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CC’s Coffeshop were covered with brown,
finely-textured cloth. The
regory Dunne furniture was of rough cut
Grecalls his memo- wood. Nothing shined.
ries of his first visit to Cid Even the silverware was
Corman’s CC’s in the Kyo- worn to a dull finish.”
to Journal. Besides introducing

“Inside, a round pa- the American cheesecake
per shade softly diffused to the Japanese populace,
the room’s only light; the CC’s Coffee Shop was a
floor was made of stone, place of poetry, with pa-
large uneven slabs of var- trons enjoying the desserts
ious sizes and shapes,” alongside readings and
Dunne writes. “The walls performances.

Photo courtesy Daniel Bratton Photo courtesy Daniel Bratton

CC’s
Assorted Homemade Ice Cream
and Cakes

182-3 Juraku-Nishi-cho Nakagyo-ku,
Kyoto

Culture Cornerstone in roles and in rigid per- Different movements, every day inside coffee-
formance standards,” she ranging from the liter- houses. Even individual
n Coffee Life in Ja- surmises. ary to the political, have patrons can find solace in
Ipan, Merry White “In addition, cafés grown from gatherings in such places.
declares that “Cafés serve have been the crossroads cafés. Perhaps the thought-
important functions in Ja- for the global flows of cul- However, more in- fully curated jazz, drifting
pan.” ture and politics; globally timate revolutions have as smoothly as the aroma
“Some particular to sourced coffee and foreign occurred in these estab- of coffee, can be a balm
Japanese society where lo- cultures have defined such lishments as well. Con- for disillusionment and
cations such as school and places and the people who nections are made and the loneliness of the soul.
workplace can demand frequented them,” White reinforced between cups
much from an individual, concludes. and casual conversations