Before we moved to this city but after we had visited and were planning to move... somewhere around here, we watched a Japanese dating show that took place in this very city. It was called "Offline Love" and shown on Netflix. It featured a group of Japanese young single people none of whom knew each other. They were sent wandering out into this city and given a base. The base was a cafe/restaurant that had been closed down, rented out for the duration of the show, which was maybe a week and a half or so? They turned in their phones and were given a mailbox where they would receive messages from the show, and could send and receive them to and from each other. Also there was always some nice food at the cafe for them, and tables to sit at. Mostly though it showed them wandering this city with a sort of bespoke guidebook, sometimes alone and sometimes together, and there were some specific area related trips or dates as well.
The "point" of the show was to see how much fate could bring them together, though there were also some events and dates that would contrive to bring couples together in particular ways.
I'm not sure when this show was made, maybe a couple of years ago. We have eaten at the cafe, which is on a very charming square down the street from here. In fact there really aren't that many days we don't walk by that particular cafe. The show must have been popular back in its home country. I always like to look in at the people sitting at the restaurant just to make sure there is at least one Japanese couple or group having a drink or food there.
There always is.
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