maid cafe

Maid cafes in Nipponbashi, Osaka’s equivalent of Tokyo’s famous Akihabara Electric Town are good places to be avoided.

At Hibari-kei, your maid just might be a master – actually they ALL are, since this unique floating Maid Cafe is the first in Japan to feature cross-dressing male maid servers.

The first part of a series of candid shots taken over a period of 3 years in Akihabara.

Now even the lunch break is part of the fantasy at Katsucon 15, the Washington area's annual anime convention. This weekend Japanese maids, in full frill, flit from table to table at Cinnabar restaurant at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City.

Perspectives from an American female cosplayer and an employee in an Akihabara Maid Cafe.

Never been to a maid cafe before? Unsure of what to expect or how to behave? Study this guide to maid cafes thoroughly and you'll be an expert in no time!

Commemorating the birth of the Japanese Maid Cafe ten years ago, R's Publishing released a book in which 4 freelance editors and writers named Kiyoshi Hayakawa, Naohiro Kimata, Yamasaki Ryu and Sato Kaede elaborate on various topics regarding Maid Cafes. Besides covering specific cafes, the book also provides details about proper manors customers should observe, as well well as standard rules.

There are currently five maid cafes in Taiwan, three in Taipei (Fatimaid, Moepoint, Cosic), one each in Tainan (Matsuhiro) and Kaoxiong (Tusukuyomi).

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The maids in Taiwan do the "Welcome home, master and lady" greeting in perfect Japanese before switching to Chinese.