Does Japan have a monopoly on cool Starbucks? It can seem that way. Later this year, the country is getting yet another neat-looking one.
But first, let’s review!
Fukuoka already has this cool one.
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Starbucks Dazaifu, 50 menit naik bus dari Fukuoka, karya arsitek Kengo Kuma yang super kece pic.twitter.com/z4LlQSeG2f
— Bowo (@bowdat) October 25, 2017
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A very nice Starbucks in Hirosaki.
Hirosaki Starbucks gives the ones in Kamakura and Fukuoka a run for coolest in Japan. pic.twitter.com/n0NJiHhMHf
— Alexander O. Smith (@aokajiya) October 11, 2015
StarBucks 弘前公園前 Hirosaki Koenmae ☕️^_^ pic.twitter.com/8ej4tdFqEP
— April Kana (@April19832015) September 30, 2016
And check out this Starbucks in Hiroshima.
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Best Starbucks in Hiroshima w sakura blooms, park & views @ Miyajima rest stop along Sanyo expressway #gethiroshi… pic.twitter.com/wXIg9p1PlA
— GetHiroshima (@GetHiroshima) April 3, 2013
And in Kamakura.
Starbucks สาขา Kamakura โซนด้านนอกมีสวนเล็กๆ สระน้ำ ให้นั่งห้อยขาจิบเครื่องดื่มชมบรรยากาศ pic.twitter.com/rt32J0Vsxn
— ナットくん (@drgarden) August 2, 2015
One of t/ most beautiful Starbucks in JP is in Kamakura city, once a famous comic artist owned & lived in @Ziyi_Chuh pic.twitter.com/eMiUjFNL87
— miyabi (@miyabi65638032) June 19, 2015
starbucks kamakura. วิวสวย pic.twitter.com/ICvtNwEoX3
— sad cat, cat club (@ktnttnr) April 28, 2014
A Starbucks in a historic Kobe building.
Starbucks Kobe Kitano Ijinkan shop(Country registration tangible cultural property) #jtb_ttic #Yurakucho #travel #kobe #WorldTravelers pic.twitter.com/GwoQA9BJJJ
— TTIC Yurakucho (@jtb_ttic) October 24, 2017
Kobe Starbucks
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IG:osaka_traveler_#OSAKA #worldtravel #오사카 #Japan pic.twitter.com/pP0HwuuIfP— travel osaka (@travelOsakatour) December 29, 2016
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皆さん！素敵な日曜の夜を～🌃🌉✨
Have a lovely night everyone!#Japan #Kobe #Starbucks #Kitanoijinkan pic.twitter.com/1uR4ZevJfz— dream-traveller hide (@hide_traveller) September 17, 2017
Kobe Port.
Starbucks @ Kobe Port 🇯🇵🎎 pic.twitter.com/oUFZY9pxbt
— Haaaaaannah (@HannahhJamal) November 7, 2017
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This Kyoto one is lovely.
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This Starbucks in Kyoto is in a machiya #gion pic.twitter.com/JcZMqLwCvg
— MRW (@hatablockaz) September 11, 2017
This is The Starbucks you must go in Kyoto pic.twitter.com/3Dy2sMp80X
— Yuchen Cai (@justrocky1014) August 28, 2017
Toyama.
世界で最も景観の美しいスタバ、富山環水公園店。毎月の出張のたびに来ています。The most beautiful Starbucks Coffee Shop in the world – at Toyama Kansui Park pic.twitter.com/iKRJHH3WvV
— 井出留美『私たちは何を捨てているのか』ちくま新書 (@rumiide) December 7, 2015
世界一のスタバ、富山環水公園店。Best store design award in 2008 "Toyama Kansui Park Starbucks" 画になる。 pic.twitter.com/5T4uq1Nydt
— Hisae Sawazaki (@sawazakih) January 2, 2015
And in December, a new Starbucks is opening in an old building: Dogo Onsen Station. Located in Matsuyama, the building is a reconstruction of the original station built in 1911. It’s a prime example of the Western style buildings that went up during the Meiji Period.
Via Toshoken, here is what the building looks like before it’s turned into a Starbucks. (You can see concept art for the finished coffee shop in the top photo.)
And here’s how the inside will look.
Hopefully, the ghost people won’t be there when this Starbucks opens on December 22.
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