Photo: Twitter/@utinoinu2
food

What’s the price of coffee in Japan? Twitter user investigates

6 Comments
By Oona McGee, SoraNews24

While Japan has made a name for itself around the world for its high-quality green tea, which comes in a variety of styles and flavours, there’s also a thriving coffee culture here too. For many Japanese, drip coffee is their drink of choice, and when it comes to finding a place to sit down and enjoy a cup of Joe, there are a number of popular coffee house chains where you can pull up a chair.

With so many coffee houses around the country, the problem then becomes knowing which one to visit. Here to help clear things up for everyone is Japanese illustrator and Twitter user @utinoinu2, who recently shared the above graphic showing the price of coffee at different cafes around the country.

Since appearing online, the number of retweets and likes it’s received has gone through the roof, with people loving the way all the different prices have been laid out in such an easy-to-read manner. While there are many coffees out there to enjoy, this graph focusses on a side-by-side comparison of regular-sized straight coffees, so let’s take a look at the prices at the following 15 coffee house chains, listed from most expensive below.

Renoir(ルノアール)580 yen

Ko:Hi:Kan (珈琲館) 510 yen

Hoshino Coffee (星乃珈琲) 410 yen

Komeda Coffee (コメダ珈琲) 420 yen

Ueshima Coffee House (上島喫茶) 360 yen

Tully’s Coffee(タリーズ)310 yen

Starbucks(スターバックス)302 yen

Excelsior (エクセルシオール) 300 yen

Mister Donut (ミスタードーナツ)270 yen

Café de Crié(カフェドクリエ)260 yen

Pronto (プロント) 240 yen

Beck’s Coffee(ベックスコーヒー)230 yen

Doutor(ドトール)220 yen

St Marc (サンマルク) 216 yen

Veloce (カフェ・ベローチェ) 190 yen

Next time you’re looking for a place to relax over a cup of coffee in Japan, make sure you have this list with you so you know how much you can expect to pay. While some of the costs listed might be slightly different due to price increases, it’s still a concise and faithful representation of the coffee house ranking in terms of most to least expensive coffees.

Was your favourite coffeehouse on the list? Let us know in the comments below.

Source: Twitter/@utinoinu2

Read more stories from SoraNews24.

-- Japanese photographer wows Internet with stunning action shots of superhero figurines

-- Hugh Jackman speaks Japanese, pulls up next to Mario Kart drivers on the road during Japan visit

-- Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen singer marries beautiful swimsuit model 15 years his junior【Photos】

© SoraNews24

©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.

6 Comments
Login to comment

Family restaurants are not mentioned. Many have a drinks bar from which you can get espresso, and you can get as many full cups as you want, which is much better than the 90% empty mini-cups most places serve.

1 ( +2 / -1 )

None of the above. Have found some great coffee roasters here who make a mean cup of coffee. I pay 300yens for an espresso at my local (long black/double espresso).

0 ( +0 / -0 )

The coffee machines at convenience stores grind the beans and pour a mean cup for around 140 Yen. Some of them even have places to sit and work. Guess that shows my level of sophistication for coffee

1 ( +1 / -0 )

TE, the conbinis around here are 100 yen for S-size freshly ground coffee, and there is a corner to sit and savor/work. It's genuinely good coffee. Every month or two our local one here does a 90-yen campaign into the bargain.

As the article points out however, the above list is coffee shop prices.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Good coffee can be cheap here(skip Starbucks).

I like Excelsior Cafe, great breakfast deals Sandwich and Coffee(choose Capuchino) for under 500Y add in porcelain mugs.

McD, etc are just bitterness with no flavour, yuck.

0 ( +0 / -0 )

Login to leave a comment

Facebook users

Use your Facebook account to login or register with JapanToday. By doing so, you will also receive an email inviting you to receive our news alerts.

Facebook Connect

Login with your JapanToday account

User registration

Articles, Offers & Useful Resources

A mix of what's trending on our other sites