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Some of the cafes are also known as the original maid cafes.

In this article, I’ll take a look at five such maid cafes in Osu.

There are many maid cafes that even beginners will want to visit while sightseeing!

Related tour:Maid Cafe Experience at Maidreamin Nagoya

M’s Melody

Speaking of a maid cafe, the first thing you hear when you enter is “Welcome back, Master”.

This maid cafe is the birthplace of the greeting, and as it is a well-established maid cafe that has been in business since 2002, it is recommended for those who want to enjoy the standard first.

Since it is an orthodox maid cafe, the interior of the store has a calm impression.

Of course, there is also a service such as drawing a picture on omu-rice, so communication with the maid is also perfect.

There are a lot of events and many variations of uniforms , so you may see different costumes every time you go!

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The interior is decorated in the image of an English aristocrat’s mansion with a classical impression that even women can enjoy.

You can enjoy delicious tea and food in a relaxed atmosphere.

Alcohol is also available at dinner time, so you can enjoy it alone or with your friends.

The deep green and long skirt length gives a neat and clean impression of a maid’s outfit.

Each maid has her own catchphrase, making it easy to communicate with them.

They also hold birthday events, so if you want to have fun talking to the maids, this is the place for you!

MaiDreamin Nagoya Osu Manekineko-mae Store

MaiDreamin is a group that has more than 10 maid cafes across the country.

Therefore, the interior of the store and the service is top-notch!

It’s a tourist-style coffee shop where you can enjoy communicating with the maids rather than just enjoying a meal.

There is even a live performance by the maids at some events.

Everyone will have a good time making noise and having fun.

This is the kind of maid cafe you see on TV and in movies!

If you want to get a taste of the atmosphere, this is the place to visit!

The shop is recruiting stuff(maid) who can speak English and Chinese.

So, some of maid might speak a foreign language.

Related:A maid cafe and date night!!

Usamimi Maid Cafe Rabiatto

In this coffee shop, not the maids, but the lunar rabbits from the moon (AKA Rabbi @ The Force) are serving you.

They have come to protect the peace of the earth, and they can power up by healing the master and lady of the earth!

Let them heal to their heart’s content and give them a boost.

The restaurant is a cozy place with only 6 counter seats.

You’ll be closer to the Force, so you’ll feel safe even if you’re visiting alone.

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This Japanese style teahouse is run by white foxes who are disguised as town girls through sorcery to repay the humans.

The counter with a diggable kotatsu is designed to make you feel nostalgic.

The meals offered include Japanese dishes such as udon and soba, and sweets made with matcha tea.

And the costumes with kimono arrangements are cute!

The point is that they are actually white foxes, and they have fluffy ears and a tail.

The food you order is prepared right in front of you, so just watching it is soothing.

Let’s have fun and feel like a tourist!

Now that maid cafes have become popular, there are many shops with different concepts.

In Osu, you will surely find a shop that you can enjoy from the standard one to the otherworldly one!

Please visit this place on your next holiday and feel like a tourist!

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I think that for teenagers and the 20s, it may be around Daimyo where many multi-brand shops sell fashionable clothes.

And recently, it may be Imaizumi where there are many multi-brand shops for young generations, and where is a spot that crowded with young generations at nights of weekends.

The 30s and 40s may go to Nakasu for drinking.

”But, where can I go when I wish to enjoy subcultures of Fukuoka?”

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If you wish to enjoy the subculture of Fukuoka, I definitely recommend Kita-Tenjin.

It is because it is a spot where gathered Otaku and subcultures, etc. like in Akihabara if in Tokyo.

And also there born many more various kinds of subcultures in Kita-Tenjin.

Maid cafes

Maid Cafe Maidreamin

Interior concept

When counted in a total of in and outside of the country, the 17th store of “NO.1 Maid Cafe Group Maidreamin” opened inside the Fukuoka-City on September 11, 2018.

It opened in Tenjin, Daimyo, a place of a good location where gathers young generations.

The interior concept is a cute design of the complete pink, and also, there are prepared so good looking desserts and menus that you will become liking to shoot photos without thinking.

The store serves space and food that is instagrammable for photos for SNS that is booming now.

Tweeny Heart Cafe

Offering a selection of 28 teas from the renowned British brand “FORTNUM&MASON.”

From beef curry and roast beef bowls to side dishes ranging from potatoes to foie gras sauté, our menu is diverse. Whether you’re looking for a hearty meal or just want to enjoy café time, we cater to both preferences.

