Sitting a 10-minute walk from the JR Tambaguchi station, “GOOD TIME COFFEE” has made itself at home inside a refurbished Kyoto townhouse built over 100 years ago.

Owner Murata opened this café with the vision of offering a new kind of charm to the area in the form of a space for cultural exchange inside a refurbished old and unused townhouse. Murata also wanted to bring life back to the area by having GOOD TIME COFFEE be a member of the community and interact daily with its fellow neighbors.
On top of this, Murata put out the call for like-minded people to come and set up shops in the same location as GOOD TIME COFFEE. The result was the formation of the “itonowa” market.
All sharing the common theme of “Ito,” meaning thread in Japanese, a mix of warming and welcoming stores, such as lifestyle stores, antique shops, and dress rental shops, have all come together in this one spot. Inside GOOD TIME COFFEE, owner Murata has placed things like their favorite old books, manga, and antiques, so the café is also a bit of a gallery as well.

Everything at GOOD TIME COFFEE can be ordered to go, so if the weather’s nice out, we suggest grabbing something and heading to the lovely nearby Umekoji Park for a picnic.