The shape of the traveler [Tokyo] in the dark coffee Xintiandi

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"when you don't know where to go, go to the middle of the eye!" This is a sentence I often say to my friends. In the casual walk map of Tokyo, the path along both sides of Kurokawa is a place that is not greasy and always has a fresh feeling. Especially when you are depressed, come here for a walk on a sunny afternoon, take a seat in a favorite cafe, read a book or chat with friends, or even just waste your time doing nothing, as if you have taken a dose of mood-specific medicine. can make people immediately find the peace of mind.

Streamer Coffee latte, sandwiches

Recently, I went for a walk in Zhong Mu Hei, and I fell in love with the two cafes, both of which were based on the concept of transparent coffee space. One is the Jaho Coffee at Plain People; with a refreshing minimalist design style and the other is the well-known Streamer Coffee Company Zhongmu black shop.

Plain People is a women's clothing store that sells clothes in a style that feels like a "big man" over the age of 30. In fact, such shops are not uncommon on both sides of Muheichuan, but the biggest difference in this shop is that it has attached this cafe called Jaho Coffee. Jaho Coffee has a long history. It turns out to be from a cafe in Boston. After opening four Jaho Coffee stores in Boston, Anil Mezini, the boss who likes Japanese culture, decided to step out of the United States and come to Tokyo to cooperate with Plain People to set up the first overseas branch.

After the introduction of Jaho Coffee at Plain People, the first 1/3 is used as a cafe, and the last 2/3 is the Plain People clothing space. Such a semi-open space, so that sitting in Jaho Coffee dining, there is no oppression, there is a sense of transparency. Maybe it's because the original interior design is based on a clothing store, which makes the facade of Jaho Coffee different from other cafes. The low-key attitude is my first impression of Jaho Coffee. There is no obvious sign, just put a triangle sign in front of the store. Passing outside the store, you won't even notice that there is a cafe here. Because today's coffee shop decoration, more used to use large floor-to-ceiling windows, but Jaho Coffee chooses narrow up and down, left and right long-shaped windows, so that it is not easy for people outside to see the space inside. But on the contrary, if you sit at the counter by the window, you can have a broad view of the black river.

The other is my favorite Streamer Coffee Company Zhongmu black store. Streamer Coffee Company is a coffee shop founded by barista Yoshi Sawada in Shibuya in 2010. Yoshio Sawada, who won the latte title in Seattle in 2008, is the first barista in Asia to win the award.

Immediately after the opening of the Streamer Coffee Company Zhongmu black store, it jumped to my heart when I went for a walk in Zhongmu black. Because the location is not located on both sides of Muheichuan, but hidden in an alley, so the crowd is also less than other stores, making the usual afternoon seem more leisurely and quiet. A specially set personal reading seat for a person, facing the floor-to-ceiling window, is a contented enjoyment to let the sun bathe between you and the book.

A latte, a sandwich and a window seat. Sometimes I hit the keyboard, sometimes I stare at the blue sky in a daze. The fragments of reality and fiction crisscross, in a fixed space, but occasionally think that they live in several worlds. The atmosphere of Streamer Coffee Company is very much like appearing in a cafe in New York, as if stepping into Brooklyn from the middle eye black, coffee space, such mysterious terrain shaped me, the shape of the traveler.

Resume of Zhang Weizhong

He is from Taipei and now lives in Tokyo. After earning a Master of Arts in Taiwan, he came to Japan in 2008. Graduated from Waseda University and Tokyo School of Design. He now works in the media industry in Tokyo. He entered the literary world with a novel when he was in college. Recently, as prose "what Tokyo looks like", travel notes "Magic Journey of Love", "Tokyo, half a day slow walk", "one day far away", the novel "Love Achievement".