K COFFEE: Roast and Pause on Yanagi Street
Pause at a small roastery in a reused petrol station, with hand-drip coffee and beans to carry on through Koriyama's old streets.
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K COFFEE's Yanagi Street stand and roastery gives a contemporary reason to wander beyond Koriyama Castle. The local tourism association identifies the site as a converted former petrol station; the roaster describes a move to Nara, a neighbourhood coffee workshop, and a route through cafés before opening this stand. Today the operator emphasizes hand-drip drinks, single-origin coffee, espresso and beans roasted for everyday use. The website also advertises a Kintetsu Koriyama Station outlet, so this guide's map point, hours and walking directions apply only to the 4-46 Yanagi location.
Read the old service station as part of the town's new life
The city tourism association calls this a former petrol station adapted into a coffee venue, while Visit Nara describes the original shop as part of a reuse effort along the shopping street. That setting is the appeal: a compact stop woven into ordinary Yanagi Street rather than a staged historic café. Visit Nara's phrases about having opened 'two years ago' and monthly flea markets are undated relative to the shop's current operation and cannot be used as 2026 event schedules. Observe the structure from public space, then check any market announcement separately instead of planning around a presumed monthly event.
Choose a drink or a bean without assuming an old menu
The roaster's own About page names freshly prepared hand-drip coffee, single-origin options, espresso, children's café au lait and packaged beans. The online store currently displays Hidenaga Blend, drip bags and rotating origin beans, with prices that belong to online product variants, not necessarily an in-store cup. A child-labelled café au lait product and the drink have different formats; ask staff what is on the counter today and whether it contains milk or caffeine. The prefectural directory mentions small pastries, but the operator's current pages do not confirm a daily food menu, so MyNara does not promise one.
Keep the Yanagi stand distinct from the station outlet
The operator's homepage now also shows a K COFFEE Kintetsu Koriyama Station outlet. Other local listings place a newer counter near the station, but the official pages reviewed here give the detailed address and business hours for Yanagi 4-46. The two counters should not be collapsed into one map pin or given the same unverified hours and menu. This guide is for the former-service-station location, reached on foot from Kintetsu Koriyama in about ten minutes or JR Koriyama in about fifteen by the operator's estimate.
Use the current contact, not an older directory assumption
K COFFEE lists 10:00–17:00, Wednesday and Thursday closed, and 090-6986-3255 for the Yanagi stand. It separately advertises a 24-hour vending machine for beans; that does not mean the café counter, toilets or seating remain open around the clock. Visit Nara calls payment cash-only, but the operator's current pages do not confirm the counter's accepted methods, so carry cash and ask. The tourism association lists a different telephone number, 0743-25-4237, while agreeing on the location and hours; use the operator's 090 number for a same-day query. Parking is described by the association as a single bay opposite the shop, not guaranteed space for a visiting car.
Make the coffee break fit the castle-town walk
Yanagi Street also leads toward Koriyama Hachiman Shrine and the older merchant area. A cup here can be paired with a castle visit or a goldfish-themed stop without implying that all are open on the same day. Visit Nara's coordinate is a general location marker, not a measured entrance. An outdoor former service station may have thresholds and limited weather shelter; step-free entrance, seating, toilets, allergy handling and photography consent were not established from the operator's site. Ask before building a mobility-critical or food-dependent stop around it.
What to look for
Former petrol station reused as a coffee stand
Hand-drip drinks and roaster-sold beans
Walkable Yanagi Street stop between town sights
Photo notes
No rights-cleared MyNara photograph of the shop, brewing, staff, customers or goods is held. Operator, association and Visit Nara images are research only. Ask before photographing the counter or identifiable people, and obtain explicit reuse permission for editorial/commercial images.
Make a day of it
Explore guides close to this map point, then check the actual route before travelling. Distances below are straight lines, not walking distances or travel times; map points may not be entrances.
Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 19 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.
- K COFFEE operator — Yanagi address, roastery, drinks, hours and walking times
- K COFFEE operator home — telephone, bean vending and separate station outlet mention
- K COFFEE online collection — changing bean/drip-bag catalogue, not an in-store drink tariff
- Yamato Koriyama Tourism Association — former petrol station, location, one-car parking and conflicting phone
- Visit Nara D01216 — English listing and older payment, pastry and market claims