Backyard Coffee And Jazz In Kyoto, Japan:
One of the things I read about while getting ready for our vacation in Japan were these famous tiny businesses: bars or izakayas with four seats, narrow little bookstores or record shops in people’s houses or the bottom floors of small buildings, hyper-specialized or themed bars owned by one passionate guy. (There’s one that’s chock-full of Star Wars memorabilia, for example.)
Ain’t this a friend of the gestalt? I’m daydreaming of how to run a pop-up software and coffee shop in my driveway, whilst somehow steering clear of neighborhood associations and zoning regulations. Maybe more of a lemonade stand than a “shop”. 😉