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We check out the limited-time Sangatsu no Lion Cafe, eat stuff the characters ate!
- Joan Coello
Oct 20, 2016 - Tweet
Sangatsu no Lion (March Comes in like a Lion) has a limited-time cafe serving food right out of the manga!
- Japan
- (anime & manga • cafe • curry • limited time • Sangatsu no Lion)
Ted the delinquent teddy bear has his own cafe and bar in Tokyo!
- Kay
Oct 9, 2016
Interestingly, the foul-mouthed teddy bear seems to have a bit of a following in Japan, enough for him to get his own cafe and bar!
Step into a fairy tale at Japan’s new Beauty and the Beast themed cafe restaurant
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2016
This new eatery is transporting diners to another world with its special menu and atmospheric rooms.
- Japan
- (Beauty and the Beast • cafe • Chinatown • cute • Disney • Disney princess • restaurants • themed restaurants • Yokohama)
Hello, Hello Kitty Café! It’s about time we got some kawaii here in the US!
- Michelle Hughes
Jul 23, 2016
If this isn’t a good enough reason for you to make your way over to the Golden State, nothing will ever be!
The details are in — and things look as adorable as expected for the new Kirby Café!
- Kay
Jul 21, 2016
We’re happy to say that details on the locations, menu and merchandise for the Kirby Café have now been released!
- Japan
- (cafe • cute • game • Kirby Café)
Kirby Cafe to open for limited time this summer — we can’t wait to hear the details!
- Kay
Jul 10, 2016
All we can say is, “This is going to be soooo Cute!!”
Kyoto’s Living Room pug café lets all the dogs out【Photos】
- KK Miller
Jun 22, 2016
Find out why the biggest pug café in Japan is going to the dogs.
The cutest Rilakkuma toy will make you squee for cuteness and hunger
- KK Miller
Jun 17, 2016
The most relaxed bear in the world and his family make adorable goods.
- Cute, Entertainment, Japan
- (cafe • dango • goods • Rilakkuma • stuffed toys)
Bandai’s bakery/cafe to offer a variety of character themes — starting with Rascal the raccoon!
- Kay
Jun 8, 2016
Yup, you can never go wrong with adorable character-themed bread and coffee!
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Japan
- (BAKERY CAFE CHARABREAD • bread • cafe • EXPOCITY • Rascal)
We try cute Sailor Moon-themed drinks and food at the new Chibiusa Cafe in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Apr 17, 2016
From star compact burgers to “beauty charge” juices, this is the best way to consume a bit of Sailor Moon magic.
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
- (anime • cafe • cool • cute • food • manga • new opening • Sailor Moon • taste test)
New pop-up cafe in Tokyo offers drinks with hands-on animation, art and design on the side
- Jamie Koide
Mar 26, 2016
Next time you feel like taking a coffee break, why not head over to the NagaLatte Cafe in Harajuku, where you can try Snow Brand Milk’s newest beverage and experience what it’s like to work as a manga illustrator, animator, or other creative professional?
- Japan
- (anime & manga • BOTTLATTE • cafe • cafe latte • cool • events • experience • food & drinks • jobs • Tokyo)
Gudetama the lazy egg comes to Kyoto—as Japanese-style cafe treats!
- Kay
Mar 15, 2016
For a limited time, the MACCHA HOUSE cafe in Kyoto will be collaborating with Sanrio’s well-loved apathetic egg, Gudetama!
- Food & Drink, Japan, SE Asia
- (cafe • Gudetama • Kyoto • MACCHA HOUSE • Sanrio)
Kewpie Mayo Cafe celebrates Mayonnaise Day with a month of mayo-hem, special menu
- Evie Nyan
Mar 2, 2016
We visited the Kewpie Mayo Cafe on Mayonnaise Day, March 1, to sample some smooth and sophisticated mayo-drenched cuisine!
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (cafe • kewpie • mayo • mayonnaise • mayonnaise day • Restaurant)
Miffy Cafe in Shibuya looks so deliciously cute we could eat it right up 【Pics】
- Scott Wilson
Feb 29, 2016
Have you ever wanted to eat a super-cute, world-famous bunny? Now you can!
- Cute, Food & Drink, Japan
- (cafe • cute • food • Miffy • Shibuya • Shibuya Parco)
Rilakkuma Cafe opening in Tokyo, with an extra side of cuteness
- Jamie Koide
Feb 24, 2016
For a limited time during March and April, the Harajuku’s Rilakkuma Cafe in a Honey Forest Cafe will be serving up adorable Rilakkuma-inspired dishes and desserts.
Kyoto book cafe serves up cute cat parfaits in traditional Japanese machiya townhouse
- Oona McGee
Feb 18, 2016
Now you can enjoy all the delights of a cat-shaped dessert while immersed in the traditional culture of Kyoto.
- Cats, Cute, Japan
- (cafe • cats • cute • cute. cats • ice cream • Kyoto • machiya • parfait • sweets)
Unusual fish tanks lure visitors to old Japanese shopping district in Nara Prefecture
- Oona McGee
Feb 9, 2016
Inside a phone booth, a table, and in the shape of an old Japanese lantern, these fish tanks are some of the most unusual we’ve seen.
- Japan
- (aquariums • bizarre • cafe • coffee house • cool • cute • fish • fish tanks • Nara • unusual • wtf)
No boys allowed! Take a look inside Japan’s first cafe for female otaku ONLY
- Cara Clegg
Jan 4, 2016
A new cafe for female otaku in Osaka says neither boys nor normies are allowed. Naturally, we had to check it out for ourselves!
Sanrio’s lazy egg character appears on menu items at new Gudetama Cafe in Osaka
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2015
Gudetama, the charmingly unmotivated raw egg character from Sanrio, is the star of the menu at his very own cafe in Osaka.
- Japan
- (cafe • characters • cute • Gudetama • new openings • Osaka • Sanrio)
“No boys allowed” New Japanese cafe caters exclusively to female otaku (and there’s a nerd test)
- Scott Wilson
Dec 17, 2015
Get your cosplay wig trimmed while you sip on some drinks at this “girls only” otaku cafe. Oh, and there will be a test!
- Japan
- (cafe • cosplay • female • otaku • Personality test • women only)
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