It is good friday - a good friday. I slept in and decided not to worry about things today. I went to Calhoun’s to work instead of the lab because it is a holiday after all. Also missed Vancouver coffee houses. There is something about Calhoun’s that I don’t like. Maybe that they cater but their food is still not that great. Maybe because they seem overly concerned with making money and when I sit in there I feel as though I am being “priveleged”. But the large space and coffee the size of my head wins me over.

Afterwards my plan was to go to the lab but in front of the bus stop was another café offering free wireless: Kava - on W Broadway near Macdonald Street. A little stark in atmosphere for my tastes but the walls were a good colour and it is the type of place where, if you sit near the front window, you can feel as though you are taking advantage of a sunny day even if you are sitting inside.

I am not used to afternoon coffee and I may have screwed myself out of a good sleep tonight but, besides being a bit wired, a feel really peaceful having been able to enjoy the places I was in today.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a place similar in comfort in Japan (not to say that there are not comfortable places there - just of a different form).
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Is this because these places do not exist in Japan or because, given my background, I cannot find the same comfort and atmosphere in the Japanese equivalent?
Does someone from Japan sit in a Vancouver café and feel an atmosphere that they cannot find back home?