cafe life

This kind of nice, outdoors cafe is rare in Tokyo, especially one where you can comfortably bring a pooch. Most cafes are of the chain kind, many allowing smoking, often dark and no/few windows and food that is processed in plastic bags maybe 3 days before. The ones that do have a table or two outside are full of filthy cigarette smoke/butts and/or so close to the road that you inhale both cardon monoxide from exhausts and cigarette smoke.....I really, really value our beautiful cafe scene in Melbourne and feel a little bit at home when I sit at this little table and chairs arrangement hidden amongst the bay leaf fence.