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The Imaginary Coffee Shop In The Sea
Wouldn’t it be great if you could be constantly by the sea? Or in the Forest? Or in the middle of a Storm even?
Do you know what you can’t find within Tokyo? The Sea. Oh, yes, it’s quite close. But you definitely have to make an effort to go see it.
Last weekend I went on a trip about 2 hours away from Tokyo with some friends. It started as a relaxing day at the onsen in a forest and finished by the sea, enjoying the beautiful sunset — as you can see in my profile picture.
But when we got to the sea, I felt the weirdest déjà-vu ever. I tasted coffee in my mouth and felt a warmth that made me want to take off my shoes and get working.
Definitely not what you’d expect from the sound of the waves hitting the rocks, right? Neither did I but I closed my eyes and understood.
I’ve been writing in a coffee shop for more than a year and always listen to the sound of waves and of a campfire to block out the coffee shop’s disturbing music. Without knowing it, I conditioned myself to feel as if I were by the sea at a coffee shop but it ended up working the other way around too.
