Cafe / Coffee Shop Spots in Ishikawa Area

  • Gallery & Sabo Misho
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Kaga-shi Iburihashimachi Ta 1-ban 8
    A gallery and teahouse with a stately exterior located a six-minute drive from Kagaonsen Station. Here customers can enjoy a variety of teas in a relaxing atmosphere. Among other teas, the teahouse serves Kenjo Kaga Bocha, a tea which has even been officially presented to Emperor Showa on National Arbor Day. Made with the stems from the first tea harvest of the season, this tea is lightly roasted in order to preserve the delicate flavor. Far-infrared radiant heat is used to preventing charring of the outer surface, resulting in a refreshing, easy to drink tea with a toasty flavor. The adjoining gallery is used to display a wide variety of items by local Kaga artisans, including crafts, works of art, flower arrangements, and calligraphy.
  • The Ocean and the Orgel
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Nanao-shi Notojima Magaricho 2 Department Otsu 2-7
    A cafe opened in 2005 where you can meet a dolphin. Here customers can enjoy a Notojima-style lunch, herbal teas, and home-roasted coffee. The cafe also opens up a barbecue area in summer. The cafe’s handmade cakes and pizzas are also available for takeout. The cafe’s dolphin watching, dolphin swim, and various crafting activities require an advance reservation made over the Internet. Be sure to make your reservation before you come!

    奥さんと6ヶ月弱の赤ちゃんと3人で訪問。 おしゃれカフェなのでそもそも行くべきではなかったと今思うと反省しているのですが… お店に入って早々、口には出しませんでしたが面倒な客が来たとわかるような慌てぶり。玄関先で注文だけ取られて通されたのが、敷地内にある別棟のプレハブでした。カフェなので雰囲気も大事だと思うのですが、お店の方は赤ん坊のことを優先に考えてくれたようで畳のプレハブを案内してくれたよう...

  • E'cafe
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    3.5
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Suzu-shi Iidamachi 1-1-8
    A cafe located inside La Porte Suzu. Particularly recommended is the Himedora combo, produced by Nizami Coffee and Noto Mamehime, which comes with a dorayaki pancake sandwich made with Noto dainagon adzuki beans. The cafe also serves light meals; the Ishiru Chahan fried rice, made with ishiru (a squid-based sauce which is a local specialty product), is particularly popular.

    奥能登国際芸術祭で訪れたラポルトすずの施設内にあるカフェとゆーか食堂です。ローストビーフ丼は予想以上に美味しかったです。「ローストビーフ丼を注文したお客様にはお箸をプレゼントしています」と輪島塗のお箸まで頂きました。ただ、店員さんが、この芸術祭のせいで激務になったせいか、笑顔どころかしかめっ面…。それがちょっと残念でした。

  • Open Cafe Kinokoe
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Wajimashi Machinomachi Kanagura O Unit 123
    This open café can be found in a corner of Kyoganji Temple, in Machinomachi, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Tables are arranged in a corridor with round windows, and customers to the café find themselves calmed by the sound of the wind in the leaves and the voices of insects. The café makes use of local ingredients, and the owner, a qualified nutritionist, is renowned for his carefully created lunch menu. The café’s Kinzo Haikara-don is popular, with its Noto pork, roasted in a special sauce, and garnished with cheese. Their original pizza topped with traditional Noto food is also popular.

    輪島市の白米の千枚田などがある249号線から、車で10分ほど内陸へ入った金蔵地区にある慶願寺。この静かなお寺の、母屋と本堂とを結ぶ傾斜のある渡り廊下部分がカフェになっています。この渡り廊下、片側の壁は完全にオープンで、草深いお庭を望むように4つか5つのテーブルが設えられています。廊下全体が高床になっており背面側の壁にも大きな丸窓が開いているため、涼やかな風がそよそよと通り抜けます。9月の残暑厳しい...