Our alcohol selection includes carefully curated items such as cocktails and champagne, providing a delightful experience for friends visiting together.

While our café has an unusually calm atmosphere, our maid servers, dressed in cute costumes, add a touch of charm to your experience, making conversations enjoyable.

Feel free to take photos of the food and the interior. However, photography with maids is limited to instant photos (チェキ). Please note that instant photo shoots come with an additional fee, so if you wish to take photos, please inform us.

Maid Cafe Merudona

Here are points

You can spend enjoying your time talking with a cute maid when you come to a maid cafe, and besides that, you can also stop by easily when you are hungry with the fulfilled food menu.

It is such a maid cafe.

It also opens during lunchtime from 11 AM to 3 PM, and you can enjoy your lunch at reasonable pricing of Yen 700 for any menu, including Syoga-yaki Teisyoku (pork ginger set menu) and Karaage Teisyoku (deep-fried chicken set menu).

As I am paying attention since before, I finally went there for seeking healing!

Being nervous while I climb the stairs, I saw another door after I opened a door.

When I opened the door nervously, lively voices were saying “Welcome home, a master” in Japanese by cute maids over the counter.

And when you enter the shop, there is a paradise of the ground where cute maids are waiting.

There are table seats and counter seats in the shop, and I have decided to sit on a counter seat near the entrance.

It seems that here I can enjoy talking slowly with a maid.

Table seats will be good in the case including using by more than two people.

The nervous feeling that I had at the beginning was relieved all at once, and after a while, I felt enjoying, and I noticed myself talking with an unimaginable smile face from a usual self.

It is a maid cafe that you can easily enter with a good atmosphere even among maids cafe, so even the first time visitor can easily go.

“Merudona” is the maid cafe that I wish to recommend the most also to those who like to have healed.

Cafe & Rest Tenjin Style

When speaking of a maid cafe in Fukuoka Tenjin, you can say that it is Tenjin Style.

It is such a long-standing maid cafe.

The reason for being loved for long is that everyone can enjoy abundant food menu, that you can take the Instax photo together with a cute maid, and that there hold various events.

Ms. Maids

Let us check on the home page for more detailed information about Ms. Maids.

Maid Reflexology Parlor

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Maid Reflexology Mayroom

If you wish to heal your body, it is here!

You can get various therapies, including “Eyecare”, “Hand reflexology”, “Shoulders”, “Foot reflexology”, “Touch care”, and “Footbath” by a girl wearing a cute maid costume!

It is a place where you can refresh your body and mind if you get massages while talking!

But, it is for sure if you make a reservation in advance and go there if you are the first time after 7 PM.

Price list

Maid cafes in Fukuoka

Though there are various cultures in Fukuoka, a maid cafe became a culture representing Fukuoka.

Honestly, I think that maid cafes in Fukuoka are at a high level in terms of services and girls even if comparing to those in the other prefectures.

Why don’t you rediscover the new charms of Fukuoka Tenjin in a maid cafe when you visit for a business trip and when you come for enjoying it.

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Recently, as one of the sightseeing spots in Tokyo, the popular maid cafe has now become a kind of entertainment spot.

“@home cafe” and “Cafe Mai:lish” are famous, and there are many more hidden famous stores in the Metropolitan area, including Akihabara…!

This time is the special edition of such popular maid cafes in the Tokyo Metropolitan area.

As many stores can be enjoyed not just by men but also by a group of ladies and by a couple, please, by all means, try checking them out.

How to choose a maid cafe

As of January 2020, there are about 80 stores of maid cafe even only in Akihabara, where is called “a sacred place“.

From here right away, I would like to introduce you to how to choose recommended maid cafes.

Firstly, check the concept and atmosphere

Each maid cafe has a “concept” of each store.

There are differences of not only costumes of maids and interiors of the store, but also the overall atmosphere of the store and service styles of maids.

So, it is recommended to check the homepage of the store in advance.

In most maid cafes, the sale point is that maids are talking to customers friendly and proactively, by calling a customer as “Master” and “Mistress“.

But, there may be one who thinks tough to talk friendly with a maid suddenly.

Even for such a case, please do not worry.

As there are stores where the service of maids is modest, please choose one of these, and it may be a good idea to enjoy dining slowly and having a cup of tea.

Please focus on also to signature food and drinks

Food and drinks that are served in a maid cafe are not just for you to enjoy eating deliciously.

