You're in a breezy, open space, bathed in light. Frothy indoor plants and burnished wood surrounds vibrant splashes of azure. While sipping a "green fairy," that traditional spirit of artists around the world, someone passes you a shisha, or water pipe, and you inhale sweet, fruit-soaked tobacco. You could be anywhere along the Mediterranean Sea, from Greece to Israel to Morocco, but you're not. You're in Cafe Absinthe in Osaka and your host is Russian Dmitri Farberov.