Weekend Sunrise Bake & Coffee

Located in the Sumiyoshi-Miyamachi neighbourhood of Kobe’s Higashinada Ward, the lovely Weekend SUNRISE BAKE AND COFFEE is just a three-minute walk east of Hanshin Mikage Station. The café occupies the ground floor of a distinctive yellow building, standing out against the quiet residential surroundings.

Opened on January 19, 2025, the shop was founded by owner Takeuchi, a qualified nutritionist who had always enjoyed baking. Before opening her own business, she spent two years training at a café specialising in freshly roasted coffee. Her aim was to combine her knowledge of nutrition with her passion for baking and coffee, creating a small neighbourhood shop focused on quality ingredients and handmade products.

The exterior is understated, with a wooden entrance set into the ground floor of the yellow residential building. Inside, the shop takes inspiration from Australian-style coffee stands, favouring a clean, modern and practical design over a traditional café layout. The space is particularly compact, with a standing counter accommodating approximately three to four customers.

The main attraction is the selection of gluten-free homemade baked goods, all prepared without wheat flour. The selection includes carrot cake, muffins, chocolate chunk cookies and seasonal cakes, with savoury options such as quiche and savoury muffins also appearing on weekends. One particularly interesting example is the Victoria cake, which changes its ingredients and flavours according to the season. The coffee is equally important: beans sourced from Osaka's Chevron Coffee Roasters are ground and hand-dripped individually to order, with attention paid to daily temperature and humidity. The generous 370ml serving makes it a particularly good match for the homemade sweets.

Weekend SUNRISE BAKE AND COFFEE stands out for its combination of carefully prepared hand-dripped coffee and flavourful gluten-free homemade baking in a welcoming neighbourhood setting.