  • Fruits Parlor Murahata
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Musashimachi 2-12 Head Office 1st Building 2F
    A long-standing fruit parlor located closed to the Omi-cho Market, a popular tourist destination in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. The first floor sells high class fruit and fruit for business and gift purposes, while the second floor is a fruit parlor. The parlor serves parfaits and cakes made with hearty amounts of seasonal fruits. Popular items include the fruit parfaits topped with muskmelon, oranges, and a variety of other fruits, as well as the seasonal strawberry parfait, which is only offered from January to May.
  • Tsubomi
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    4.5
    65 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Kakinokibatake 3-1
    A famous Japanese-style café operated by the long-standing Japanese-style restaurant, Suginoi and located close to the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. The café’s garden, enclosed by a towering stone wall built in the Edo period, offers beautiful seasonal beauty, from cherry blossoms and fresh verdure in spring to autumn foliage in fall. Customers can enjoy charming sweets made with select ingredients and mountain spring water while listening to the soothing burble of the nearby Tatsumi Irrigation Channel. Popular menu items include the hon-warabimochi jelly and the kuzukiri noodles, made from rare 100% pure and domestic warabi bracken and kudzu powder. The café’s famously superb Tsubomi shaved ice, only offered in summer, is luxuriously topped with a homemade syrup created from various fresh fruits.

    金沢市柿木畠にあります、金沢で一番甘味処ですくずきり、わらび餅これはもう絶品の美味しさです、それから暑くなるいまからはかきこうりふあふあです、その中で一押しは抹茶あずきこれは値段が高いが絶品の美味しさです。

  • Sio Cafe
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Kataiwamachi No part 12
    A café located along the coast in Suzu, Ishikawa which offers dishes made with Agehama sea salt, a local specialty product, and drinks such as Shio Cider (a soda made with sea salt). Situated inside a remodeled abandoned home, the subdued colors of the café’s décor create a chic atmosphere. The Sea of Japan stretches away into the distance outside the café’s windows and here customers can enjoy a quiet moment away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The café’s fluffy pancakes, made with Shio Cider, are particularly popular. The beef stew, made with slow-stewed Noto beef, is also well-reviewed. The café also has a shop and gallery space.

    能登の伝統的な塩をふんだんに使ったメニューが楽しめます。海沿いにあって景色がいいこともポイント。塩サイダー入パンケーキは3段重ねでボリュームたっぷり。おすすめは能登牛のビーフシチューです。量は少なめですが、お肉が柔らかくて、ルーもお肉もとても美味しかったです。塩サイダーも塩の味がしっかりと感じられておすすめです。ドリンクはランチと一緒に頼むと300円に割り引きになりました。

  • Nodaya Chaten
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Tatemachi 3
    This specialty Japanese tea store and café was established in 1859, in Tatemachi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The store is inside a renovated townhouse, and the soothing color scheme of its tables and red nodate-gasa (umbrellas for open-air tea ceremony) make it a very peaceful space. Customers can enjoy their tea and sweets while looking out at the garden through the latticed windows. The most popular sweet is the Maverick Parfait, created from a staff meal. The store’s soft cream is an excellent product, found only in this long-established store, and made with home-roasted Kaga-bocha tea leaf powder. With its stone ground matcha powder, the matcha soft cream is also very popular.

    こちらのお店ホームページを見て、金沢を訪れた際に加賀棒茶を求めて伺いました。 堅町の商店街にあるお茶屋さんです。 加賀のお茶だけではなく、全国のお茶も取り扱っており、お茶を使ったスイーツも揃うお店です。思ったより広めの店内にはテーブル席が並び、くつろげる雰囲気。お客さんは各々スイーツを楽しんでいました。 私は加賀棒茶二種類の試飲をお願いしたところ、丁寧に淹れた熱々のお茶を二種類テーブルまで運んで来...

  • Higashiyama Bonheur
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    4.5
    26 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Yamanakaonsenhigashimachi 1 - e 19-1 Basho Dojo
    An old-fashioned café standing at the entrance to the verdant forest of the Yamanaka Onsen hot spring resort area in Kaga, Ishikawa. Situated next to a picturesque moss-covered torii gate, the café building resembles a hideaway which has practically become one with the surrounding forest. The only item on the lunch menu is the beef stew rice set. This renowned dish is made with beef slow-stewed until its practically melting, oil-fried vegetables, and a savory sauce served over a bed of rice. The café’s handmade cakes and fresh-squeezed lemon squash juice are popular treats to enjoy after a walk in the area.

