Approximately 1 hour and 17 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This delicatessen and coffee shop opened in Nago, Yanbaru in November 2021. The prepared food and coffee shop, which can be easily taken out or eaten on the second floor, is very popular among young people in Uchina for its new sensation!
Point 1: “sōen Coffee & Prepared Food STAND” is very beautiful in the way it is displayed!
There have been delicatessen shops in Okinawa for a long time, but never like this! says a young Uchinawan.
Have there ever been delicatessen shops with a bare concrete interior?
In November 2021, a new delicatessen called “SOEN” was suddenly opened in a former clinic, and the colorful side dishes sold there look like art. The colorful delicacies sold at SOEN are like art.
The delicacies are arranged in beautiful display cases as if they were selling cakes, and it is very exciting to see them.
The deli menu changes daily, but it does not necessarily include Okinawan dishes such as shrimp chili, shrimp spring rolls, stewed hamburger steak, and healthy spaghetti salad made with local ingredients.
Newly offering bento boxes and chicken curry for takeout, the restaurant seems to be attracting more and more young locals!
And above all, the way this restaurant is and its very existence is fashionable.
Point 2: What kind of drinks does “sōen Coffee & Prepared Food STAND” offer?
SOEN’s coffee is also particular about coffee beans, and they use beans from Tokyo’s ONIBUS COFFEE.
Recently, there have been a lot of exchanges among various coffee makers in the industry, and baristas are invited as guests, but the attitude of being particular about beans and choosing from a variety of beans from various stores, not just the place of origin, is also very current!
The cafe latte (500 yen), which is even milder than the coffee, is especially popular and many people become addicted to it! The simple logo coffee cups are also stylish!
The shop also sells black tea made by Kanakawa Tea, which is almost exclusively available locally, and their enthusiasm for contributing to local production for local consumption is amazing.
Point 3: The second floor of “sōen Coffee & Prepared Food STAND” is a community space!
Here, SOEN specializes in takeout, but you can eat at the “Coconova” community park on the second floor.
The former hospital building is spacious and has plenty of room.
There were already several families with their children eating there, and it must be nice for local mothers to have a safe place to feed their children even on rainy days.
This community space also has a large number of books available for free reading.
It looks a bit like a book café, which is very stylish.
