Tokyo · food
Third Counter
Nishi-Ogikubo
Eight seats, one broth, a ticket machine that still jams.
“I have never seen it on a map app under its real name.”
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coffee · Koenji
Kissaten North of the Tracks
Siphon coffee, jazz that is not a costume, and ashtrays still in use.
- Price
- $
- Vibe
- quiet
- Crowd
- locals
- Hours
- Daily 10:00-19:00
The note
The master has brewed the same three beans since before the neighborhood became a vintage destination. Lighting is too dim for laptops.
How to find it
Exit Koenji north. Pass two record shops. Brown unlettered noren.
3-chome side street, west of the station
Found in
“I only write about it because the master does not read English blogs.”
siphonjazzno-laptops
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English and Japanese paperbacks chosen like mixtapes.
“I bought a novel because she said it was sad in a useful way.”