Tokyo · coffee
Kissaten North of the Tracks
Koenji
Siphon coffee, jazz that is not a costume, and ashtrays still in use.
“I only write about it because the master does not read English blogs.”
bookshop · Shimokitazawa
English and Japanese paperbacks chosen like mixtapes.
The owner left a chain and now stocks only books she would lend a friend. There is a cat that is not for content.
Ask the bicycle shop for the books, not the bookstore.
Second floor above a bicycle repair
“I bought a novel because she said it was sad in a useful way.”
Tokyo · coffee
Koenji
Siphon coffee, jazz that is not a costume, and ashtrays still in use.
“I only write about it because the master does not read English blogs.”
Tokyo · food
Nishi-Ogikubo
Eight seats, one broth, a ticket machine that still jams.
“I have never seen it on a map app under its real name.”