Photo of inside the jazz kissaten. On the table is the blue paperback book with a giant banana sculpture on it The the right is a white mug of black coffee and a plastic wrapped Biscoff cookie on a small plate. Both are on a big wooden table. In the distance is another long table and chairs. In the corner are stacks of jazz records & you can see the back of thd grey haired Japanese owner changing the record at the turntable

#NowReading2026 THE LITTLE BOOK OF BIG AUSSIE ICONS by Craig Scutt via The Five Mile Press imbibed at Jazz Altec #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee #Jazz #JazzKissa 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky #JazzSky #KissaSky

A photo outside the coffee shop. In the shade is the book on a round metal table with a white coffee mug of black coffee with the sloth mascot on it. Behind it is a narrow cement ramp. To the left is the lower half of a cyclist and a car in the distance

#NowReading2026 SANTIAGO CALATRAVA: THE POETICS OF MOVEMENT by Alexander Tzonis via Universe Publishing imbibed at Black Sloth Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Architecture #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

On a worn brown wooden square table is the light blue paperback library book. To the left is a black plastic lidded paper coffee cup with a brown sleeve with the words YANAKA COFFEE below their logo. Legs of mall shoppers can be seen in the distance

#NowReading2026 BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU by Sally Rooney via @faberbooks.bsky.social thanks to Arakawa Ward Public Library imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Grand Opening of Tokyo Noie Nishiarai Exhibition Hall Set for November 1st, 2025 On November 1st, 2025, the Tokyo Noie Nishiarai Exhibition Hall will officially open, showcasing modern urban lifestyles in a unique three-story wooden structure.

Grand Opening of Tokyo Noie Nishiarai Exhibition Hall Set for November 1st, 2025 #Japan #Tokyo #Nishiarai #Tokyo_Noie #Hiroshimas_Construction

Photo is outside the cafe. On a round tan wooden table is a white mug & saucer of black coffee. To the right is the purple & green paperback book. In the distance a man on a motor scooter can be seen on the street

#NowReading2025 TOWARD ETERNITY by @antonhur.com via Harper Via imbibed at Brunch & Coffee Grains de Cafe #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #Coffee 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

The blue paperback book has an illustration of a fat white man dressed all in white. To its right is a paper cup of coffee. It has a plastic black lid and a Yanaka Coffee brown coffee sleeve. In the distance you can see the lower half of 3 male patrons sitting at a table

#NowReading2025 GOD BLESS YOU, MR. ROSEWATER by Kurt Vonnegut Jr via Dell Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky #CoffeeSky

Wakas Corporation Ventures Into Innovative Bathing Experience Business Wakas Corporation announces an exciting new bathing business in collaboration with leading marketing partners, aiming to redefine the bathing experience.

Wakas Corporation Ventures Into Innovative Bathing Experience Business #Japan #Nishiarai #Wakas_Corp #Horitayu #Bathing_Culture

Tamiya Home Completes Complex Demolition in Nishiarai, Adachi Ward Tamiya Home successfully completed a challenging demolition project in Nishiarai, Adachi Ward, overcoming complex boundary issues and narrow spaces to advance land regeneration.

Tamiya Home Completes Complex Demolition in Nishiarai, Adachi Ward #Japan #Tokyo #Demolition #Tamiya_Home #Nishiarai

The white paperback book sits on a reddish brown wooden table. To the right is a grey pottery mug of black coffee. Up above on the white wall opposite is the bottom of a cloth banner that says COFFEE

#NowReading2025 JUSTICE: WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO? by Michael J Sandel via @fsgbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Kimamakafue Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 #Coffee #Books 📚 💙 #CoffeeSky #BookSky

A paperback book with a large black equal sign on it is on a grey wooden slated table. To the right is a white shake in a plastic cup with a thick red straw.

#NowReading2025 THE NEW EQUALITY by Nat Hentoff via The Viking Press (1965) imbibed at Che #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books 📚 💙 #BookSky

Photo is of a slim maroon hardcover library book with illustrated books along the border and a library bar code sticker at the bottom. It is on a wooden slatted table. To the right is a tannish shake in a clear plastic container with a large pink straw. In the distance below can be seen the neon sign above the cloth obstructed entrance of a Japanese sento

#NowRead2025 SEVEN KINDS OF PEOPLE YOU FIND IN BOOKSHOPS by Shaun Bythell via @profilebooks.bsky.social imbibed at CHE #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books 💙 📚 #BookSky

Photo is a counter against a window. The blue paperback book has a photoshopped b/w photo of the Statue of Liberty holding the world cup trophy instead of a torch and a soccer ball in their other hand. A wooden tray is to the right. On it is a tannish roll cake and a black mug of black coffee

#NowReading2025 HOSTS & CHAMPIONS: SOCCER CULTURES, NATIONAL IDENTITIES & THE USA WORLD CUP edited by John Sugden & Alan Tomlinson via Ashgate Publishing (1994) imbibed at Make Sweets House #Nishiarai #西新井 📚 💙 #Books #Coffee #CakeShop #Soccer #SportsStudies #BookSky #CoffeeSky #CafeSky

The large square black hardcover book sits on the wooden table To the right is a trat with a green fluted bottle in the middle. A plastic wrapped Biscoff cookie is on a tiny white plate to the right of the bottle. A cylindrical glass with square ice cubes is to the left of the bottle. A large shelf of jazz records can be seen in the distance as can a record player to the left of the shelf

#NowReading2025 WEIRD OHIO by James A Willis, Andrew Henderson, Loren Coleman via Sterling Publishers imbibed at Jazz Altec #Nishiarai #西新井 #Books #BookSky #Jazz #JazzSky #JazzKissa

The photo is of the book upright on a wooden counter. The book has a photo of a bookshelf with a bowler hatted shadow of a man imposed over it. To the left is a plastic black lidded brown paper coffee cup with the Black Sloth Coffee black sloth logo

#NowReading2025 THE MAN WHO LOVED BOOKS TOO MUCH: THE TRUE STORY OF A THIEF, A DETECTIVE, & A WORLD OF LITERARY OBSESSION by Allison Hoover Bartlett via @riverheadbooks.bsky.social imbibed at Black Sloth Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 📚💙 #BookSky #CafeSky #CoffeeSky

The photo is of a coffee house counter looking out onto a rainy street. The white paperback book is on the brown wooden counter. It features a photo of a young long blue, pink, & black haired Japanese woman in a black tank top & black jeans with a camera covering her nose & mouth. The brown outside/white inside cup of black coffee has a profile of a black and white sloth logo. Outside you can see an intersection. A old blurry Japanese man is heading left on a scooter where another old blurry Japanese man wearing a mask is on a bicycle on the distant sidewalk heading right

#NowReading2024 INVISIBILITY BY DESIGN: WOMEN & LABOR IN JAPAN'S DIGITAL ECONOMY by Gabriella Lukács via @dukepress.bsky.social imbibed at Black Sloth Coffee #Nishiarai #西新井 📚 💙