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Emma Goto

@emmago.to

Software engineer living in Tokyo 🗼 tinkering on my blog @ emgoto.com and hiking Japan's mountains one peak at a time ⛰️ Currently taking a break from full-time work, but on the side I'm also helping build @hardcover.app 📚

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Emma GotoAug 7, 2026

MÖWE COFFEE ROASTERS, Koenji

MÖWE COFFEE ROASTERS is a small coffee store and cafe in Koenji. Once inside the store, you can grab a seat and take a look at the menu - the barista will come over and take your order when you are ready.

Emma GotoAug 6, 2026

ROZI coffee, Shin-Okubo

Rozi Coffee is in Shin-Okubo - a cafe hotspot I am yet to mention on this blog. It's the station next to Shinjuku on the Yamanote line, and is most famous for being Tokyo's Koreatown.

Emma GotoAug 4, 2026

National Crafts Museum, Kanazawa

To break up our long drive back to Tokyo from Mt Haku, we decided to stop off at Kanazawa's National Crafts Museum. Actually i've never visited Kanazawa - my only impression of it had been that huge structure that lives outside Kanazawa's train station.

Emma GotoAug 3, 2026

July 2026

Making new friends, drawing boxes and doing some knitting.

Emma GotoJul 30, 2026

Taiwan Travelogue

Taiwan Travelogue is about a Japanese woman named Aoyama Chizuko who spends a year travelling around Taiwan in 1939, and writes a book about her experiences - especially on all the delicious food she gets to eat. By the end of this one I was for sure craving noodles.

Emma GotoJul 29, 2026

KIELO COFFEE, Akihabara

I recently popped by KIELO COFFEE in Akihabara, a small cafe and roaster specialising in light roast pourover coffee. They do also have milk-based coffee and matcha lattes available as well.

Emma GotoJul 28, 2026

Mt Haku: hiking one of Japan's Three Holy Mountains

A lovely long day hike with alpine views, with option to turn into an overnight hike at the mountain hut near the summit.

Emma GotoJul 27, 2026

Kuramae's book stores: Tomei and Readin' Writin'

Japan has some really great bookstores, but unfortunately they have mostly been off of my radar due to my poor Japanese reading skills. I'm hoping to work on that over the next few years - actually I'm finding just by living here my reading skills have been improving.

Emma GotoJul 26, 2026

Death of the Author

Death of the Author is about a Nigerian American author named Zelu who gains immediate worldwide popularity when she publishes the sci-fi book _Rusted Robots_.

Emma GotoJul 25, 2026

Coffee Counter Nishiya, Asakusa

On a recent weekend we found ourselves back in Kuramae to check out another of its many coffee stores - Coffee Counter Nishiya. This one came at the recommendation of a barista from another coffee store we had visited, so we were sure it wouldn't disappoint (and it didn't!)

Emma GotoJul 24, 2026

ignis, Sendagi

ignis is a small pourover coffee store off the Yanaka Ginza shopping street in the Sendagi / Yanaka area.

Emma GotoJul 23, 2026

Ammonite Coffee Market, Hongo

Ammonite Coffee is a roaster and cafe that sits a short walk away from the University of Tokyo campus in Hongo. Maybe it's because of the location, but it had probably the most reasonable price I have ever seen in Tokyo for a decent cup of pourover coffee - only 600 yen.