I noticed a new Zoka Coffee shop in Akasaka not long ago, and I wasn't familiar with it from Seattle, so I thought some company was trying to capitlaize on Seattle as a sort of brand for Coffee-there are Tullly's and Starbucks all-over Tokyo. Then I saw an insert, in the Japanese magazine Casita, which gave information about the company and the other shops in Seattle, and introduced a new branch in Meijiro, which isn't far from where I live in Myogadani. Bauhaus Books & Coffee, a Capitol Hill Coffee shop that I have frequented in the past, was one of the shops profiled, so inadvertenly I was familiar with the company. Other shops include: Caffe Vita, Hines Public Market Coffee, Caffe Appassionato, University Zoka, and,Original Zoka. Smoke-free gourmet coffee shops are welcome to me-there are lots of great cafes in Tokyo, but few are smoke free. I think it's interesting that the owners totally skipped the domestic market and opted for Japan (as far as I know) to expand their empire.
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