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Traditional French Crepes In The Mt Aso Region
In my post-university years, I was lucky enough to live in France for a time, where I developed a love of traditional Breton galettes. Sadly, these savoury buckwheat pancakes aren't readily available here in Japan, outside of the major c...

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Until now there has been a relative lack of cat cafes (or their various spin-offs with dogs, owls, rabbits and more) in central areas. If you search, you can find some around Shibuya, Shinjuku and other major commercial centers, but often the largest or most popular are in slightly...

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A Hip Spot With an Impressive Drink List
Located steps away from the Utsunomiya Castle Ruins Park this café is a great stop no matter what time of day. With the wide range of specialty drinks combined with the rich food and relaxing atmosphere, it’s no wonder this place is often at f...

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Mainstream Italian Fare In an Elegant Setting
Eating in an art space somehow makes everything tastes better. From the airy ceilings, the hushed cultured conversations, it seems that every bite takes on an extra dimension as form, taste, texture and function are studied in a different...

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A Boozy Lunch Experience
Besides being famous for it’s drunk cows, Kobe also has a decent café scene. The fool proof way to a savvy lunch or kitsch coffee is definitely (in my opinion) Motomachi. A 10 minute walk south-west of Sannomiya station will land you in café central. Vintage ...

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 Old Fashioned Menu And Service
For Itoko Ohara, 1924 was the best of times and worst of times. Business and high fashion bloomed in peace time, and for an impressionable 11 year old, her visits to the big cities of Kobe and Osaka took her to department stores like Takashimaya, made ...

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Warm And Relaxing Café Right Opposite Yoyogi Park
 
Located on the corner of Yoyogi Park, Bondi Café offers a great vibe, accompanied by good food and drink. Its bright and spacious nature mixed with a warm ambient light, makes you feel utter relaxation, further heightened by the bac...

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Visit Kyoto's Modern Open-air Cafe Called Sagano-yu 
There used to be an old public bath (called a sento) located in the residential area close to the JR Saga-Arashiyama Station in Sagano.
The original building was known as Sagano-yu, which was built in 1923.
For the locals, it was a...

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 Music, Hand-roasted Coffee, And Curated Charm
Pulling into the town of Nasu-shiobara on a crispy fall evening, we searched for the venue where the concert was to be held. Used to the tiny dive bars of Tokyo where you can easily get close enough to lick the sweat off the musician (...

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Chic Coffee In Shibuya
Feel inspired when you appease your next series of withdrawal symptoms by dropping by Streamer Coffee Company. Although the café itself is still wet behind the ears, its owner and head barista has been in the business of coffee for 11 years.
After opening i...

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