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Cafés & Bakeries

Looking for a Hiroshima cafe? We’ve jittered our way across the city to bring you the best stops. Relax and appreciate the sweeter things in Hiroshima at local cafés and bakeries. Admire the steamed milk cat in your latte before you drink him. Enjoy a light lunch of vegan croquettes made with organic vegetables and served with fair-trade coffee. Visit a Japanese boulangerie then spend more time taking pictures of your slice of cake than eating it because it simply looks that good. Find a new appreciation for the changing of the seasons with traditional Japanese sweets, or discover the Showa charm of kissaten—traditional Japanese coffee houses. Our cafe and bakery roundup curates a Hiroshima trip recharge.

Choshuya Kintai Bridge Store (長州屋錦帯橋店)

Choshuya Kintaikyo Store is a restaurant located a few paces away from the Kintai Bridge and Kikko Park that specializes in regional cuisine. Diners can partake in a variety of Yamaguchi gourmet dishes, from Iwakuni sushi and kawarasoba (soba noodles grilled on a roof tile) that are representative of Yamaguchi to a selection of foods that utilize the pufferfish, itself a renowned product of Yamaguchi Prefecture. The food ticket vending machine also operates in multiple languages like English, so those who cannot read Japanese can rest easy when selecting their desired meal.

Moment of Joy

Choshuya’s menu sports endless traditional fare like kawarasoba (roof tile soba), Iwakuni sushi, soba and udon, but the number one item would have to be the kawarasoba. As its name suggests, the soba noodles are served on a roof tile used in traditional Japanese houses, then topped with dried seaweed and lemon, the resulting dish a prime example of Yamaguchi regional cooking. The kawarasoba is made with a special green “chasoba” noodle that has green tea powder mixed into the buckwheat flour, and the hint of matcha fragrance one can enjoy when putting the noodles into one’s mouth is a special property of chasoba.