A maid café in Akihabara
Last New Year’s Day I made a resolution to break the mould and try out some new places. This evening we went to a “maid café” in Akihabara, Tokyo’s “Electric Town”, where the servers were dressed as maids and performed little shows for the guests as they served them (not in an adult-oriented manner by the way – it was more kawaii (cute) than sexual). It didn’t feel right to take pictures of them but it was probably the most bizarre place I’ve been all year 😅
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I think “become a ninja” is the BEST way to protect yourself from crime or other trouble.