In each store, when you order, there are some that a maid will make a distinctive service or will cast “a spell”.

Let’s check by all means also about menus before we go out.

For example, what is classic in many maid cafes is an omurice.

When you order, a maid will draw a picture or write a message by ketchup on an omurice.

For drinks as well, you will be got latte art, and a maid will make an original cocktail by shaking a shaker.

The unique service of each cafe is popular.

Enjoy also amusement as a set?

While you visit a maid cafe, let’s not just drink a cup of coffee, but try experiencing the thing that you can have only in a maid cafe.

It is good if classic amusement that I will introduce as below is set together with food and drinks, isn’t it?

Instax photos with a maid

If you wish to have a memorial of your visit to the store, it is recommended the one where there is a shooting service such as an Instax photo with a maid.

If you ask it, you will be shot a photo with a maid, using a Polaroid.  There is also some store that you can wear the cat ears matching with a maid.

An Instax photo, no matter what is said, remains in your hand, and it is good everybody to see the photo when you talk about the memory, isn’t it?

As it is an easy option with a charge from Yen 500 to about Yen 1000 in many stores, why don’t you try taking one photo as a memory?

Enjoy playing a game of one on one

There are also some stores where you can enjoy playing a simple game (a game such as a simple one that even a child can play and finish just in several minutes) with a maid.

It is especially recommended to the one who visits alone and also the one who likes to enjoy the time with the maid of your favorite.

If there is also such an enjoyable menu, varieties of how to enjoy in a maid cafe may increase more and more.

Maids dance while singing! A live performance

In a store that prepared a small stage, there may be a live performance of maids at the scheduled time and during the event period.

As you can check and see the details of such an event at a home page of each store, let’s try checking it out if you wish to watch such a live performance.

Popular store is recommended for beginners

The popularity of a maid cafe depends on, no matter what is said, how wonderful services a maid serves and how cute she is.

That means that the popular store that has many repeating customers is the store, which maids can make customers enjoy.

Even in Akihabara, any long-standing stores and any popular stores that have a waiting line to enter take all measures for employment and education of maids.

In popular stores, as there are lined up with maids who can serve the high level of services, you will be carefully taken care of even if you visit a maid cafe for the first time, also if you cannot talk because you are shy and withdrawn.

10 popular maid cafe ranking in Tokyo

Now, I will introduce you to the recommended maid cafes in the Tokyo Metropolitan area.

All the stores that I introduce here are that you can enjoy for every purpose such as dining, having a cup of coffee, and of having alcoholic beverages.

Please try finding, by all means, your favorite!

1st: @home cafe

Very popular for the high quality of entertainment, and it is a signature cafe of Akiba.

Whole floors from 3rd till 7th are made cafes.

The most known in Akihabara and a signature maid cafe is this “@home cafe”.

Here are lined up with cute girls who will serve high-quality services.

The level of maids is so high that no other store cannot follow here!

It has the top popularity among maid cafes so-called “entertainment style”, and it is a charm that you can enjoy every attraction that should be of a maid cafe in Akihabara.

It is a popular store where there are many first-time visitors and tourists including foreigners and where there is always a line for waiting, so classic menus, which are made as a set of food, drinks, and amusement, (Instax photo shooting or playing a game with a maid) are prepared.

Even for first-time visitors, you can easily select the plan menu, so it is especially recommended to those who will experience a maid cafe for the first time.

2nd:  Akiba Zettai Ryoiki (Akiba Absolute Area)

A menu with a live performance is popular!

This store that I introduce in the 2nd place is a maid cafe that emphasizes all over “a cat”.

It is one of the most popular stores especially for the atmosphere inside the store and the cuteness of maids.

Classic amusements, such as drawing on an omurice and shooting Instax photo together with a maid, are also of course included in the service, but the sales point of this store is, no matter what is said, the existence of “a menu with a live performance“.

“Neko-jarashi set” that includes, as a set, original cocktail, Instax photo shooting, a portrait photo, and live performance, is also prepared.

As expected in Akihabara, the power of performance by maids, who can also do “Wota-gei (a type of dancing and shouting performed by fans (otaku) at idol concerts)” is overwhelming.

It is especially recommended to those who wish to enjoy themselves very much together with maids.

This store is Akihabara’s No.1 maid cafe on TripAdvisor, so it is even good for foreigners!

Also English website is available.

