Meikyoku Kissa Lion

2-19-13 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, 150-0043, Tokyo
Café

About

On a hillside in Shibuya, Yanosuke Yamadera opened this classical music café in 1926 and designed the building himself, inside and out. It burned down in the air raids of 1945 and came back five years later in the same design. The wooden speakers stand about three metres tall in the back wall, and what plays through them is classical, from a record. No photographs, phones on silent, voices low.

Genres

Classical

Tags

No talking

Contact

Website+81 3-3461-6858Directions

Opening hours

Monday
13:00–20:00
Tuesday
13:00–20:00
Wednesday
13:00–20:00
Thursday
13:00–20:00
Friday
13:00–20:00
Saturday
13:00–20:00
Sunday
13:00–20:00

Last order 19:30. Closed over New Year and for a few days in summer.

Venue details

Listed since
October 2026

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