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Backyard Coffee And Jazz In Kyoto, Japan

A "magical" experience, and what we get when we let people pursue their passions

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Addison Del Mastro
Jun 23, 2025
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One of the things I read about while getting ready for our vacation in Japan were these famous tiny businesses: bars or izakayas with four seats, narrow little bookstores or record shops in people’s houses or the bottom floors of small buildings, hyper-specialized or themed bars owned by one passionate guy. (There’s one that’s chock-full of Star Wars me…

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