    山中温泉の鶴仙峡入口付近にたたずむ森の中のカフェです、ここの人気はビーフシチューセット、森のケーキセットが有名です妻と一緒に来店しましたビーフシチューセットを頂きましたが普通の味ですただスタッフ皆さんは親切です。

  • Le Musée de H Kanazawa
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    4.0
    121 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Dewamachi 2-1 In the Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum
    A stylish café situated on the first floor of the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. Produced by the world-famous pâtissier Hironobu Tsujiguchi, the café offers creative sweets made with select local and natural Noto and Kanazawa ingredients. Exclusive sweets are also only sold here, such as the saison de gateau and Tsujiguchi role, made with Noto eggs, milk, and honey. The Concept G course, which combines Japanese teas and sweets, is also popular.

    Had perfectly baked cakes and coffee overlooking the beautiful peaceful garden. Nicely presented. A haven in Kanazawa. Worth the slightly steeper price. Great service. Also nice to watch the cakes...

  • Hyakuyaku Kitchen
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Nagamachi 2-3-23-2
    A café located close to the Nogamachi Samurai District, a popular tourist destination in Naga-machi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, situated inside a building hidden away on a tiny alley. Inside, the café has an open kitchen design and quiet, relaxing atmosphere. The café serves simply flavored lunches incorporating old-fashioned yet familiar medicinal plants with a focus on organic, locally-grown vegetables. One of the most popular choices on the menu is the Hyakuyaku gozen set, which comes with a medicinal plant and tofu hamburg steak main dish. The café is only open for lunch.

    What a gem of a restaurant this was! Lots of healthy food on the menu and we enjoyed everything we ordered. Nicely spiced chicken burger, excellent apple ginger soda.

  • Chaya Bijin
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-26-17
    A cosmetics shop located in the “Higashi Chaya District” in Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture which also has a café space. Situated inside a former teahouse designated a Tangible Cultural Property by the city of Kanazawa, the shop sells exclusive cosmetics made with local gold leaf as well as skin care products. Chaya Bijin has worked to create an atmosphere which harnesses the aesthetic senses of the area, including a register counter covered with gold leaf and a “beauty fountain” where customers are free to try a variety of cosmetics. The café space serves beautifying beverages such as vinegar drinks which alleviate fatigue and “bi no cha” beauty tea.

    Chaya Bijin is a pretty little boutique selling cosmetics, face cream, accessories with gold leaf (tiny dust of gold leaf). Worth the visit when you are in Kanazawa.

  • Café & Brasserie Paul Bocuse
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    3.0
    3 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Hirosaka 2-1-1 Ishikawa Prefectural Government Memorial Shinokino Guest House 1F
    A café and brasserie produced by French chef master Paul Bocuse located on the first floor of the Shiinoki Cultural Complex in Hirosaka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa. Airy and open and offering terrace seating, the establishment faces a beautiful garden and overlooks the stone wall of Kanazawa Castle. Here you can enjoy authentic French desserts and orthodox French cuisine making use of fresh local seafood and seasonal ingredients. The establishment also opens up a beer terrace from June to November.

    平日のランチ利用です。2400円のコースBを注文しましたが、ボリューム・味ともに満足です。窓から見える紅葉の金沢城がとても綺麗で、お料理の味が引き立ちました。

  • Hosho-ji Temple Cafe
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    5.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Teramachi 5-5-76 Shodoji Temple
    A café located on the grounds of the Hosho-ji Temple, a Rinzai Myoshinji Temple Buddhist temple which was erected in the early Edo period by Maeda Toshitsune, then lord of Kaga Domain. The café, a historic temple hall, has tables, chairs, and tatami seating as well, and here you can enjoy a cup of tea and a sweet. The matcha green tea sprinkled with gold dust, which comes with a small daily confection, is particularly popular. Other items offered by the café include Japanese sweets such as zenzai sweet bean soup and anmitsu syrup-covered sweet beans with cream, as well as coffee, tea, pancakes, and curry rice. The nearest station is Nomachi Station.

    A very chill japanese cafe in an old temple setting very close to the ninja temple. The hot matcha was very smooth.

  • Naoeya Genpei
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    4.0
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Onomachi 4-16
    This shop and café is managed by Naogen Soysauce, a long-established soy sauce company founded in 1825. It is located in Ono Town, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. As a renovated old brewery warehouse that doesn’t let in any outside light, the interior of the shop has a unique atmosphere, where new and old mix. The shop contains products such as soy sauce, dressings and senbei crackers that have supported the food culture of Kanazawa. In the café space, customers can enjoy such things as dessert sets that incorporate soy sauce, coffee and Japanese tea.

