Even visitors who don’t necessarily identify themselves as fans of Japanese games, anime or idols are probably aware of the Japanese phenomenon known as the…

May 10th is Maid Day in Japan, and it’s not because of Hotori Arashiyama, the maid costume-clad protagonist of And Yet the Town Moves, whose…

While you may think that maid cafes are mostly alike, there is one establishment in Akihabara that many believe represents the gold standard of high…

The @home cafe maid cafe in Akihabara, one of the most famous and established maid cafes in Japan, is normally packed with “masters” and “mistresses”…

If you’re a fan of Japanese manga and anime, you may have seen skateboarding characters before (Misaka Yata in K comes to mind), and there’s…

The promotional team of the new anime television adaptation of Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru! (Our Maid is Way Too Annoying!) may have found their…

Maids are a staple of Japanese otaku subculture, with maid cafes, where maids serve food and drink to guests while treating them like kings, being…

In recent years, Japanese social media has been embracing unofficial “holidays” with entertaining hashtags. These informal Japanese holidays are usually inspired by the various ways…

We’ve all vowed to regularly hit the gym at one point in our lives, but for a lot of us, it takes so much more…

As different as they may be sometimes, Japan’s traditional side has an odd but pleasant habit of colliding with its more modern sub-cultures. One under-explored…

Themed cafes are very popular in Japan with new, novel takes on this concept cropping up and finding success in the larger cities. Maid cafes…

The Akihabara area of Tokyo has garnered an international reputation as being Japan’s tech town and otaku hub, driven by electronic stores and all hobbies…