喫茶ランドリー本店
Ryogoku, Tokyo
Tucked a short stroll from Ryōgoku Station amid the sumo stables and the Edo-Tokyo Museum, Kissa Laundry 本店 is the kind of old-school music kissa that feels like stepping into a private collector’s living room: low light, warm wood, shelves bowed under vinyl, and a battered turntable treated with reverence. Locals come for more than coffee — the owner curates a dug-deep playlist that moves from mellow jazz and Brazilian grooves to dramatic film scores and rare Japanese pop, all played loud enough to savor the arrhythmic details but soft enough to encourage quiet conversation. The space has a lived-in, slightly eccentric charm (expect retro posters, mismatched chairs, and tea served with practiced care), and it offers the rare pleasure of listening to records without background chatter — the kind of place where regulars nod to one another, the bartender slips a record on by instinct, and travelers who love analog sound feel instantly at home. If you’re exploring Tokyo’s cultural layers, this is a small, lovingly curated escape into the city’s analog-music scene.
Tucked a short stroll from Ryōgoku Station amid the sumo stables and the Edo-Tokyo Museum, Kissa Laundry 本店 is the kind of old-school music kissa that feels like stepping into a private collector’s living room: low light, warm wood, shelves bowed under vinyl, and a battered turntable treated with reverence. Locals come for more than coffee — the owner curates a dug-deep playlist that moves from mellow jazz and Brazilian grooves to dramatic film scores and rare Japanese pop, all played loud enough to savor the arrhythmic details but soft enough to encourage quiet conversation. The space has a lived-in, slightly eccentric charm (expect retro posters, mismatched chairs, and tea served with practiced care), and it offers the rare pleasure of listening to records without background chatter — the kind of place where regulars nod to one another, the bartender slips a record on by instinct, and travelers who love analog sound feel instantly at home. If you’re exploring Tokyo’s cultural layers, this is a small, lovingly curated escape into the city’s analog-music scene.