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Cafés in Fushimi & Marunouchi

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

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Fushimi lies between Nagoya Station and Sakae and is where the Higashiyama and Tsurumai subway lines cross.1 It is the city's financial district,2 with Marunouchi to the north and, in Nishiki 2-chōme, the Chōjamachi textile quarter. Merchants from Kiyosu settled Chōjamachi around the start of work on Nagoya Castle in the early 1600s; wholesale cloth took over from the late Taishō period, and around 1970 the street had nearly 100 wholesalers.3

By 2020 the wholesalers' cooperative was down to about 20 members. Chōjamachi was a main venue of the first Aichi Triennale in 2010, and since 2002 empty buildings, starting with the Ebisu Building, have been turned into cafés and shops.3 The Chunichi Shimbun defines the quarter as the 16 blocks between Nishiki-dōri, Sakura-dōri, Honmachi-dōri and Fushimi-dōri, and new apartment blocks are rising there because it sits halfway between Nagoya Station and Sakae.3 Its kissaten sit among office blocks, and the oldest names are in Nishiki 1-chōme and Marunouchi 2-chōme.

Local tip: For a standing glass rather than a cup, come to Fushimi Chikagai after noon; for coffee before 08:00, Nishiki on Nishiki 1-chōme opens at 07:00.4

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  • Opens earliest: にしき, from 07:00 (Mon–Fri 07:00–20:00 · Sat 07:00–17:00 · Sun 07:00–20:00).
  • Most common features: takeaway (3%), outdoor seating (1%).

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Coffee chains in Fushimi & Marunouchi

Fushimi Chikagai

Fushimi Chikagai opened on 16 November 1957, a day after Fushimi Station, as an underground textile street linking the station's east gate to Chōjamachi. It is about 240 m long and has 38 shops. Clothing sellers declined with the industry, but after art installations for the 2013 Aichi Triennale it gained Sunday wine fairs and standing bars that pour from midday.4 GORDO CAFE is one of its tenants.

Coffee in Nishiki 1 and 2

Unir, a specialty roaster from Kyoto, pours on the ground floor of the Hotel & Androoms Nagoya Fushimi at Nishiki 2-8-28, sharing the lobby; its best seller is a hot breakfast sandwich of cheese, coleslaw, bacon and egg, and its French toast is limited to 10 a day.2 Still Thinking Coffee is at Nishiki 2-10-8 and Kissa Nanaban at 2-7-7. KAKASHI CAFE, a takeaway counter, opens 10:00–15:00 from Tuesday to Sunday.

West of Fushimi-dōri, Nishiki 1-chōme has the older rooms: Okada Coffee at 1-17-13, Kissa Kōbekan at 1-13-36 and Itochū Kissaten at 1-6-35. Nishiki, at Nishiki 1-14-21, opens at 07:00 every day and serves until 20:00 on weekdays and Sundays and 17:00 on Saturdays.

Marunouchi and Shirakawa Park

North of Sakura-dōri, Marunouchi 2-chōme has Ran, a coffee specialist at 2-13-8, Marika at 2-9-5 and Rengatei at 2-15-30. Ronnefeldt's tea salon serves 10:00–18:00 from Tuesday to Sunday, and Misono Chaya is on the ground floor of the Misonoza Tower at Sakae 1-6-15.

Shirakawa Park holds the Nagoya City Science Museum, about six minutes' walk south of Fushimi Station's Exit 5. The planetarium wing first opened on 3 November 1962; its current planetarium, under a 35 m dome finished in 2010, was certified by Guinness World Records in December 2011 as the largest in the world, and has carried the name NTP Planet since April 2021.5 Sugiura Coffee is nearby, at Sakae 2-17-25.

Sources

  1. Osu Kannon, Japan National Tourism Organization, accessed October 2026
  2. Unir 名古屋店, Electrolux Professional Japan, customer reference (March 4, 2020), accessed October 2026
  3. 長者町繊維街, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  4. 伏見地下街, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  5. 名古屋市科学館, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Fushimi & Marunouchi cafés: questions

What is Fushimi Chikagai in Nagoya?

Fushimi Chikagai is an underground shopping street that opened on 16 November 1957, a day after Fushimi Station, to link the station with the Chōjamachi textile wholesalers. It is about 240 m long with 38 shops; after the 2013 Aichi Triennale it filled with standing bars that pour from midday.

What is Chōjamachi in Nagoya's Fushimi district?

Chōjamachi is the textile wholesale quarter in Nishiki 2-chōme, first settled by merchants from Kiyosu in the early 1600s. It had nearly 100 wholesalers around 1970 and about 20 cooperative members by 2020. It was a main venue of the first Aichi Triennale in 2010, and empty buildings there now house cafés and shops.

Where is the Nagoya City Science Museum planetarium near Fushimi?

The Nagoya City Science Museum is in Shirakawa Park, about six minutes on foot south of Exit 5 of Fushimi Station. Its planetarium has a 35 m dome, finished in 2010, which Guinness World Records certified as the largest in the world in December 2011.

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