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{{Short description|Japanese-style combination tearoom and coffee shop}}
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[[File:Cafe by Koichi Suzuki in Kanda-Jinbocho, Tokyo.jpg|thumbnail|A ''kissaten'' in [[Jinbōchō, Tokyo]], Japan]]
A {{Nihongo|'''''kissaten'''''|喫茶店}}, literally a "tea-drinking shop", is a Japanese-style [[Tea house|tearoom]] that is also a [[café|coffee shop]]. They developed in the early 20th century as a distinction from a [[café]], as cafés had become places also serving alcohol with noise and celebration. A ''kissaten'' was a quiet place to drink coffee and gathering places for writers and intellectuals.
In urban areas, people frequent ''kissaten'' for breakfast where they might have "morning service" of thick toast, boiled or fried eggs, a piece of ham or bacon, and a cup of tea or coffee.
There is also the modern phenomenon of the [[manga cafe|manga kissa]], which is a version of the ''kissaten'' with [[video game]]s, [[manga]] and [[vending machine]]s.
The revived popularity of kissatens is an example of [[Showa retro]]. <ref>[https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/kissaten-revival/ Millennials and Gen Zers Behind Japan’s Latest Kissaten Revival]. Tokyo Weekender. 13 April 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2023/04/24/general/showa-era-appeal/ Showa seduction: The unending attraction of retro Japan]. The Japan Times. 24 April 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/06/22/japan-is-nostalgic-for-a-past-that-was-in-part-worse-than-its-present Japan is nostalgic for a past that was in part worse than its present]. The Economist. 22 June 2023.</ref>
==See also==
{{Portal|Japan|Coffee}}
* [[Manga cafe]]
* [[Cosplay restaurant]]
* [[Jazz kissa]]
== References ==
*{{cite book|author=Merry White|title=Coffee Life in Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98gFtthZo0AC&pg=PA77|date=May 2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-25933-1|page=77}}
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