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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.

Kugurimon Coffee Shop (くぐり門珈琲店)

Kugurimon Coffee Shop is a café on Saijo Sakagura-dori Street. The name “Kugurimon” comes from the unusual design of the building, where the attics of two neighboring houses are connected. It is a traditional Japanese house café that was renovated from an old house built over 80 years ago. On the first floor, the owner sells carefully selected coffee beans from all over the world and specialties of Higashihiroshima, and on the second floor, the café serves coffee brewed with water used to make sake.

Moment of Joy

The attraction of Kugurimon Coffee Shop is that you can drink coffee brewed with brewing water which is unique to Saijo, the home of sake. One of the most popular coffees is “Kokonoe no Kura.” Carefully selected by a touji (brewer) who actually makes sake in Saijo, this coffee has a sharp taste like sake. There are also many other dishes that can only be found at Kugurimon Coffee Shop, such as cheese toast with sake lees and carbonara udon.