A place where you can pay staff to look over your shoulder to help you stop procrastinating.
Manuscript Writing Cafe
A trip to the deadline cafe in Tokyo, where staff won’t let you leave until you’re done writing
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Oona McGee
Apr 26, 2022 - Tweet
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- (cafes • COK • cool • crazy • Koenji • Manuscript Writing Cafe • P.K. Sanjun • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • weird • writing)
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