The Starbucks on the eleventh floor of Shibuya station has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the famous crossing, the nearby ultra-modern office buildings, and a multitude of immense screens advertising anti-COVID measures, cosmetics, and Coca-Cola. Unfortunately, the proprietors of this establishment noticed the opportunity, and renting a window seat for thirty minutes costs around a thousand yen. So I’m sitting on a slightly uncomfortable raised chair that faces a wall and using my imagination instead.