Besides the animal themed cafes, you can find an abundance of other themed cafes that have fun, cute, or interesting concepts. Today, I will be introducing a few to give you an idea of the range of the themed cafes in Tokyo.
- Mahika Mano: This cafe replaces all chairs with hammocks. A perfect place to relax, read a book, or just sway in your hammock as you enjoy the ambiance of the cafe. If any hammock catches your attention, you can even buy one.
- Moomin Cafe: Moomin is a character from a novel written by a Swedish speaking Finnish author, Tove Jansson. If you go by yourself, you can sit across from a large Moomin stuff animal so you don’t feel alone while you enjoy the Moomin themed dishes.
- Detective Cafe Progress: If you’ve been wanting to meet a real-life private detective, this is the cafe for you. You can ask them questions about their job and participate in activities, such as fingerprinting, getting special effects makeup done, or finding wiretaps.
- The School Lunch Lady: If you want to experience what it was like eating lunch at a Japanese elementary school during the late Showa Period (1965-1989), this could be a fun cafe experience. They serve many popular lunch items and you eat in a classroom setting as if you went back in time to when you were in elementary school. The only downfall is that they only accept groups of 3-10 people.
- Butlers Cafe: This is a cafe not many foreigners will be interested in visiting. For Japanese girls, it’s a perfect opportunity to interact with the foreign male staff (“butlers”) and practise their English. From the tiaras, roses, strict rules for behaving like a princess, the cafe aims to make girls feel like a princess. If you so desire, you can even have a butler carry you like a princess.
This list isn’t even the tip of the iceberg, but it’s a start. I’ll continue to introduce more as this blog progresses.
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