Craig Mod’s newsletter Ridgeline features a wry account of a fashion photoshoot in a pizza toast café for the Uniqlo clothing wear in-house magazine. In search of good coffee at Kyoto Station I stumbled upon the very article at the front of the little Uniqlo store there.

Author and walker Craig Mod in a sweater is seated at a table with pizza toast, featured in a magazine, which includes both English and Japanese text.

Now you’re probably wondering whether they let him keep the sweater. That’s what they call a cliff-hanger, though admittedly it’s a small cliff.

And if you’re wondering where to get ok coffee at the station, it’s Caffe Ciao Presso. I’m telling you this, Internet friends, so you can correct me, but not if you like Americano (I’m from Sydney after all).

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