Kurasu

Kurasu began in 2013 as a homeware shop in Kyoto, selling ceramics and everyday objects before coffee became its focus. It has since built out its own Nishijin Roastery, where it roasts both single-origin lots and house blends, and expanded into cafes and worldwide shipping without ever dropping the homeware sensibility that started it.

The shop's retail floor reflects that dual identity: house-roasted beans and drip bags sit alongside a curated run of Japanese brewing equipment — Hario, Origami, and Kalita gear — plus the ceramics that were Kurasu's original stock in trade. It's as much a source for the tools of pour-over brewing as for the coffee itself, which is part of why home baristas outside Japan order from it directly.

That trajectory, from a homeware storefront to a roastery with global shipping in a decade, has made Kurasu one of Kyoto's more distinctive coffee destinations — a shop that treats the brewing gear with the same care as the beans, and sells both to a following well beyond the city.