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Meet Shohei: Yamagata's most eccentric cafe (and Armadillo) owner

And didgeridoo, and rainstick, and mukkuri, and Berimbau...

Oct 03, 2025
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Yamagata has its fair share of eccentric cafe owners; Kadowaki-san from Tsuruoka’s Coffea instantly springs to mind, but there are countless others. Among them, no one stands out, to me at least, as much as Shohei-san from Espresso in Yamagata City.

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