When Amit Chhetri opened a coffee roastery and cafe adjacent to Todoroki Valley in a quiet corner of Tokyo¡¯s Setagaya Ward in the summer of 2020, during the height of the pandemic, his friends told him he was crazy.
¡°Although I understood my friends¡¯ reactions, my attitude was that things happen all the time in this world, and you cannot just stop living,¡± says Chhetri. ¡°Owning my own cafe was my dream, so I decided to take the challenge.¡±
Today, Chhetri¡¯s is a rising star on the local coffee scene. When I visited on a recent weekday, his cafe was filled to capacity with customers flocking to savor Japan¡¯s only Himalayan specialty coffee, which he serves farm-to-cup.
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