3rd: MaiDreamin

There is also a party plan, and you can enjoy here in various ways!

The store is popular maid cafe “MaiDreamin”, which expands 16 stores in and outside of the country, other than in Akihabara.

The characteristic of this store is that there prepared various party plans.

Besides entering alone, it is a charm that you can enjoy in very various ways.

In the menu, there is not only a classic omurice, but also are fulfilled with food, including hamburg steak, pasta, and parfait, which are popular in a dining restaurant, so it is the store that you can also enter with a family.

For a party plan, you can add on live performance and Instax shooting with a maid, also you can add on all-you-can-drink.

Moreover, for the birthday party plan, there is also a service of a special plate with your name

There are full of happy privileges.

There many maids who speak English.

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4th: Mononopu

A new concept that combines moe culture and the Warring States period of Japan.

This maid cafe has a reputation as a place where you can enjoy a lot of atmosphere of the warring states period.
It’s a place where you can enjoy a different atmosphere at a reasonable price.

If you make a reservation, you can enter the cafe smoothly.

You can only make reservations on weekdays and not on weekends or holidays, so it’s best to make sure you have plenty of time to get there to avoid waiting.

It’s also in Osaka.

5th Shangrila

This is a cafe specializing in chubby maids, perfect for those who like chubby.

The cubby(popchari) maid cafe “Shangrila” is the first maid cafe where chubby maids serve moe moe.

Shangrila’s message is the concept that “chubby is the origin of moe”.

“Chubby girls” is an entity that men can easily imagine “femininity”, “motherhood” and “healing”, and is the starting point of “moe”.

You can tell how chubby each maid is by the color of her clothes.

6th: Crown Tiara

It is a concept cafe with a theme as being “Alice in Wonderland”.

Even among the concept cafes of “Toy Group” that I also introduced before, the store that is especially popular in Akihabara is this “Crown Tiara” that is with a theme of “Alice in the Wonderland”.

The costume of cute maids and the atmosphere of the inside store achieve the deep-rooted fans.

Popular “Alices” are so popular that they release a CD, and it is one of the sales points here that you can also enjoy a live performance of the Alices’ inside the store.

This store also opens until 5 AM on a day before a holiday, so you can enjoy alcoholic beverages and delicious food for a long time.

Food that matches with cocktails, including pizza and pasta, are also prepared.

7th: Cure Maid Cafe

It is a store that English tea is delicious and is in a calm atmosphere.

This store does not serve a proactive service, such as “Welcome, Master!”, and a general service that should be in a maid cafe.

As expected in Akihabara, the store operates often collaboration with animes while maids wearing maid costumes, but it has a calm atmosphere overall.

Even for the one who feels a bit hesitant with a maid cafe of a lively atmosphere, the store can be used as a standard cafe or dining restaurant.

It is also the store that is certified by the Japan Tea Association as “a store of delicious English tea”, so the taste of the English tea, scone, and waffle is approved.

Of course, the store carefully elaborates on the dining menus both lunch and dinner.

The calm atmosphere and quality as a cafe is good as a maid cafe.

8th: pinafore

A maid cafe where you can enjoy a bar-style until 5 AM the next morning.

Pinafore is a long-standing maid cafe that operates three stores in Akihabara.

Among the three stores, two stores of Labyrint store and Petit store are the stores of a bar-style that open until 5 AM.

It is characteristic that menus related to alcohol beverages are fulfilled, including all-you-can-drink plan.

Of course, lunch menus are served during lunchtime and food menus are also fulfilled.

In Pinafore, it is also a sales point that each maid can make an original cocktail.

After a drink around Akihabara, it is also fun to use for the second and the third party.  It may be a maid cafe a bit for adults.

The website has English version, so there are some English speakers.

The store is recruiting English speakers.

9th place:  StarLight Novel

It is a rare maid cafe with a concept of stars.

The store is operated by the same series of a group of the store of Cinderella Legend.

The interior with a theme of “Stars” is very distinctive.

A costume of a maid is cute and also with a base color of blue, which seems to remind an image of the space and stars, with yellow ribbons.

Maids are “fairies of stars” and they are holding “Star Light Party” together with customers, and it is the concept.

So, you can enjoy cheerful and happy atmosphere.

Food menus and alcoholic beverages are also fulfilled, and these are also with the theme of “Stars”.

So, there are many unique menus, including “Saturn parfait” and “A deep-fried Martian (deep-fried octopus)”.

