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The Best Cafes to Study or Work From in Osaka

We have rounded up some of the best cafes to study or get some work done in Osaka.

Osaka — Last updated 3 Jan 2023

The Best Cafes to Study or Work From in Osaka

Are you tired of working at the office or from home and want to get some work done or study while drinking a nice cup of coffee? Well, fret not, we have rounded up all the best places in Osaka where you can study or get some work done.

Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba

Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba

Brooklyn Roasting Company Namba

Osaka · Namba Station

Brooklyn's largest café in Japan, a big concrete and wood space under the tracks near Namba.

  • Industrial
  • Urban

&Island, Kitahama

&ISLAND

&ISLAND

Osaka · Yodoyabashi Station

A large, casual café with an industrial interior in Yodoyabashi-Kitahama.

  • Casual

Amenities: Wifi, Electrical Outlet

Brooklyn Roasting Company, Kitahama

Located in the Kitahama area is the extremely trendy Brooklyn Roasting Company. The café opens early (one of the earliest of this list) at 08 AM but due to its popularity fills up with customers quite quickly.

The café offers wifi as well as electrical outlets to charge your devices.

Brooklyn Roasting Company Kitahama offers many different types of coffees (espresso, macchiato, cortado, drip etc) as well as tea, ginger-ale or cocoa. They also sell a variety of sweets (donuts, cake, canelés, cinnamon rolls and donuts) and even delicious sandwiches.

Amenities: Electrical Outlets, Wifi

SOT Coffee Roaster, Temmabashi

SÖT COFFEE ROASTER

SÖT COFFEE ROASTER

Osaka · Temmabashi Station

A Scandinavian-style café between Tenmabashi and Tanimachi 4-chome.

  • Casual
  • Scandinavian

SOT Coffee Roaster is spacious cafe located near Temmabashi station with a Scandinavian style interior design.

From the outside it looks like the cafe only has a standing counter but behind the stairs is a passage that leads to the seating area in the back.

The seating area is spacious with a large table in the center, a counter with sockets to charge your devices, two standard tables and even sofa seats for small meeting. Its and ideal cafe for studying or getting some work done.

Amenities: Electrical Outlets, Wifi

Sanwa Coffee Works, Tenjinbashi-6Chome

Sanwa Coffee Works

Sanwa Coffee Works

Osaka · Tenjinbashi-6-chome Station

A café, roaster and shop near Tenjinbashi 6-chome, run by the third generation of a coffee family.

  • Casual
  • Scandinavian

On a 5 minute walk from Tenjinbashi Rokuchome station in a quiet neighborhood is ‘Sanwa Coffee Works’ cafe, roaster and shop. Sanwa Coffee works is a spacious 2 story cafe that also sells coffee and coffee related products.

The first floor of the cafe has a cafe area and shop in the front and in the back of the cafe are the order counter and stairs that lead to the 2nd floor. On the second floor is another café area and the roastery that is separated by glass windows. Both large tables on the 1st and 2nd floor have electrical outlets for your devices.

The menu at Sanwa Coffee Works is pretty big, besides the obvious large variety of coffees they also serve breakfast, hotdogs, baguettes and a variety of sweets including a trademark pudding.

Amenities: Electrical Outlets, Wifi

Saturdays NYC, Shinsaibashi

Saturdays NYC Osaka

Saturdays NYC Osaka

Osaka · Shinsaibashi Station

A New York surf brand's shop and café between Shinsaibashi and Yotsubashi.

  • Casual
  • Minimal

Saturdays Surf New York or Saturdays New York as the original shop is called is a combination of a surfing apparel shop and a trendy cafe located between Shinsaibashi and Yotsubashi. Originated in New York, it currently counts 9 shops globally with 5 in Japan, 2 in the States and 3 in Australia.

The Shinsaibashi cafe has a spacious and minimal modern interior with a long hardwood table that spans half the shop. An ideal place to get your work done, although it has no electrical outlets. Those however can be found on the square bench on the left side of the café.

Amenities: Electrical Outlets, Wifi

Granknot Coffee, Yotsubashi

GRANKNOT Coffee

GRANKNOT Coffee

Osaka · Yotsubashi Station

A popular specialty coffee café in Kitahorie, open since 2013.

  • Industrial

Located in the popular Yotsubashi district right next to Shinsaibashi, is cafe and coffee specialty shop ‘Granknot Coffee’.

The cafe has two large tables in the back to study or to do some work.

Besides coffee, Granknot sells delicious freshly baked sweets from West Wood Bakers in the nearby Shinsaibashi district.

The shop also sells it’s own brand of coffee. So this is definitely the perfect place for coffee lovers.

Amenities: Wifi