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Starbucks is a coffee shop loved around the world.
I recently had the opportunity to visit a preview of the world's first sit-down coffee shop [Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Niningsaka Yasaka Chaya], which will open on Friday, June 30 at 1:00 p.m. in the Niningsaka area, which leads to the World Heritage Kiyomizu Temple.
The store is housed in a 100-year-old two-story Japanese-style house that preserves the atmosphere of Niningsaka, an area that has carefully preserved its good old culture, sightseeing, and scenery.
The interior of the restaurant is lit by a subdued light beyond the noren (a traditional Japanese blind curtain). The light from the garden and the lighting at the counter, which is said to resemble the Higashiyama Hanatouro in Kyoto, create a fantastic space as if led from the counter to the back garden at the end of a long, narrow passageway.
After ordering at the counter, you can enjoy the garden while waiting for your drink in the back yard.
Going up to the second floor, you will find sofa seats, table seats, and three tatami rooms where you can take off your shoes and relax.
The most notable feature of the restaurant is the tatami room space. There is a back tatami room, a four-and-a-half tatami room, and a small tatami room, all with playful touches such as hanging scrolls depicting "water" and "coffee" from Kiyomizu, and tatami mat edges that are the closest color to Starbucks' color of green. The sound of water could be heard as one sat on the tatami mats. Sitting on the tatami mats, the sound of the water was very pleasant.
Leaf staff members were reminded once again of the beauty of Kyoto, and felt that the atmospheric scenery and historical buildings should be carefully preserved and preserved for future generations. We hope you will visit this unique space that connects the Japanese and the Western, the old and the new, and Niningsaka and Starbucks.
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