一期一会
ichi-go ichi-e — one chance, one meeting
This cup will never happen again. The water is today's water; the roast is nine days old, not ten; your morning is this morning only. So we brew forty cups a day. Never more.
No espresso machine. No music. Only the kettle, the paper filter, and the patience the bean deserves. We ask for twelve minutes of your day and give you back the rest of it, quieter.
空間The Space
The room is a converted machiya storehouse, two minutes from Yasaka Shrine. Shoji screens instead of windows; the light arrives already softened, like everything else here.
Cups are thrown by Hori Aya in Shigaraki. No two match, and none are for sale — though every year, on the shop's birthday, we give nine away.
案内Visit
- 所在
- 570-121 Gionmachi Minamigawa
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0074
Down the lane beside the lantern-maker. Look for the noren. - 時間
- Tuesday — Sunday, 8:00 – 18:00
Closed Mondays, and every full moon. - 約束
- No reservations. No laptops.
Nine seats — if we are full, the bench outside is warm.
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