カフェ巡り

• 読み: カフェめぐり
• ローマ字: kafe meguri
• 漢字の分解: カフェ (café, from French/English) + 巡り (touring/going around, from 巡る 'to go around') → café touring
• 発音: /ka.fe me.gu.ri/

意味

Café hopping — visiting multiple cafés as a hobby, often to enjoy different atmospheres, speciality drinks, and photogenic interiors.

カフェ巡り has become a hugely popular hobby in Japan, especially among young women and Instagram users. It involves deliberately visiting multiple cafés to compare vibes, try signature drinks, and photograph beautiful interiors or latte art. Many people document their カフェ巡り on social media, and popular areas like Shimokitazawa, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, and Kyoto are known as café-hopping destinations.

例文

1. 休みの日はカフェ巡りするのが趣味なんだ。
2. 表参道でカフェ巡りしたら3軒もハシゴしちゃった。
3. カフェ巡りが好きすぎて、行った店を全部ノートにまとめてる。

使い方ガイド

場面: friends, social media, lifestyle conversations

トーン: enthusiastic, hobby-like

正しい言い方

• 週末カフェ巡りしない？ (Want to go café-hopping this weekend?)
• カフェ巡りでおすすめの街ある？ (Any good areas for café-hopping?)

避ける言い方

• カフェ巡り is a casual hobby term — avoid using it in formal business contexts when you mean visiting cafés for meetings

よくある間違い

• Thinking カフェ巡り just means going to a café — it specifically implies visiting multiple cafés, often as a deliberate hobby

起源と歴史

From カフェ (café, from French/English) + 巡り (touring/going around, from 巡る). Emerged as a lifestyle trend in the 2010s with the rise of speciality coffee culture and Instagram.

文化的背景

時代: 2010s, grew with speciality coffee and Instagram culture

世代: Millennials and Gen Z, especially popular with women

社会的背景: Urban lifestyle culture

地域メモ: Used nationwide. Popular café-hopping areas include Shimokitazawa, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, Daikanyama in Tokyo, and Kyoto's historic districts.