Horiguchi Coffee Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; President: Yasushi Wakabayashi), a specialty coffee shop, will open a new store called HORIGUCHI COFFEE & GELATO at the large-scale mixed-use complex BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai on March 19, 2026 (Thursday). This marks the company's first store in Kanagawa Prefecture and its first expansion outside Tokyo.
The store introduces gelato as a core offering for the first time for Horiguchi Coffee, proposing a new way to enjoy specialty coffee through the Italian "bar" style, where coffee is a daily part of life. Specialty coffee is expressed through gelato, drip coffee, and espresso, and combining gelato with coffee creates an expanded and layered flavor experience. The store also offers a variety of coffee beans and Yokohama-exclusive merchandise, serving as a new entry point to specialty coffee in the Horiguchi Coffee style.
Brand's First Original Gelato
One of the store's major features is the introduction of gelato, a first for Horiguchi Coffee on a full-scale basis. The gelato, made in-store, generously uses Horiguchi Coffee's specialty coffee. Two flavors are offered, each highlighting the distinct characteristics of the beans and roasting styles. The unique qualities of each coffee clearly come through in the gelato's flavor, and combining them with drip coffee or espresso allows for a more multidimensional enjoyment of the flavor profile.
The gelato is supervised by pastry chef Maiko Baba, who operates BIEN-ETRE and FLOTO. Her sensibility, which values the background of ingredients and seasonality, brings out new expressions of coffee.
Gelato (Double) ¥650 (tax included)
Menu Examples:
- Coffee and Gelato (Double) Set: ¥1,150
- Gelato: Single ¥550, Double ¥650, Triple ¥750
*All prices include tax
Yokohama and Horiguchi Coffee
BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai, opening in front of Yokohama-Kannai Station, is a large-scale mixed-use complex featuring commercial facilities, hotels, offices, and cultural/exchange functions. As a new gateway to the Yokohama-Kannai area, it has been drawing attention even before opening.
For Horiguchi Coffee, Yokohama is an important area, home to the "Yokohama Roastery" near Yokohama Port, where coffee green beans from around the world gather, making it central to the brand's operations. As awareness of the roasting facility has grown, many requests for a Yokohama store have been received, leading to this opening.
Building on the history of cultural and business exchange and diverse values since the port's opening, the facility symbolizes the next generation of Yokohama, serving as a starting point to deliver the appeal of specialty coffee to more people.
Limited Products
A Yokohama-exclusive retail product, Drip Bag YOKOHAMA ROASTERY, is available.
The package, featuring the roasting facility "Yokohama Roastery" located near the store, depicts roasting scenes and brewing moments. It makes an excellent souvenir for visiting Yokohama or a gift for someone special.
Drip Bag YOKOHAMA ROASTERY (6 bags) ¥1,620 (tax included)
"HORIGUCHI COFFEE+●●" Begins: First Store Adds Italian Food Culture
This store is part of a new format developed by Horiguchi Coffee called "HORIGUCHI COFFEE+●●," which aims to open up specialty coffee more widely.
Since its founding in 1990, Horiguchi Coffee has consistently focused on quality from green bean selection through roasting and brewing. While maintaining this expertise, adding diverse food experiences through "+(plus)" redefines the value of coffee itself and creates new "encounter spaces" with specialty coffee for more people.
In 2026, "HORIGUCHI COFFEE+●●" is planned to expand to both Yokohama and Ariake, with this store as the first. This location adds +(plus) Italian culture, where coffee is part of daily life. Italian food culture through bars and gelato is combined with Horiguchi Coffee's specialty coffee, expressing coffee's appeal through drip coffee, espresso, and gelato. Combining these three forms allows for an expanded flavor experience.
Bar Space with White Walls and Terrazzo, Open to the Port City
The store design was handled by architect Akio Takatsuka. The space is conceived with inspiration from the "bar" culture, familiar in Italy as a casual daily place to enjoy coffee and light meals.
The space, featuring monochrome plastered walls and ceilings with vibrant terrazzo floors, evokes the limestone townscapes and sandy beaches of Santorini Island in the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea, transit points for coffee's arrival, and resonates with Yokohama's exotic port city atmosphere.
Store Details
- Store Name: HORIGUCHI COFFEE & GELATO
- Address: 1-1-1 Minatomachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture BASEGATE Yokohama Kannai Inheritance Road 1F
- Access: 1 minute walk from JR Negishi Line "Kannai" Station, 1 minute walk from Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line "Kannai" Station, 7 minutes walk from Minatomirai Line "Nihon-Odori" Station
- Hours: 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM
- Closed: In principle, no regular holidays (excluding facility closure days)
- Area: Approximately 31.5 m²
- Opening Date: March 19, 2026
Gelato Supervisor
Maiko Baba
After graduating from a foreign language university and learning pastry-making independently, she worked at Michelin-starred restaurants before opening BIEN-ETRE PÂTISSERIE in Yoyogi-Uehara, Tokyo in 2010. In 2017, she opened the gelato shop FLOTO gelato & biscuit (Sangubashi), and in 2022, BIEN-ETRE MAISON (Yoyogi-Uehara). She is highly regarded for her delicate dessert-making that values the natural aroma and flavor of ingredients.
For this store, she supervised the reconstruction of Horiguchi Coffee's specialty coffee flavor in gelato form.
Store Design
Akio Takatsuka
Representative of Aaat Inc., a first-class architectural firm. After graduating from Kyoto University and Paris-La Villette School of Architecture, and working at Toyo Ito & Associates, he established his independent practice in 2010. Major works include the Toppan Printing showroom "Aurora" and the Nakazato Tarouemon Pottery "Ochawan Kiln Memorial Museum." He has received numerous awards domestically and internationally.
For Horiguchi Coffee, he has designed the roasting facility "Yokohama Roastery" and major stores including "Otemachi One Store," "Komae Store," and "Tamagawa Takashimaya S・C Store," with this store being his fifth project.
About the Company
Founded in 1990 with the brand concept "THE NEW COFFEE CLASSIC," Horiguchi Coffee is a specialty coffee shop aiming to enhance the value of coffee and contribute to enriched lifestyles. Core operations include coffee bean roasting and sales, green bean supply, and café management.
Using only the highest quality green beans, most sourced from producers with long-term trust relationships, and through meticulous roasting and careful selection at the Yokohama Roastery, the company continues to present new standards of quality as a specialty coffee pioneer. The company also promotes sustainability initiatives from a "Coffee and SDGs" perspective, obtaining Yokohama City's "Y-SDGs Certification" Superior grade and the "Eruboshi Certification" under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
Company Name: Horiguchi Coffee Co., Ltd.
Founded: May 1990 (Heisei 2)
Established: July 19, 1996 (Heisei 8)
Capital: ¥10 million
Headquarters: 1-12-15 Funabashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-0055
Representative: President Yasushi Wakabayashi
Number of Employees: 88 (as of February 2026)
Main Business: Coffee green bean supply and roasting, roasted coffee bean sales, café management
Brand Site: https://www.kohikobo.co.jp/
Online Store: https://kohikobo.com/
Official Instagram: @horiguchicoffee
Official X: @kohikobo
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horiguchicoffee/