    金沢市大野町あります。金沢市では老舗の直源醬油の直売所です、醬油を中心に色々な調味料,ドレッシング、などの味見が出来て買えるので便利です。

  • Nakagawa
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-1-15
    This confectionery shop is located in Higashi Chaya District, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture. The townhouse’s distinctive white walls and lattice door are unmistakable. The shop specializes in the Japanese “Mitsugashi” sweet, which is made by vegetables soaked in water and sugar. Around ten variations of this sweet are consistently on display at the shopfront. The vegetables used as ingredients for the sweets are carefully selected from sources all over the country, but are mainly sourced from Kaga. The chefs let the traditional sweets soak slowly without using any additives, and the exquisite flavor and freshness of the vegetables is immediately apparent.
  • Hadutiwo Teahouse
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    4.0
    13 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kagashi Yamashironsen 18-59-1
    This is a cultural exchange facility in “Yamashiro Onsen” and tourist spot visitors can visit casually located in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture. On the precincts visitors can buy souvenirs such as local foods, sundries and traditional crafts at “Ninuri-ya,” the “Kotobukiza” is used as an exhibition space, pottery class area and an event space and the “Hadutiwo Teahouse” offers locally grown vegetable curry and sweets. A popular menu is the rich soft serve cream that is made with milk from the local farm.

    古民家風の、落ち着く店内でした。カレーとプリンを頼みましたがどちらも美味しかったです。値段の割にボリュームは少なめでした。ランチセットがあれば良いなと思いました。

  • Kanazawaya Coffee Shop (Main Shop)
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    4.5
    34 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Marunouchi 5-26
    Kanazawaya Coffee Shop (Main Shop) next to Kuromonguchi in Kanazawa Castle Park in Marunouchi, Kanazawa City is a café. It offers nel-dripped coffee which is meticulously brewed for each cup. Handmade sweets are created to be paired with the coffee. Yokan (Japanese sweet jelly bean paste) from in-house roasted cacao as well as gateau chocolat made from in-house roasted cacao, and in-house roasted coffee yokan using in-house roasted coffee can be enjoyed with coffee.

    Best coffee in Japan. Strong, hot and just the way we like it. We also had an excellent club sandwich and toasty pizza thing.

  • Nizami Coffee cafe
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    4.0
    20 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Suzushi Idamachi 7 -30-1
    Nizami Coffee is a café located on National Route 249 in the Iida Town of Suzu City. Visitors can enjoy superb coffee made using beans from Nizami Coffee Shop Funagoya, in Kinoura and delicious homemade cake. The café usually has a selection of around 10 different types of coffee beans, which are also available for sale. It also sells coffee-related items such as cups and coffee-pots.

    その場で挽いて淹れるので確かに香りはいいですね。濃いめが好きならOKです。種類があるので色々試すといいと思います。

  • Kureha
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    4.0
    40 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Ishikawa Pref. Kanazawashi Higashiyama 1-24-3
    Kureha is a teahouse where customers can relax and enjoy matcha from long-standing tea shops and the confections known as Jonamagashi, which are usually available only at fine traditional restaurants or at tea ceremonies. In the same building is a gallery with a collection of original accessories made from Kaga Yuzen dyed fabrics. Customers can try on Kaga Yuzen garments, because the venerable traditional clothing shop Eritora manages Kureha. Putting on a beautifully dyed garment, wandering around to admire the quaint streetscapes, and returning to the shop to enjoy the finest sweets is a fantastic experience. Kureha is located 16 minutes by car from the Kanazawa Higashi Interchange on the Hokuriku Expressway.

    金沢好きの友達のオススメで、ひがし茶屋街に来たらここに行こうと前から決めていました。 一階は加賀友禅のお店で、カフェは一階の一部分と二階になります。 ここは予約がないと買えない吉はしの生上菓子が食べられます。 お部屋もとても雰囲気があり、「和」を満喫できます。

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Long, thin Ishikawa prefecture runs along the Sea of Japan up into Noto Peninsula. Highlights of the seaside towns lining the west coast include Kanazawa, often described as a "Little Kyoto" thanks to its old wooden tea houses and geisha culture as well as its picturesque Japanese garden, Kenroku-en.

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