Philosophy

vanillabeans history

The story begins from a tiny prefab, April 2000. With the sole purpose of making fine sweets from the heart for many people all over the world, it developed little by little through its online shop, all thanks to the numerous customers. I one day saw the actual situation of cacao farms wasn’t really fair, and that’s where I started to use fair-trade chocolate for sweets making with a wish to make the situation better. What we have in our mind: we make chocolate to make everyone - including who eat, who make, and who grow - smile. We go great lengths to thoroughly sustain using the finest ingredients to create delicious sweets, and provide warm and comfortable service. May chocolate bring a happy smile to everyone around the world!

Katsuhisa Yagi Patissier and managere

Chocolate story

bean to bar

We buy cocoa beans from countries of South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, and roast the beans to create artisan chocolate by well-balanced combination of hand work and real high-spec machineries all at our factory in Yokohama, Japan. Bean to bar - making chocolate from raw beans witht suitable ingredients by a suitable process - is our way ofo chocolate making. Bean to bar chocolatiers are now attempting to create their own unique chocolate, just like us setting our sights on making new, unique and delicious chocolate. To us each day is a new journey full of new discoveries of cocoa, that will not end.

PRODUCTS

tablet chocolate

We have about 20 to 30 flavors of bars from single origin to special blend. We’d love you to enjoy the flavors all different from origin to origin and that’s why we put much value on ingredients and process, and we spend 48 hours for one chocolate. Our bars are handcrafted with simple ingredients and our very own recipe. Enjoy the intriguing flavor and taste of cocoa! Tablet Chocolate is available at our shops in Japan.

Minatomirai Shop

- January 2014 open

Our first retail shop was opened in 2014, just beside the famous tourist area Minatomirai, with a beautiful view of it. The small chocolate shop with big glass windows has a factory inside. Based on the theme “Be excited”, all is built to produce excitement. You will meet with cool machineries, see chocolate factory through glass windows, and smell savory roasted cocoa turning into quality chocolate ... One and only experience.

Kawasaki Shop

- July 2015 open

We opened the second shop in 2015, near the Kawasaki Station. You can spend relaxed time in our cafe space. Convenient location allows you to purchase gifts whenever you want. The concept, get to "Be excited", is always in our mind. As there are many kinds of shops in the neighborhood, why don't you coming to our shop after shopping? we will offer you an excited and lovely moment.

Kamakura Shop

- February 2019 open


Temporarily closed

We opened the third shop in Kamakura. In the Shop where light flows into, you can enjoy drink and sweets. You can spend time when a heart feels at ease in the space that is feeling the watmth of the wood. Limited in Kamakura store sweets & goods, some of them are Buddha motif,make you smile. "It be surely a good day today." We will aim at the marking of shop which rooted in the area under the theme of "Neighborhood".

VANILLABEANS THE ROASTERY

- October 2019 open

We opened the forth shop in YOKOHAMA HAMMERHEAD. At the best location of the view, you can overlook the sea and the scenery of Minatomirai. You can enjoy a view of the world of unprecedented VANILLABEANS. We are thinking the new project in future for the workshop. Our evolution continues still more.

VANILLABEANS BAYSIDE

- June 2020 open

We opened the fifth shop in YOKOHAMA BAYSIDE in June 2020, which has an ice cream factory and the concept is to find something new value for sustainable chocolate. We are making ice cream with our fresh craft chocolate. Why don’t you enjoy relaxing time with our sweets after shopping in the outlet shopping park? Also, in this shop, we are irregularly selling imperfect products at sale price, such as an edge of ganache, which is usually thrown away. We are trying to reduce food waste for the future. We hope you have a good time in our shop and come back again.

shop data

about vanillabeans shop


VANILLABEANS
MINATOMIRAI SHOP

5-25-2, Kaigandori, Naka-ku,
Yokohama, Kanagawa
TEL. 045-319-4861
OPEN. 11:00-19:00(CAFE L.O 18:00)
CLOSE. Wednesday

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VANILLABEANS
KAWASAKI SHOP

26-2-1042, Honcho, Kawasaki-ku,
Kawasaki, Kanagawa
TEL. 044-201-7891
OPEN. 10:00-21:00(CAFE L.O 19:00)
OPEN 365 DAYS a year

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Temporarily closed


VANILLABEANS
KAMAKURA SHOP

1-2-2, Yukinoshita,
Kamakura, Kanagawa
TEL. 0467-60-5550
OPEN. 10:00-18:00(CAFE L.O 17:00)
CLOSE. Wednesday

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VANILLABEANS
THE ROASTERY

HAMMERHEAD 2F
2-14-1, Shinko, Naka-ku,
Yokohama, Kanagawa
TEL. 045-323-9007
OPEN. 11:00-21:00(CAFE L.O 20:00)
OPEN 365 DAYS a year

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VANILLABEANS
BAYSIDE

MITSUI OUTLET PARK C Block 1F
5-2, Shiraho, Kanazawa-ku,
Yokohama, Kanagawa
TEL. 045-355-0510
OPEN. 10:00-20:00(CAFE L.O 19:00)
OPEN 365 DAYS a year

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- POP-UP STORE -
VANILLABEANS
THE ROASTERY TOKYO

TOKYO GIFT PALETTE
1-9-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL. 03-6268-0877
OPEN. Weekday/9:30-20:30
Sat.Sun.Holiday/9:00-20:30
OPEN 365 DAYS a year

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CONTACT

no chocolate, no life.

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get.

MINATOMIRAI SHOP

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・ Three minutes on foot from exit 4 of Bashamichi Station
・ Ten minutes on foot from Blueline Kannai Station
・ Ten minutes on foot from Blueline or JR Sakuragi-cho Station

KAWASAKI SHOP

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・ Two minutes on foot from JR Kawasaki Station East Exit
Azarea entrance stairs
・ Directly from Keikyu Kawasaki station

KAMAKURA SHOP

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・ Seven minutes on foot from JR Kamakura Station
・ Seven minutes on foot from Enoshima-dentetsu Kamakura Station

VANILLABEANS THE ROASTERY

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・ Ten minutes on foot from Bashamichi Station
・ Twelve minutes on foot from Minatomirai Station
・ Fifteen minutes on foot from JR Sakuragi-cho Station

VANILLABEANS BAYSIDE

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・Five minutes on foot from Torihama Station


VANILLABEANS THE ROASTERY TOKYO

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・Go out JR Tokyo Station Yaesu north exit



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4-26-4, Okamura, Isogo-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
045(750)2630
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