Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 29
Retro Atami
A Showa kissaten crawl
昭和の喫茶めぐり
Three cafés, kept as they were when the honeymooners came: siphon coffee, custard pudding with a burnt top, velvet booths and the stories of the boom years.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- About 2.5 hours
- 季節Season
- All year.
- 人数Group
- 2–6 guests
- 移動Getting there
- On footOn foot, with a local bus or one stop on the train where it saves a climb. If you'd like a taxi back up the hill, it's yours to pay.
- 集合Meeting point
- Atami Station, 14:00.
- 料金Price
- Guide fee, from ¥5,000 each with your stay
- 地図Map
- Central Atami · G3
Add a paid tour and the stay is 10% less; discounts don't combine
Reserve
Choose a day, and book it
Finding the open days…
The story
Three cafés in one afternoon, each kept the way it was when the honeymooners came: siphon coffee, custard pudding with a burnt top, velvet booths and cups that haven't changed in fifty years. Between cups your host tells the stories of the boom years, and of a town that has started to love its past again.
In the 1950s and 60s Atami was where Tokyo went on honeymoon, and the town filled with coffee houses to match: siphons bubbling on the counter, custard pudding under glass, booths in velvet and wood. A good number are still open, run by the same families.
We visit three in an afternoon, a short walk apart, and you order what you like at each (you pay the café). Between cups, the stories of the boom years, and the arcades they happened in.
Your host's own idea: three cafés in one afternoon, with stories of the 1950s and 60s boom.
Good to know
Included
- Your host as guide, in English or Japanese
- A route planned around your group and the weather
- Help booking tickets and restaurant tables
Not included
- What you order, paid to each café
- Price
- Guide fee per person, tax included. With your stay: ¥10,000 for one guest, ¥7,500 each for two, ¥5,000 each for three to twelve. Tour only: ¥10,000 each, for two guests or more. Admissions, partner fees, meals and travel are paid on the day. Book a paid tour with your stay and the stay itself is 10% less (you always get the single best discount). Groups of seven or more, please book 10 days ahead.
- Meeting point
- Atami Station, 14:00.
- Weather
- Fuji, the stars and the fireworks depend on the sky; we tell you the evening before if it's worth going.
- Cancellation
- Guide fees follow the stay's cancellation tiers. Partners' own terms apply to theirs.
On the mapG3
Central Atami · About 2 km from the house
Sources
- 01
From 31 March 1951 the Saturday-only semi-express Hatsushima ran packed with honeymooners bound for Atami and Itō; the honeymoon boom lasted until Miyazaki took over as the classic destination.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab) - 02
In 1961 Atami's hot-spring resort counted 11.5 million visitors, the most in Japan.
Source: city.atami.lg.jp (opens in a new tab)
Ask us about a date.
Tell us the day, who's coming and what you'd like to see. Your host replies within a few hours, in English or Japanese.
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