Of course, you can also enjoy classic menus like omurice, pasta, and pizza!

The store is recruiting English speakers, so there may be maids who speak English.

10th:Cafe Mai:lish

It is a maid cafe where you can slowly spend your time without a cover charge.

As it is a shift system in 90 minutes without a cover charge, it is a distinctive feature of Cafe Mai:lish that you can spend your time very slowly.

Here, not only a maid of standard maid costume but also a maid in cosplay will serve you.

Also as events by each day of a week is plentifully planned, you can enjoy a different atmosphere every time you visit.

Lined up with classic food and drinks, lunch set meals of good value for money are also prepared during weekdays.

It is a store where you can slowly spend your time, as expected there are also drinks of 3 times the size of Jumbo drink menus, and it is also characteristic of the store.

On an original cocktail, there attached a purikura (a stickered small sized photo taken in a photo booth) of a maid, and it is also a happy point, isn’t it?

This store is famous for sacred place of STEINS;GATE even among foreigners.

So, there many foreign tourists too.

11th: Filles

It is a store that “an ordinary girl” serves you in a counter seat style.

In Filles, a maid does not have any “character” unlike the other stores, and it is a store that a girl as an ordinary girl will serve you.

A counter seat style that values communications with customers is also a distinctive feature of this store.

The store is recruiting English and Chinese speakers, so there may be maids who speak English and Chinse.

Hours for staying can be more than 90 minutes except during the night of weekdays, so it is also a good point that you can spend your time slowly.

If you collect point cards, there are also happy services, such that you can shoot a memorial Instax photo together with a maid, and that you can get a present.

For customers of couple and ladies, there is a rental service of a maid costume, so it is also possible that you can enjoy by completely pretending that you are a maid, isn’t it?

Wrapping up

How did you like it?

Now, a maid cafe is not only for “Otaku” who visit Akihabara.

Each store designs carefully and finely a scheme that even ladies and families can completely enjoy as entertainment.

When going to Tokyo sightseeing, and when entertaining friends from afar, please try visiting, by all means, a maid cafe.

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I have summarized maid cafes in Osaka Nipponbashi, where is “Akihabara in the west”, as a ranking!

I put importance on the viewpoints of those who go to a maid cafe for the first time, the viewpoints which are “Is the store easy to enter?” and “Is the store safe?”

I have described as much as possible both sides of the pros and cons of each store, so please use it also as a pictorial book of maid cafes.

Let’s conquered Otaku road!

Summary of maid cafes in Osasak

Why Summary is neccessary?

I summarized maid cafes because there are too many stores in Osaka Nipponbashi.

There are more than 50 stores here even not in Akihabara…

It is tough enough even just to enter to a maid cafe, and you cannot choose one if there are so many… 💦

Enjoy Ranking of 15 Selections for Beginners

To cheer a wonderful debut game of beginners of a maid cafe, I, who go often to a maid cafe as my reason to live, have summarized them, by putting all the passion into them.

Although there are more than 50 stores of a maid cafe even in Osaka, there are few stores that are of high quality.

In the beginning, I recommend going to from the high ranked stores safely.

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Before Ranking, Let’s Understand 3 Points

Even when you say a maid cafe as a single word, there are many styles…

Depending on what kind of experiences you like to have, you will have to change the selection of the stores.

[For beginners] Entertainment style (Moe moe Kyun and Instax photos)

It is an image of a maid cafe that you may often watch on a TV!

Maid cast a spell to make food more delicious, and there is a cute menu.

There are also many stores where you can watch a live performance by maids.

If you like to shoot Instax photos, the stores of this style are suitable.

The quality of maids is quite different from stores to stores, so it may be better for you to choose the store, bearing that point in your mind.

[For beginners] Classical style (Calm space and tasty English tea)

Changed completely from the Entertainment style, there is no Me-her (means a person of a kind of groupie) elements, such as Moe moe services, in the Classical style.

It is recommended to those who are embarrassed with Moe moe Kyun, and who like to be healed by looking at maids from a distance not by talking with them!

I think that many may feel that it is inferior to the Entertainment style in terms of pleasure as sightseeing.

So, if you value the sightseeing experience like “I went to a maid cafe!”, please go to the Entertainment style.

[For advanced] Girl’s bar style (Wish to talk with a girl while drinking alcohol beverages)

It is a store that, so to say, the stuff of a girl’s bar wears maid costumes.

