1960
1960 · Tsukiji-jogai
A young man named Yonemoto sets down two copper kettles on a wooden counter just outside the gates of Tsukiji market. The first customers are the fish merchants. A family-run cup for the market's early shift.
05 · About Sixty-five years,
Sixty-five years,
the same hand.
一九六〇 → 二〇二六
A family-run kissaten in Tsukiji-jogai, opened in 1960. Hand-drip specialty. Sixty-five years of serving the market's early shift. Famously visited once by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
— Timeline
1966
1966 · A winter evening
The night John Lennon and Yoko Ono are said to have visited. A quiet Englishman with round glasses sat in the back corner, drank two cups, paid in yen, and left a small folded note — at least, that's how the shop tells it.
Today
Today · 3rd generation
The founder's grandson stands behind the counter as the third generation. The kettles are still copper. The counter is the same dark cedar. The hand-drip is the same. Three locations across Tsukiji-jogai — main shop, Shinten branch, and a Lab variant.
"Quiet place. Good coffee. Two cups."
— a folded note, winter 1966