純喫茶~Junkissa

Here is a log of retro kissaten I have visited during the time I lived in Japan (2016-2022). Most are situated in Tokyo, but some are from elsewhere in Japan, and even in Taipei. Kissa (喫茶) or Kissaten (喫茶店): Literally "tea-drinking shop" or café/coffee house, but more often used for older and traditional Japanese cafés. The old kissaten I visited are called Junkissa (純喫茶), "pure" kissa. They are usually established during the later part of the showa era (1926-1989) and are often still operated by the same owners. Obviously, since the owners who are still alive are getting quite old, junkissa are slowly dying down if not passed down to a new generation of owners. Their menu is quite traditional from the showa period; they usually serve drip or syphon coffee (of various quality, depending on the kissa, ranging from excellent to terrible), tea (usually black tea served straight, with a lemon wedge or milk, but also royal milk tea), floats (the most typical being melon soda float called "cream soda") and various drinks. They sometimes have kissa food, such as curry, napolitan, omurice, toasts and desserts, like pudding, coffee jelly and cakes.

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All 12 kissa menu items in one collage For outfit details and information about each item, here are the individual posts, from top to botton, left to right:

1.  ロイヤルミルクティー (royal milk tea)   2.  ミルクセーキ (milkshake) 3. レモンスカッシュ (lemon squash) 4. クリームソーダ (cream soda) 5. 珈琲フロート (coffee float) and ウィンナコーヒー(Wiener coffee) 6. 珈琲 (coffee) 7. ホットケーキ (hotcakes) 8. プリン (pudding) 9. ピザトースト (pizza toast) 10. 玉子サンド (egg sandwich) 11. オムライス (omurice) 12. ナポリタン (Napolitan)

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Hi everyone,

This is me, wearing outfits representing junkissa's most common menu items. I suggest you check out each individual post for information and historical facts about each menu item.

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浮 (Buoy)

Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa (March 6th, 2021)

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森乃館 下妻店 (Morinokan Shimotsuma store) - 下妻物語りの貴族の森 (Kizoku no Mori in Kamikaze Girls)

Yokone, Shimotsuma, Ibaraki (December 14th, 2019)

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コーヒーの大学院 ルミエール・ド・パリ (Lumière de Paris)

Aioicho, Naka Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa (December 23rd, 2020)

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珈琲屋らびっと (Coffee Shop Rabbit)

Tokumaru, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo (February 14th, 2021)

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珈琲倶楽部 田 (Coffee Club Den)

Yokoyamacho, Hachioji, Tokyo (January 30th, 2021)

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Eight

Honcho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo (June 29th, 2021 - now permanently closed) - the owner allowed me to take pictures of the decor as long as I didn't post them online, so I am respecting her wishes by keeping them to myself

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ミカドコーヒー (Mikado Coffee)

Namabukuro, Nakano-ku, Tokyo (April 3rd, 2021 - now permanently closed)

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グロッケンシュピール (Glockenspiel)

Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo (January 13th, 2021 -night- and February 20th, 2021 -day-) *kissa and sobaya

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山の上ホテルコーヒーパーラーヒルトップ (Coffee Parlor Hilltop)

Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (January 2nd, 2021 - now closed)

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カフェドフロール (Café de Flore)

Toyotamakita, Nerima-ku, Tokyo (May 12th, 2021)

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まぁさ (Maasa)

Minaminagasaki, Toshima-ku, Tokyo (April 10th, 2021)

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喫茶トリコロール (Café Tricolore)

Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (January 2nd, 2021)

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カレーステーションナイアガラ (Curry Station Niagara)

Yutenji, Meguro, Tokyo (November 17th, 2021)

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喫茶ストーリア (Café Storia) - inside Koshinkan

Komagata Fujiyama, Mizuho, Nishitama, Tokyo (June 16th, 2022)

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ジュリアン (Jurian)

Fujisawa, Kanagawa (March 6th, 2021)

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マロ (Maro)

Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo (December 27th, 2020)