Ikaruga, Nara, Japan｜Cafe Zadan

When we pass this shop by bicycles on our way to Horyuji, this old house coffee soup and its sign “Home roasted coffee” caught our attention and after exploring the temple we came back here for a cup of coffee and some rest. And it turned out to be a beautiful place! It’s an old tradition house just at the temple and it offers a large variety of single origin coffees, a couple of cake types, and some simple but delicious food for lunch (we got dry curry and ginger pork which were more expectations). Prices very reasonable, and after you buy coffee you can get one more cup of coffee for only 200 yen. We also bought coffee beans (home blend with a picture of a cat on the pack - it is somehow helps stray cats of the area) and some chocolates which are really tasty. The stuff is incredibly friendly and we had a great pleasure discussing the temple with her (it turned out that she occasionally works as a tour guide at the Horyuji temple). Definitely recommend this hidden gem to visit!

An old Japanese style house converted into a cafe. It was a welcome break after walking under hot summer day. I ordered the Zadan Shaved Ice which has ice cream, cookies , azuki beans and 白玉(don't know the English name ). The spoon is shaped like a shovel so it feels like you are digging treasures 😊. Coffee, curry are also in the menu.

可愛い夫婦が営むオシャレカフェ☕️居心地ばつぐん♪また来たくなる素敵なお店です。