[Home](https://thesteep.app/) › [Itineraries](https://thesteep.app/itineraries) › A Design Crawl Through Aobadai # A Design Crawl Through Aobadai Tokyo · 3–4 hours · morning Six stops through Aobadai and the Meguro riverside, where the room, and now a bean-to-bar chocolate maker, are as much the point as the coffee, ending inside a fashion label's flagship store. ## The route - [1. Byron Bay Coffee Company](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/byron-bay-coffee-ikejiri-ohashi)Ohashi, Meguro Start with the room, not the cup. A comfortable, well-decorated space inside ROOTS SQUARE, the kind of cozy interior that makes lingering the whole point before you have even ordered. 2 min walk to the next stop - [2. SCHOOL BUS COFFEE STOP NAKAMEGURO](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/school-bus-coffee-stop-nakameguro)Aobadai, Meguro A few minutes north, an avant-garde stand where the interior design is as considered as the espresso tonic. Order the latte, or go further and try the matcha tart alongside it. 4 min walk to the next stop - [3. green bean to bar CHOCOLATE](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/green-bean-to-bar-chocolate-nakameguro)Aobadai, Meguro A short walk south, a cozy hidden gem doing serious bean-to-bar chocolate along the river. The iced standard chocolate is rich and intense without ever going too sweet, worth the detour even outside a heatwave. 5 min walk to the next stop - [4. epulor](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/epulor)Nakameguro Continue into Aobadai proper for a narrow listening bar running in cafe mode, built around a sound system rather than a menu. It only turns into something else after six, so a daytime stop here is coffee first. 1 min walk to the next stop - [5. %ARABICA Tokyo Nakameguro](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/arabica-tokyo-nakameguro)Aobadai, Meguro A minute away, %ARABICA's first street-level Tokyo stand, right on the Meguro River promenade. No seats, no wifi, just the coffee and the design the brand is known for everywhere else. 1 min walk to the next stop - [6. Little Cloud Coffee NAKAMEGURO](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo/little-cloud-coffee-nakameguro)Aobadai, Meguro Close inside the VISVIM General Store, where Hiroki Nakamura's design instincts are the real reason to visit. The most literal design statement of the whole route, coffee included. [More in Tokyo →](https://thesteep.app/cities/tokyo)