--- title: Starbucks Will Open a Japanese Teahouse-Style Cafe in Kyoto description: Starbucks' latest venture in Kyoto, Japan, includes a new location in a traditional teahouse canonical: https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-27T18:48:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:26.411Z og:title: A Look Inside This Starbucks Modeled After a Japanese Teahouse og:description: It will serve the coffee menu og:url: https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1fcebf9aa71fef1c/6988d382096a9447b669e8c5/starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: starbucks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Look Inside This Starbucks Modeled After a Japanese Teahouse twitter:description: It will serve the coffee menu twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1fcebf9aa71fef1c/6988d382096a9447b669e8c5/starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Look Inside This Starbucks Modeled After a Japanese Teahouse by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 27, 2017 6:48 PM UTC  Starbucks Japan by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 27, 2017 6:48 PM UTC Starbucks’ [latest venture](http://time.com/money/4834532/starbucks-free-iced-espresso-deal-summer-2017/) in Kyoto, Japan, includes a new location in a traditional teahouse. The new store, located in Kyoto’s Higashiyama district, will blend into a city filled with traditional temples and shrines. It will be housed in a building that is more than 100 years old and that served as a teahouse until it went out of business in 2005, [Rocket News reports](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2017/06/24/new-kyoto-starbucks-has-the-beauty-historical-pedigree-to-be-a-sightseeing-attraction-itself/). The newly renovated building will open as a Starbucks on June 30 while keeping the structure in line with traditional [Japanese architecture](http://time.com/36324/japanese-architect-shigeru-ban-wins-pritzker-prize-2/). Rather than a Starbucks sign to indicate that it is a cafe, a deep green banner with the company logo hangs in the front. The interior features seating on the floor, and guests are asked to remove their shoes, as part of Japanese custom. Although it doesn’t look like a typical Starbucks, the coffee chain will offer its full menu at the Kyoto location.  Starbucks Japan  Starbucks Japan Starbucks Will Open a Japanese Teahouse-Style Cafe in Kyoto ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/"},"headline":"A Look Inside This Starbucks Modeled After a Japanese Teahouse","datePublished":"2017-06-27T18:48:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:26.411Z","description":"It will serve the coffee menu","url":"https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Starbucks","onetime","apester"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1fcebf9aa71fef1c/6988d382096a9447b669e8c5/starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1fcebf9aa71fef1c/6988d382096a9447b669e8c5/starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"starbucks","caption":"starbucks","creditText":"Starbucks Japan","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4834814/starbucks-japan-teahouse-kyoto/","name":"A Look Inside This Starbucks Modeled After a Japanese Teahouse"}}]}] ```