SOL'S COFFEE

SOL’S COFFEE operates three specialty coffee shops in Tokyo’s low-lying shitamachi districts, including Kuramae and Asakusa-bashi, and a research and development base called LABORATORY in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture. Its representative Rieko Arai founded SOL’S COFFEE with her friend in 2009, when she was 22 years old. Sho Nakajima, then Arai’s yet-to-be husband, joined as store manager in 2017. In our interview, the couple shared SOL’S COFFEE’s philosophy – nurtured and established over time – and their dream arising from it. Introducing people to coffee A stroll along the street from Asakusa-bashi Station to Kuramae takes you past office buildings and retro shops. Cast a glance across a large intersection into an alley, and you will find SOL’S COFFEE ROASTERY, its unassuming storefront perfectly blending in with...