We all know that many people like to go to the café (咖啡馆) and drink some coffee there. They can talk with other people and listen to music when drinking coffee. However, the "silent(沉默的) cafes" are very popular in Tokyo, Japan these days. A young woman sits alone (单独地) in a café. She is drinking coffee and reading a book. After a while, she writes some words on the notebook and then she shows it to the waiter. It says "Where is the toilet (厕所), please?" We can see many "silent cafes" in Tokyo. They look the same as other cafes. But people in "silent cafes" can't speak.

They can only talk with each other by writing on the notebook. The "silent cafes" are very popular in Tokyo, because some people there are under too muchpressureof work, and they need a place to relax themselves. They want to stay alone for some time, so they like to go to the "silent cafes".