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Owner Mosan runs Tarel from a small but practical repurposed shipping container, south of Nijo Castle in Kyoto.
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Built within the Shikiami Concon Complex, which comprises 19 containers and three renovated machiya (traditional townhouses), Tarel is close to a Jizo statue where neighbours come to pray.
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Tarel serves high-quality natural wines, strong coffee from Tokyo’s Switch Coffee, and simple home-baked goods from morning until night.
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The cafe-bar is an effortlessly relaxed space in an otherwise residential part of the city, and is made for work, rest and connecting.
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May 07, 2021
Photographed by
Mitsuru Wakabayashi