Kissa Coffee is a shop/cafe which offers a carefully curated selection of green coffee beans from around the world. You can enjoy different tastes and flavors of the same beans roasted according to your preference (approx. 30 minutes). Customers waiting for roasting will receive a complimentary cup of coffee. Coffee is of course available in the cafe.
Opening hours: 11:00-18:00
Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays
Pricing: from ¥1,100 / 200g green beans, ¥500 a cup of coffee
REBOOT COFFEEBAR was recently opened by a young coffee enthusiast. The slowly hand-dripped coffee is worth waiting for. They also serve soft drinks, cake, and offer organic alternatives to milk (e.g. oat, soy). They sell a variety of coffee beans of different strength and character.
It takes 15 minutes from Takasaki Station on foot.
Opening hours: 12:00-18:00 Sun, Mon / 12:00-20:00 Tue, Wed, Thu / 12:00-21:00 Fri, Sat
Irregular holidays
Pricing: ¥600 per cup
Take Out is available.
https://www.instagram.com/rebootcoffeebar_takasaki/
SHIMONHOOD is a spiced curry and specialty coffee shop in Shimonita-machi, renovated from a former rice warehouse. The restaurant name combines Shimonita (location) and Hood (English abbreviation of neighborhood) and is loved by the local community.
The menu is centered on colorful spiced curries using locally grown ingredients and specialty coffee with a unique twist. It also offers a variety of teas and homemade sweets.
Opening hours: 11:30-19:00（18:30LO）
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Pricing: from ¥1,100 Lunch Plate
Take Out is available.
Located in Kami-nakai-machi, east Takasaki, Rafu serves the owner’s specialties which use completely hot air roasted coffee beans. It also sells beans and original coffee-related products.
Opening hours: 11:00-19:00
Closed on Mondays
Pricing: from ¥520 per cup
Take Out (Coffee) is available.
https://www.instagram.com/rafu_and_peace/
LITTLE LIGHT COFFEE is a small trailer house cafe located near G MESSE GUNMA, and is regularly busy with local customers. Staff select coffee beans from all over the world, and do their own roasting and extraction.
Staff speak English.
Opening hours: 11:00-18:00
Closed on Sundays and Mondays
Pricing: from ¥450 per cup
https://www.littlelightcoffee.jp/english
KiCoRi is located in Kanna-machi, an area rich in nature. It serves home-brewed coffee and sweets, and light meals such as pasta. It is a quiet and comfortable cafe, where local people and hikers drop in.
Opening hours: 13:30-18:30
Closed on Mondays and Wednesdays
Pricing: from ¥400 Coffee
Take Out (Coffee) is available.
Rex Cafe is located inside Kanna-machi Dinosaur Center, and decorated accordingly. Its dishes use pesticide- and GMO-free seasonal vegetables and meat. Kids’ meals are also available.
Opening hours: 10:00-16:30
Closed on Mondays
Pricing: from ¥680 Lunch
https://www.rexcafe-hearth.com/
Cafe Asunaro is operated by Takasaki Keizai University students. The prices are very reasonable and it is a spacious, quiet and comfortable place, perfect for reading books and studying.
Opening hours: 10:00-20:00
Closed on Mondays
Pricing: from ¥350 for coffee
Kannonyama Family Park is a huge area where kids can enjoy riding on the long slider and jumping on the “fuwa-fuwa” domes. Adults can enjoy 1 – 1.5 hour walking trails in the south of the park. Playing with the water fountain is a lot of fun in Summer.
HYGGE TIMES is the park’s cafe, serving drinks and light meals, such as soups, pita sandwiches, and cakes.
No admission/parking fee
https://www.instagram.com/hyggetimes.jp/
Warmth is a recently opened, stylishly rustic coffee shop that offers a wide variety of beans for all tastes, along with baked goods (e.g. muffins, pound cake etc.) and a turntable playing the staff’s musical picks. Beans and associated coffee making products are also available to buy.
Opening hours: 12:00-19:00 Wed. Thu. Fri. / 10:00 – 18:00 Sat. Sun.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays
Take Out is available.
https://www.instagram.com/warmth_takasaki/
