The Truth About Tokyo's Maid Cafe

Themed Maid cafés can be found in Akihabara–Tokyo’s Otaku Mecca.
Otaku means people with obsessive interests.
There are Anime otaku and Manga Otaku-fans of Japanese comic books, Gemu Otaku–fans of video games, and Cosplay Otaku (wearing costumes).

Japan’s geeks are a sub-culture in Japanese youth culture that has their obsession for Anime and comic books (Otaku).

In the Maid Cafe young Japanese women dress in French-maid outfits and treat their customers like masters.

Akihabara is home to fans of Anime, icons and games. They are involved also in Japanese Cosplay role-playing games and prefer cuteness and child-like appearance in women.

The opening of the first Maid café was in 2000. This started a trend that became super-popular.
You can actually see lines forming in front of these Café's at certain hours.

Recently Japanese women are getting their share of the fun, since 'Butler cafés' have opened too.

What Happens In A Maid Café?

The Manga-style maids play the role of a house servant. They serve the customers as if they were their masters.

Examples? greeting them with 'Welcome home Master' when they enter.
Spoon feeding the customers is acceptable too.

Basically these cafe's are the perfect escape for Japanese men from work tensions.

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