Shinshinsha Cafe

Shinshinsha is a lovely “green” cafe in the outskirts of the Sumiyoshi Ward, South Osaka that offers more than just an enjoyable lunch. The cafe is located on a 10 minute walk from Midosuji line’s Nishitanabe station but there is a car and bicycle parking available right in front of the cafe.

While the cafe’s exterior might be hidden by the numerous plants displayed outside in front of the shop, it can be easily recognized by the giant antique metal shipping container in front of the cafe.

The cafe’s wooden interior is very spacious and offers both counter seats near the windows as well as table seats of which some have comfortable sofa seats.

The wooden antique style tables and chairs give the cafe a nice aged feel. Right next to the cafe is an atelier where customers can join various kind of handmade goods workshops like ceramics, metal engraving, accessory making and more.

The shopsname shinshinsha comes from one a combination of the Japanese kanji characters 森　(mori = forest) in the shopkeeper’s name and 舎 (sha = house). Kind of like “An oasis in the city”.

We really recommend visiting Shinshinsha if you have the chance.