With Japan’s traditional coffee shops that flourished in the 1980s disappearing amid specialty stores, global chains and aging owners with no successor, a younger generation in love with the older era is stepping up. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/12/japan/society/japan-kissaten-young-owners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #cafes #socialmedia #instagram #coffee #showa