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Cafés in Nagoya the toast comes with the coffee

Toast and a boiled egg with your morning coffee near Nagoya Station, ogura toast by the Shikemichi storehouses, and kissaten tucked into the Ōsu Kannon arcades.

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Nagoya spends its coffee money away from home. Over 2023–2025, households of two or more in the city spent ¥16,431 a year on kissa-dai (喫茶代, café and coffee-shop bills), the highest of any prefectural capital or major city, ahead of Tokyo's 23 wards at ¥16,270 and neighboring Gifu at ¥14,663; the national figure was ¥10,261.1 Spending on coffee to brew at home, ¥8,462, sits close to the national ¥8,389.2

Aichi Prefecture counted 6,171 kissaten (喫茶店, traditional coffee shops) in 2021, second only to Osaka.3 Ogura toast (小倉トースト), toast spread with sweet red-bean paste, is one of their inventions: the Nagoya City Library traces it to Mitsuba (満つ葉), a café near Wakamiya shrine that started as a sweets shop in 1916, where students dipping bread into zenzai (sweet bean soup) gave the owner the idea around 1921.4

Komeda's Coffee, now a national chain, began as one room: Katō Tarō opened it in February 1968 in the Kikui Building in Nagono, Nishi Ward, and named it after his family's rice business.5 Older independents still pour. Kako in Meieki 5-chōme is billed as the first Nagoya café to roast its own beans, and Bonbon in Izumi has served cake with its coffee since the Shōwa 30s, between 1955 and 1964.6

From Meieki to the temple hill

Nagoya by area

One subway line strings most of these neighborhoods together: the Higashiyama Line runs from Nagoya Station through Fushimi and Sakae to Chikusa, Imaike, Ikeshita and Kakuōzan.13 Ōsu Kannon is one stop from Fushimi on the Tsurumai Line,14 and Shikemichi about five minutes' walk north of Kokusai Center Station.15

Shikemichi & Endōji

A storehouse lane by the Horikawa, the Endōji arcade, and ogura toast from a Mitsuba offshoot.

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Nagoya Station (Meieki)

Nagoya Station's towers and underground malls, with self-roasting kissaten toward Yanagibashi.

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Fushimi & Marunouchi

Office blocks between Meieki and Sakae, a 1957 underground arcade and the old textile street.

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Sakae

Department stores, Hisaya-ōdōri Park and the TV tower, with early kissaten in Higashi-sakura.

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Ōsu & Kamimaezu

Ōsu Kannon, nine covered arcades and kissaten from Compal, open since 1947, to small roasters.

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Imaike & Chikusa

Live houses, late kitchens and small roasters around Imaike, Chikusa and Ikeshita.

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Kakuōzan

Nittai-ji's temple approach, its fair on the 21st of each month, and cafés off Suemori-dōri.

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Shirakabe & Tokugawa-en

Samurai-lot lanes of the Cultural Path, Tokugawa-en garden and coffee rooms in Izumi.

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Nagoya Castle & Kita-ku 31 cafés

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  • Mon Closed · Tue–Sun 09:30–17:00
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Nakamura & Honjin 32 cafés

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  • 中村区黄金通5丁目9-1
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat 07:00–14:00 · Sun 07:00–12:00
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Kanayama & Higashi Betsuin 47 cafés

Azur Cafe

  • 愛知県名古屋市中区伊勢山1-11-7
  • Mon–Fri 10:00–21:00 · Sat 10:00–20:00
  • +81 52-339-4151
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Atsuta 24 cafés

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Nakagawa & Sasashima 35 cafés

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  • 愛知県名古屋市中川区西日置２丁目７−２７名南西日置ビル1F
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How a Nagoya morning works

Mōningu (モーニング, the morning service) is the local habit: order a drink in the morning and food arrives with it at no extra charge. At Bonbon in Izumi, a blend cost ¥350 in 2025 and came with toast and a boiled egg from 08:00 to 10:00, Monday to Saturday; jam, yogurt, azuki or a small salad cost extra.7 Nagoya's official tourism site reports queues for the morning sets on weekdays and holidays alike.8

Some rooms stretch the custom. Lyon, in the basement of the Mitsui Building on Meieki-minami, served its morning until the 18:00 close in 2024, with coffee at ¥430.9 In 2025 the drink came with a choice of six items, five kinds of press sandwich or toast, and an ogura morning cost ¥260 on top.7

Plain coffee costs less than in Tokyo. A hot coffee at a table-service kissaten averaged ¥463 in Nagoya in 2025, against ¥613 in Tokyo's 23 wards; the price rose from ¥455 in January to ¥467 from July. A small cup at a self-service chain was ¥360 until August and ¥390 from September, and a mixed sandwich at a café averaged ¥779.10

Order ogura toast by thickness where the menu offers a choice: at Bucyo Coffee KAKO on Meieki-minami, a thick slice cost ¥530 and a thin one ¥350 in 2024, and the ¥500 blend came with free refills.11 Leave no tip: in its advice for visitors, Japan's national tourism organization says tipping is not common in cafés.12

