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Going to a place you know nothing about can offer an exciting sense of mystery. The same is true for Japan’s maid cafes, which often pique interest from foreign tourists. What kind of place is a ...
The first permanent [1] maid café, Cure Maid Café, was established in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan, in March 2001, [2] but maid cafés are becoming increasingly popular. The increased competition drove the cafes to employ more diversified themes, gimmicks and even unusual tactics to attract customers. [ 3 ]
While most cosplay restaurants and maid cafes cater mostly to men, there is also a type for women called the butler café (執事喫茶, shitsuji kissa).The butlers in these cafes are well-dressed male employees and may wear either a typical waiter's uniform or even a tuxedo or tails. [11]
Maidreamin's all-female staff wears identical bright white, pink, and blue maid uniforms and the restaurants serve kawaii-themed meals and drinks. [8] The staff members perform a short ceremony at each table when serving their customers, and delivers a musical performance on the restaurant's stage every two hours.
Butler cafés were conceived in response to their popularity, after entrepreneurs noted a rise in Internet message board postings from female otaku – devoted fans, particularly of anime and manga – who had a negative perception of maid cafés, and who sought a "role-reversing alternative" to them.
The Akihabara Trilogy [1] [2] [3] (萌えキュン＠MOVIE [4], Moekyun@Movie) is a series of films set in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. The plots of the films revolve around the cosplay and otaku subcultures associated to the location, with themes such as maid cafés and collectible action figures .
Each episode ran about 15 minutes, and took place in Akihabara, Tokyo - the cyber city of Japan. The story begins when a woman named Saki, an ex-bar girl, tries to find a job to hide from a group of yakuza. She ends up getting a job at a Maid cafe called Meido no miyage (Maid's gift). She is the third maid to be joining the cafe.
He is the CEO of the "Maid & Butler Izakaya GON-chan cafe". Diva Risa MacMaWhite (出井馬リサ・マクマホワイト, Deiba Risa Makumahowaito) Voiced by: Shoko Nakagawa (Japanese); Janelle Lutz (English) [3] She is Master's manager. Black Hole Kurota (ブラックホール 黒田, Burakkuhōru Kurota)