An Original Waffle Specialty Store, Crispy on the Outside and Fluffy Inside, Opens in the Important Cultural Property 'Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library'! Taste the 'Waffle Connecting Past and Present' in Historic Architecture
Hitototo Inc., operating 'Bread, Espresso &', will open an original waffle specialty store 'Kako to Ima' inside the historic Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library on April 3, 2026.
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Hitototo Inc. (Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo / CEO: Takumi Yamamoto), which operates 66 stores nationwide including the bakery cafe 'Bread, Espresso &' in Omotesando, will open an original waffle specialty store 'Kako to Ima' inside the Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library on Friday, April 3, 2026.
### ■ A special place where 'past and present' overlap
The setting, Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, is a historical Neo-Baroque building constructed in 1904 (Meiji 37). Featuring a profound stone exterior and a beautiful domed ceiling, it is designated as a national Important Cultural Property.
Born as a new value within this space that has accumulated long years is 'Kako to Ima'.
The wish put into the store name is to 'connect the past (Kako) and the present (Ima)'.
Tasting the present in a historic place,
We offer such a special time.
### ■ A special place where 'past and present' overlap
The setting, Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library, is a historical Neo-Baroque building constructed in 1904 (Meiji 37). Featuring a profound stone exterior and a beautiful domed ceiling, it is designated as a national Important Cultural Property.
Born as a new value within this space that has accumulated long years is 'Kako to Ima'.
The wish put into the store name is to 'connect the past (Kako) and the present (Ima)'.
Tasting the present in a historic place,
We offer such a special time.