Nishihara, Friday to Sunday
Tokyo · Half day · any
Four stops that only line up at the weekend, anchored on a Nishihara cafe that opens Friday to Sunday and not one other day. Start with coffee at nine, walk west into Hatagaya, and finish without moving at all as the room turns into a natural wine cellar.
The route
- 1. Nadoya no KatteNishihara, Shibuya
Start here, and only at the weekend, because Nadoya is shut Monday to Thursday. One of the better espresso programs in Shibuya, in a small room with garden seating and communal tables inside. This stop is the reason the whole walk has a day attached to it.
6 min walk to the next stop
- 2. LEGAL COFFEENishihara
Six minutes west, still in Nishihara. Brazilian-owned, and the handbuilt wooden interior does more of the talking than the espresso does. Most drinks come in under a thousand yen, which makes this the best-value room on the route.
6 min walk to the next stop
- 3. Sedai Coffee HatagayaHatagaya, Shibuya
Six minutes further, into Hatagaya and down into the basement of THESTEPS, a converted underground car park. A Melbourne-origin roaster in raw concrete, open until late. Order a coffee, and then do not leave.
- 4. hebeerryk! wineshopHatagaya
You do not walk anywhere for this one. From three in the afternoon the same concrete room becomes a natural wine cellar, around a hundred Italian and Japanese bottles, run by different people to the ones who sold you the coffee. On a Sunday it opens earlier, at one, and everything here shuts earlier too, so start your day earlier to match.