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[rampo]

Any recs for a cafe around Namba where I can do some writing for extended periods of time along with a cup of coffee? A bit like the student coffeehouses in the US or any cafe in France. I know it's not very Japanese but I'd like to spread my wares around a bit- books, notebooks, laptop, coffee.

[markle]

Do you smoke also?
I ask because that's the major contributor to the 'atmosphere' in most coffee shops.

[canuck]

[rampo]

I don't smoke.

[rai]

Most of my favorite cafe's are too small to work in, unfortunately. Sometimes when I 'm doing some work and feel like a change of venue, I'll go to Bagel & Bagel at Namba Parks. They have lots of tables and there's usually a few open. The vegetarian bagel sandwich is good (lotsa pesto) but to be honest their coffee and tea are vile.

I'm sure you're already familiar with the Starbucks/Tully's options. There's a nice big Tully's in Umeda near the Loft. There are some cool little cafes in Ame-mura, but most of them don't really seem to appreciate someone monopolizing one of their few tables for hours, just for the price of a cup of coffee.

My experience has been that the better the cafe, the less available space for doing work. Oh, what work do I do? I teach an intensive communicative English class and...Oh wait, I'll just let my little biotch canuck explain it for me. Might as well make having a trolling stalker work FOR me

[rebecca432]

I've only been here a couple months but I've found that restaurants like Royal Host are awesome for hanging out at and doing work. They are 24 hours, have a drink bar, and have tables you can spread out at. It's just like going to Dennys in the US in some respects. I see people doing work in there all the time. If you can find one near you I'd suggest you try it.