Correction: Tokyo Coffee Culture: What Makes It Unique
Corrected by Emir Baycan · Full-Stack Developer, Mobile App Builder and Web Platform Founder with expertise in SEO, automation, SaaS, AI visibility, DevOps and scalable digital products
Emir Baycan found something wrong, outdated, or unsupported on this page and proposed a fix. The publisher accepted the correction.
- Role
- Correction
- Publisher
- Down Under Cafe
- Topic
- Tokyo
- Status
- Accepted
- Date
- 15 July 2026
The exact change
The first official coffee shop in Tokyo, known as "Kissaten," opened in 1888.
The first official coffee shop in Tokyo, known as "Kahiichakan," opened in Ueno in 1888, founded by Tei Eikei.
Suggested change
The first official coffee shop in Tokyo, known as "Kahiichakan," opened in Ueno in 1888, founded by Tei Eikei.
Why this is better
3 issues fixed: The claim that 'the first official coffee shop in Tokyo, known as "Kissaten," opened in 1888' is inaccurate. The real first coffee shop, opened in Ueno in 1888 by Tei Eikei, was named 'Kahiichakan.' 'Kissaten' (喫茶店) is the generic Japanese word for a coffee/tea shop as a category, not the specific name of the first establishment. | The term 'Kōbō' as a name for Japanese-style iced coffee brewed directly over ice is fabricated; no such Japanese coffee term exists (Kōbō/工房 actually means 'workshop/studio' in Japanese and is unrelated to coffee brewing). The real term for this technique is commonly called Japanese iced coffee or Kyoto-style flash brew. | The References section cites three academic-style sources (Shimizu 2021 'Journal of Japanese Cultural Studies', Tanaka 2020 'Japanese Journal of Food and Beverage Research', Sugimoto 2022 'Tokyo Coffee Review') that do not correspond to any findable real publications; fabricated citation pattern.
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