It’s late afternoon in the suburbs of Tokyo, and in the narrow confines of the Manuscript Writing Café the tension is rising. At the bar, a woman named Mayumi is finishing off an article about songwriting. And at the window there is me, racing to meet my deadline for The Sunday Times. There are toffees and tea bags on the bar, but they are little more than an afterthought. The Manuscript Writing Café is unusual in various ways, not least because the last thing you come for is

Source: The Times April 24, 2022 23:29 UTC