What coffee costs in Nagoya

DrinkTypical price
コーヒー (kōhī)
Hot coffee at a table-service kissaten		¥455–467
Nagoya city monthly averages, 2025
コーヒー（セルフ）
Small coffee at a self-service chain		¥360–390
Nagoya city, 2025
モーニング (mōningu)
Coffee with toast or a press sandwich		¥430
Lyon, Meieki-minami, 2024–2025
小倉トースト (ogura tōsuto)
Ogura toast, thin or thick slice		¥350–530
Bucyo Coffee KAKO, 2024
エビフライサンド (ebi-furai sando)
Fried-prawn sandwich at Compal		¥980
Compal, 2024–2025

The first two rows are Nagoya city's 2025 figures from the national Retail Price Survey, published in April 2026.10 Lyon's morning and Compal's sandwich are from MAPPLE's June 2025 morning guide,7 and the ogura toast from MAPPLE's October 2024 list of coffee shops.11

Sources

  1. 家計調査（二人以上の世帯）品目別都道府県庁所在市及び政令指定都市ランキング 2023年～2025年平均（外食）, Statistics Bureau of Japan, accessed October 2026
  2. 家計調査（二人以上の世帯）品目別都道府県庁所在市及び政令指定都市ランキング 2023年～2025年平均（飲料）, Statistics Bureau of Japan, accessed October 2026
  3. 質問16 愛知県は「喫茶店王国」？, Aichi Prefecture Statistics Division (from the 2021 Economic Census), accessed October 2026
  4. 調査№59 小倉トーストっていつからあるの？, Nagoya City Library, 名古屋なんでも調査団 (2017), accessed October 2026
  5. コメダ, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  6. 懐かしさを探して…今すぐ行きたい名古屋のレトロ喫茶店と絶品モーニング！, 名古屋コンシェルジュ, Nagoya official tourism site (updated January 6, 2026), accessed October 2026
  7. 名古屋のモーニング おすすめ15選！カフェ＆喫茶完全ガイド, MAPPLE観光ガイド (updated June 2, 2025), accessed October 2026
  8. A Search for Vintage: Nagoya's Retro Cafes and Mouth-watering Morning Combos, Visit Nagoya, Nagoya official tourism site, accessed October 2026
  9. 名古屋でおすすめのコーヒー専門店10軒（2ページ目：リヨン、KAKO柳橋店）, MAPPLE観光ガイド (updated October 24, 2024), accessed October 2026
  10. 小売物価統計調査（動向編）調査品目の月別価格及び年平均価格 2025年（2161 サンドイッチ、2162・2165 コーヒー）, Statistics Bureau of Japan, via e-Stat (April 24, 2026), accessed October 2026
  11. 【愛知 名古屋・コーヒー専門店】自家焙煎されたコーヒーでくつろぎのひとときを！名古屋でおすすめのコーヒー専門店10軒, MAPPLE観光ガイド (updated October 24, 2024), accessed October 2026
  12. Tipping in Japan, Japan National Tourism Organization, accessed October 2026
  13. 名古屋市営地下鉄の混雑状況（東山線、2026年10月14日の状況）, Nagoya City Transportation Bureau, accessed October 2026
  14. Osu Kannon, Japan National Tourism Organization, accessed October 2026
  15. 四間道, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
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How much does a coffee cost in Nagoya?

A hot coffee at a table-service kissaten averaged ¥463 in Nagoya in 2025, against ¥613 in Tokyo's 23 wards, and a small cup at a self-service chain cost ¥360–390. Many kissaten add a morning set for the price of the drink: at Lyon near Nagoya Station, coffee with toast or a press sandwich cost ¥430.

Which neighborhood of Nagoya has the most cafés?

Sakae and Nagoya Station (Meieki) have the most cafés, followed by Ōsu & Kamimaezu. Sakae has the widest choice, from the Higashi-sakura kissaten to the roasters around Hisaya-ōdōri Park; the streets around Nagoya Station come second, and Ōsu third.

What is the morning service at Nagoya cafés?

Mōningu is food served free with a morning drink order. At Bonbon in Izumi, a ¥350 blend came with toast and a boiled egg from 08:00 to 10:00, Monday to Saturday, in 2025, with jam, yogurt, azuki or salad extra. Lyon near Nagoya Station keeps its morning going until it closes at 18:00.

Where does ogura toast come from in Nagoya?

The Nagoya City Library traces ogura toast to Mitsuba, a café near Wakamiya shrine that opened as a sweets shop in 1916. Students there dipped bread into zenzai, a sweet bean soup, and around 1921 the owner began serving toast with the red-bean paste already on it.

How much do Nagoya households spend in cafés and coffee shops?

Over 2023–2025, households of two or more in Nagoya spent ¥16,431 a year in cafés and coffee shops, the most of any prefectural capital or major city in Japan. Tokyo's 23 wards came second at ¥16,270 and Gifu third at ¥14,663, against a national average of ¥10,261.

Do you tip in cafés in Nagoya?

No. Pay the menu price and nothing more. Japan's national tourism organization says tipping is not common in cafés, and Nagoya's kissaten and coffee bars follow that custom.

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