Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fi.sn.net!newsfeed2.fi.sn.net!news.song.fi!not-for-mail From: "Mr.Jason" Newsgroups: japan.kissa Subject: Japanese Coffee shop evaluation Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:47:09 +0300 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <43134a19$1$7517$f4da826c@news.24online.fi> Organization: 24online Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: net2-5.24online.fi X-Trace: 1125337625 news.24online.fi 7517 84.239.128.5:3594 X-Complaints-To: abuse@24online.fi Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.kissa:54 Here is Hanami Web's Japanese Coffee shop evaluation: http://hanami.ath.cx/coffeeshops_in_japan.html Japan has probably world's widest variety of coffee shops. These pleasant places known as kissaten in Japanese offer a nice chance to chill out in hot summertime, have a break midst busy day. There are sure as many tastes as there are people in Japan - there supply meets demand. As you must have known coffee is hardly traditional drink of Japan. There are still lot of people who really prefer tea, especially in green flavor. Coffee was first brought to Japan 1987. First coffee shop in Japan was opened 1988 in Tokyo Ueno. First coffee shops followed European trends pretty much, especially late Paris designs. Today coffee shops in Japan keep evolving, following the trends to satisfy their customers. Putting aside chains such as Star Bucks, BECK's, Doutor, Veloce and Excelsior, there are also private coffee shops. These coffee shops can often beat the chains by having better tasting coffee, sandwiches or interior decoration. I recommend not to stick with Star Bucks too much although it has a nice coffee and crew. There are many ways to evaluate coffee shops. Myself I put emphasis whether person can choose whether to smoke or not and also to interior decoration and coffee and available cakes and bagel. -- Hanami Web - Special Knowledge about Japan http://hanami.ath.cx