Yuge Roaster

“Delicious coffee is a wonderful thing to drink”. It’s a simple phrase but it’s like an aroma of carefully brewed coffee floating through the air. Yugé Roaster was established in 2013 in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. And as of 2021, it has three shops in the city offering specialty coffee. We interviewed the owner, Yasuhiro Okamoto, who is committed to contributing to the community through coffee while blending into the town. How a young man who couldn’t drink coffee opened a coffee shop In the busy streets near Nishinomiya Station, you can find a heavy door peeking out from a lush greenery. “When we opened the main shop, there were no coffee shops around and I think people felt like ‘something strange had come in’. But people around supported...