Asakusabashi, Thursday and Friday Mornings

Tokyo · 2-3 hours · morning

Breakfast at a tiny avocado toast counter, then three specialty shops along the tracks by Asakusabashi Station, on the two days all four are open.

The route

1. The Coffee Counter Tokyo
Asakusabashi
Start here, and take your time. Avocado toast and a flat white in a tiny room inside a food court building, open weekdays only and closed by 14:00. Goo, the next stop, does not open until 11:00.
5 min walk to the next stop
2. Goo Coffee Roasters
Asakusabashi, Taito
Small and owner-run, with about six seats. Try the in-house Colombian cold brew and say hi to the owner, who is happy to talk through it.
1 min walk to the next stop
3. Sabo Tokyo
Asakusabashi, Taito
One minute along the same block. Order the Yame Yabukita matcha, the stone-milled matcha is what this stand does best, and it is mostly takeout.
3 min walk to the next stop
4. nano-coffeeroaster
Asakusabashi, Taito
End on the Steep Pick. A Karamo and a Gesha Village Geisha on the counter, hand-dripped, in a room the size of a train arch.