660892 Tue Oct 20 05:41:09 -0700 2009 11 45 Japan 0 5116597 Good place to spend some time, people watch and hopefully enjoy some decent coffee between Shinjuku and Shinagawa preferably not a chain? Wifi would be ideal but rare i know Tue Oct 20 05:41:09 -0700 2009 145598 dougiedd 1 5117495 I have enjoyed Paul Bassett in Shinjuku. A chain, but great coffee. http://www.paulbassett.jp/ Tue Oct 20 11:09:49 -0700 2009 5116597 11720 Yukari 2 5121985 Here below a link to a web page of "coffee" mania : http://www9.plala.or.jp/coffee/jika/tokyo/map23.htm Please do a research only on the light red ones, and you will have a choice of 4-5 places between Shinjuku-Shinagawa. Coffee Lapin in Okachimachi is a nice one. Thu Oct 22 02:26:40 -0700 2009 5117495 1082452 Ninisix 1 5125398 Did you want someplace along the Yamanote line? "Between Shinjuku and Shinagawa" covers much of central Tokyo. Wired Cafe (Harajuku, Gotanda and other locations) has Wifi and a lively atmosphere. Seat Mania is great if you like designer chairs. Armwood Cottage occupies a rustic, log cabin-style space right in Shinjuku. Atic (Harajuku) has a nice open-air garden. BiOcafe (Shibuya) has good organic coffee and is non-smoking. Farmer's Cafe (Harajuku) has lots of patio seating and is dog-friendly. Those and many more are listed here: http://www.bento.com/tccafe.html Fri Oct 23 10:10:53 -0700 2009 5116597 12676 Robb S 2 5126247 Most of those don't open until 11, but the op is looking specifically for cafes open in the morning. Question to the op--how early in the morning? Most places don't open till 9-ish. If you want something earlier, you're pretty much stuck with Starbucks. The one in the Main Marui Building, however, is quite nice and very quiet at 7am. The coffee sucks, but the atmosphere seems a little nicer than at other locations. I hate Starbucks, but I'd go back to that one if I ever had the need for a place to sit around and do nothing early in the morning. Fri Oct 23 15:31:04 -0700 2009 5125398 55178 prasantrin 3 5126929 Hey, 11am is in the morning! Sat Oct 24 00:00:50 -0700 2009 5126247 12676 Robb S 4 5129006 True, but for some of us 11am is right around afternoon nap time! :-D Sun Oct 25 05:42:53 -0700 2009 5126929 55178 prasantrin 5 5129071 Asides from the fact that I would support any person who can make an echo of Mussolini's ephithet and "make the plane run in time", I am agree, the Starbuck hasn't be an overly experience. However, speeking about the chain coffee, the Tullys'corner front Isetan or the Doutor classic are more a quick classic catch than the waiting of Starbuck. Sun Oct 25 06:44:51 -0700 2009 5129006 1082452 Ninisix 6 5129252 I personally find Starbucks much more pleasant - Tully's doesn't serve nonfat milk, and my local branch has uncomfortably hard chairs in the non-smoking section (but soft armchairs in the smoking section). The "iced latte" at Doutor comes from a paper carton and is undrinkable, and the air is unbreathable. But the OP asked about cafes, not coffee shops. Sun Oct 25 08:54:38 -0700 2009 5129071 12676 Robb S 6 5129812 In terms of the coffee, I usually prefer Tully's to Starbucks, but in terms of early morning atmosphere, Starbuck's is more comfortable, and is completely smoke-free. Doutor is, for me, a last ditch resort. The coffee stinks as does the store (the cigarette smoke always filters over to the non-smoking section--same with Tully's). As for the rest of what you said, I have no idea what you're talking about. Sun Oct 25 14:34:51 -0700 2009 5129071 55178 prasantrin 7 5130488 In a word,oops. Frankly, not a fan of Mussolini's word, but a big heavy coffee drinker... and in regard of the regulatory system on just-in-time, the Starbucks 'waiting at the cashier' and 'the waiting at the coffee corner' is a dog contradictory one on time take out. Doutor coffee is an old fashion one, coffee is not great but very cheap in compare for just a take out... Sun Oct 25 19:07:16 -0700 2009 5129812 1082452 Ninisix 8 5133728 To add : The StarYuk cafe`s don`t feel confortable. The coffee is more a water thing, internationalized taste and are far from the French and Italian coffee ''tasse'' ones. Hope to have complete the review on it. Tue Oct 27 00:35:14 -0700 2009 5130488 1082452 Ninisix