A retro coffee shop where smiles bloom and Hama heals.

 The iced coffee is a must-try at such a relaxing store. The coffee, which is described as “our original,” is highly aromatic, with a refreshing aftertaste and just the right amount of bitterness. It has a taste that no other coffee shop can imitate. There are two secrets,” said Mr. Shirai with mischievous eyes. There are two secrets,” Mr. Shirai said with mischievous eyes. It’s not a trade secret or anything, but we do two things that no one else does,” Shirai said with a grin. Shirai-san looked very charming as he grinned. I used to have a bartender who taught me how to make this,” he said. When I told him it was really good, he bowed his head and said, “Thank you,” with a wry smile. I don’t do this very often in regular coffee shops, but I have one that has two in it. More provocatively, Midori piled on the words. I wanted to know the answer, so I asked her more questions, but she didn’t say anything.

The ham sandwich (450 yen) is a delightful combination of lettuce and cucumber. It tastes somewhat comforting.

 There is one more thing in the store that has not changed. It is a cash register with many buttons with numbers on the front. This one is old. It’s been here for 48 years. It hasn’t broken down at all. Thanks to this cash register, everything is taxed internally in my house. In the beginning, there were people who came to fix it, but now there is no one who can fix it. The young people love it,” he says. They say it’s funny and cute. They ask me why there are so many numbers, and I have to explain each one. I have to explain to them that there are one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, and ten thousand thousand. I guess that’s part of the fun for us, being able to talk to them.

For some reason, there are many signs around the entrance, and this is one of them. One of them is this one. It is simple but impressive. We walked up the four steps to the store, admiring the sign.

 Her mother, Yukie, sometimes stands in the store. She says, “Well, I don’t know how long I can do it. But this is the store that Mom Yukie built because she loved it so much. So I can’t close it so easily.

 It looks like we will be able to enjoy excellent iced coffee from now on.

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1-7 Yoshihama-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City
045-681-3636
Business hours: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closed: No regular holidays

Text: Hiroyuki Imamura Photo: Takashi Yanagida

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