Iida-cho, Suzu City. The most popular menu at this shop, where coffee lovers gather from all over the country, is the “Nizami Blend,” which is roasted, bitter, and has a strong aroma. It is an original blend that can be roasted and tasted hot or iced.
You can also enjoy a daily cake and coffee mariage made by a former cake maker, as well as snacks and parfaits. Looking around the store, you will find custom-made furniture, decorated with the owner’s unique sensibility, as the interior.
If you spend time in a space full of shopkeepers’ artwork, the time passes quickly. We also recommend visiting a coffee roaster near the seaside.
Information
Nizami coffee cafe
Address : 7-30-1 Iidacho, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Business hours : 10: 00 – 19: 00 (until 18:00 in winter)
Regular holidays : Monday and Tuesday
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mie coffee
“Mie coffee” is a specialty coffee shop located in front of Katayamazu Onsen Soyu. There, roasted beans are brewed with hand drip and served.
A female shopkeeper who experienced a barista in Kyoto returned to Katayamazu, the local area, and opened the shop in the fall of 2018 with the thought of “hoping for interaction between people from here”.
Antique chairs are casually incorporated into the cozy cafe space, and you can enjoy the unique coffee of a farm where roasted beans with clear traceability are roasted with a Giessen roaster.
There is also a bakery called Hiraku Bakery next door, so you can eat delicious bread along with specialty coffee.
Information
mie coffee
Address : 69-39 Katayamazu Onsen, Kaga
Tel : 0761-76-7008
Business hours : 10:30 – 17:30
Regular holidays : Tuesday, Wednesday (may have other irregular holidays)
Web site : https://www.instagram.com/mie_coffee/
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Conclusion
Are there any shops you care about?
We carefully selected shops that can drink delicious coffee in Ishikawa Prefecture and introduced 6 of them. You may be able to order directly roasted coffee beans, or you may be able to drink each coffee at other affiliated stores or events.
When you visit Ishikawa, please taste the coffee roasted and extracted by each store owner with their aesthetics, together with the atmosphere created in the space, with all five senses.
