KUROMON COFFEE

In 2019, KUROMON COFFEE opened in Fukuoka City’s Chuo Ward, in the neighborhood of Kuromon. Its owner, Yosuke Yatsuda, took the opportunity to leave his home prefecture of Miyazaki after quitting his job as a teacher and has now spent over ten years in Fukuoka and Tokyo pursuing the depths of coffee. He runs his store with a desire to make it something that blends into the lives of the local townspeople while also working as a culinary training college lecturer. We spoke to him, and he had the following to say.  An unassertive coffee shop Now that the world is full of coffee shops and cafes, the majority put a focus on their concept or their owner’s approach. KUROMON COFFEE, however, makes a conscious effort to not. It...