Japanese-style coffee shops, also known as a kissaten, become less popular as the craving for western-style espresso drinks and steamed milk heat up

Little Nap Coffee Stand by Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of New York Times.

Kissatens, which have been been around since 1888, is a the traditional way that Japan enjoys coffee but with the introduction of westerns-tyle coffee shops, the kissaten might be losing some traction with the newer generation of coffee drinkers.
The New York Times notes that “…A kissaten is more about the experience than what’s in the cup” and also highlights a couple of places to check out western-style and Japanese-style coffee