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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.

Bicycle Café & Bar Shiomachitei (自転車カフェ&バー汐待亭)

Bicycle Café & Bar Shiomachitei is located in the Shiomachi shopping district on Ikuchijima. The interior of the café, marked by a beautiful lemon colored curtain, is a Japanese style space renovated from an old Japanese house. As soon as you enter the café, there is a bike rack where you can park your bicycle, so you can relax in the cafe without worrying about bike theft. In addition to curry and coffee, the store also offers original lemonade for take-out.

Moment of Joy

The most popular item on the menu at Bicycle Café & Bar Shiotaitei is the lemonade made with lemons from the Seto Inland Sea. The most popular menu item at Shiomachitei is the Honey Spice Lemonade, which uses lemons from the Seto Inland Sea. In addition, Bicycle Café & Bar Shiomachitei has many facilities that cyclists will appreciate, as the owner himself is a big bicycle enthusiast. There are bike racks in the café to prevent bicycle theft, as well as rental bicycles that allow you to cycle freely around the island of Ikuchijima.