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It was applied as an agnomen or honorary surname to Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, a third-century Roman statesman and general.

This week’s Word of the Week is cunctator, from Latin meaning delayer or procrastinator. What about you? Do you like the sound of the Manuscript Writing Café, or would it be your worst nightmare? The only drawback, as far as I can see, is the fact that it doesn’t actually serve food. I sat in the sunshine with a notebook, and made a decent amount of plotting progress. Last week, I had two appointments in a town about ten miles away that were just too far apart to leave me at a bit of a loose end between them, but not far enough to make it worthwhile making two trips. If I’m at home, I’ll work at my desk, outside in the garden, with my feet up on the sofa (if I don’t get pinned down by a cat) or in bed. Personally, I like any working environment. Plus, being away from home means not being distracted by any one of a dozen different domestic tasks that are clearing their throats on the sidelines. There’s something about the background buzz that allows them to concentrate far better than being at home. I know many writers who do their best work in local cafés. There is no music unless the writer puts on headphones, and the ambient noise from outside is enough, it seems, to provide a subtle stimulus. This varies from just enquiring into progress at the end of the allotted session, to hovering behind the writer’s chair and, presumably, giving the occasional quiet tut. On the technical side, the café provides high-speed wi-fi, a range of docks and chargers, and even cooling stands so your laptop won’t overheat, even if your brain begins to fry.Ĭustomers are, apparently, not allowed to leave before the project is completed, and can request various levels of ‘encouragement’ from Kawai. For that, you get an unlimited supply of tea or filter coffee, and chairs that do not encourage a relaxed slouch. Kawai charges by time-150 Japanese yen for the first thirty minutes ($1.18/£0.93) and 300 yen per hour after that. The only other requirement is that you must state what you aim to achieve while you’re there, and how long you think it will take you. Patrons may book one of the ten seats available if they are actively working on a writing project, but this can be anything from a novel to a manga storyboard. It is situated inside a recording and broadcasting studio-Koenji Sankakuchitai-so is open only when the studio itself isn’t in use. The small café is open afternoon through evening from 1pm to 7pm. It is intended not only to give writers, artists, editors and proofreaders somewhere to work, but as much encouragement as they feel they need to get on with it.

The Manuscript Writing Café is run by Tykuya Kawai, who is also a technical writer.

Feel the urge to pick up a penguin while you, er, pick up a Penguin**? Then the Penguin Bar at Ikebukuro is the place for you.Īnd if it’s the world of Lewis Carroll you crave, take a trip down the rabbit hole at the Alice in Fantasy Book restaurant in Kubukicho, Shinjuku.īut in April this year, a new themed café opened in the Koenji neighbourhood. Want to go somewhere you can cuddle a hedgehog while you sip your cappuccino? You need to go to the Harry establishment in the Roppongi district. When it comes to themed cafés and restaurants, there’s no doubt that Tokyo, Japan leads the world.