The author, Rina Namba, who has visited more than 1,700 pure cafes nationwide, writes the charm of pure cafes with loving sentences and beautiful photographs.
Introducing 30 famous cafes in the Tokyo suburbs, focusing on sweets such as parfaits, jellies, puddings, toasts, pancakes, and drinks.
Through careful research, she explored the secret story behind the creation of the menu, the ingredients, how it was made, and the owner’s personality and aesthetics. They also consider the exterior, interior, furnishings, tableware, etc. of the store.
For the new edition, a mini column about a shop that closed its history while being regretted is included.
* This book is a new edition of “Junkissa and sweets” (published in July 2018).
■Table of Contents
●Parfait Yuraku/Shiseido Parlor Ginza Main Store Salon de Cafe/Coffee Seibu/Masterpiece Coffee Shinjuku Ranburu
●Pudding a la Mode Parlor Kimuraya/Takase Ikebukuro Main Store Coffee Lounge/Heckeln/Hotel New Grand “The Cafe”
●Hot Cake Knit / One More / Pinocchio / Coffee House / Koshikasha
● Fruit Sandwich / Toast Coffee Specialty Store Ace / Petite Mondo / Nihombashi Takashimaya Baramado
● Cake Cafe Bridge / Furuseto Coffee Shop / Bianko
● Drinking Saboru / Julien / Average Ritsu / Ron That Memorable Shop Coffee Kan Kusunoki / Angelus / Coffee Shop Cafe Miwa / Coffee Shop Laforet / Alps Pastry Shop / Kokeshiya / Lipton
column 1 Simple but hidden specialty sweets
column2 Match collection
column3 Until the famous hot cake is born
column 4 The shopkeeper’s thoughts on pure cafes and sweets
column 5 Art that involuntarily fascinates
Category:Japanese Culture Book, Japanese Food Book
- Pages:
- 208
- ISBN:
- 9784416623138
- Release Date:
- February, 2023
- Language:
- Japanese
- Publisher:
- Seibundo shinkosha
Author profile
Rina Namba
She became fascinated with the “Showa” culture, and began to enjoy the space of the coffee houses, which are also cultural heritage from that era, as if they were her own room, changing daily. Whenever she found spare time, she visited various shops and shared information about them. She is currently active in spreading the charm of these traditional Japanese coffee houses.
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