Because the world view of a maid is less obvious than that of the Entertainment style and the Classical style, you may have the impression that it is just amateur girls wearing maid costumes.

Getting a drink for a girl, and dealing with a girl one on one.

It is recommended to the one who likes enjoying excited with a maid as a girl.

But, there are many stores that girls ask for drinks, and as a result, the charge will become a bit expensive.

So, you should be careful about that.

You are not allowed to make a touch to a girl, so be better not to misunderstand.

Be careful with rip-off stores of any style

The Girl’s bar style is the highest possibility for such an issue, but there are some voices that there are rip-off cases and a case of high-pressure sales of a menu even at famous stores of the Entertainment style.

It is highly recommended to enter the store after selected very carefully!

Now, Introduce Maid Cafes in Ranking

I have summarized a ranking by if a store is that a beginner can be easy to enter and if the quality as sightseeing is high!

* The pros and cons that I wrote are only personal impressions.

I have no intention to control intentionally a reputation of the store and to obstacle the sales of the store.

Please think of this only as your reference.

After all, you will not know it if yoｈu do not go there!!

[1st] MaiDreamin Osaka Otaroad Store(english available)

If full-on maid cafe, such as a spell, here!

Genre: Entertainment style

It is the Osaka store of a group that operates about 20 stores of maid cafes in Japan.

If you wish to experience an obvious maid cafe, including “casting a spell to make food more delicious” just like you watch on TV, and “live performance of maids”, it is definitely here.

The shop is recruiting stuff(maid) who can speak English and Chinese.

[Characteristics]

You can enter at ease because it is a store on the street and you can see inside.

You can experience a maid cafe of Moe moe.

The live performance of maids is full of power.

[Points not satisfied]

Because Moe (very cute) index is too high, you may feel not very easy to enter into.

Because tourists are a bit many, it has a noisy atmosphere.

If you are difficult to get along with an atmosphere full of energy, it may be a bit hard.

[2nd] MaiDreamin Osaka Namba Store(english available)

The look like costing a lot of money is overwhelming!!

Genre: Entertainment style

It is the second store in Osaka of MaiDreamin of the 2nd place.

The interior that was collaborated with teamLab is the most characteristic, and the interior like a certain game that begins with letter M and ends with O is overwhelming quality.

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As the store is spacious, this store is recommended to those who like to spend a relaxed time in spacious seats.

The shop is recruiting stuff(maid) who can speak English and Chinese.

[Characteristic]

The digitalized interior that was created by teamLab.

A table is big and you can spend a relaxed time.

The powerfulness of a live performance is splendid!

[Points not satisfied]

Maybe because there is no window, you may feel a mysterious oppressive feeling.

It may be hard if you are not getting along with noise from a live performance.

[3rd] Mononopu

A new concept that combines moe culture and the Warring States period of Japan.

This maid cafe has a reputation as a place where you can enjoy a lot of atmosphere of the warring states period.
It’s a place where you can enjoy a different atmosphere at a reasonable price.

If you make a reservation, you can enter the cafe smoothly.

You can only make reservations on weekdays and not on weekends or holidays, so it’s best to make sure you have plenty of time to get there to avoid waiting.

It’s also in Tokyo.

[4th]  e-maid

A long-standing maid cafe of super good value for money.

Genre: Classical style

Located right near Namba station, it is a long-standing maid cafe on the street.

It is said that it was originally a Western food restaurant, so it is characteristic that anyway, all the menus are delicious.

It is an easy atmosphere even for a beginner to enter and the quality of maids is high.

Also, it is the best charm that you can enjoy there at a reasonable budget as there is no cover charge.

There are some stuff who speak English according to official site of profile.

Yuyu speaks English(information is as of 2020/02/24).

[Characteristics]

Menus are as delicious as an ordinal Western food restaurant.

You can enjoy the atmosphere as the numbers of maids are many.

It is easy to enter as it is located near the station and on the street.

[Points not satisfied]

It may be embarrassing to enter and come out because the store is on the street.

It is a different style if you expect services like casting a spell.

[5th] Maid Cafe & Bar .m (Dot m)

If you wish to “moe-moe” with cute maids, here.

Genre: Entertainment style

It is a store that is set in a country of the sky, and an angel maid will serve you.

A maid costume that is with a base of the white color is anyway cute, and it is characteristic that the average level of cuteness of maids’ face is high.

The services are also of general Entertainment style, so you should be able to be satisfied even for sightseeing purposes.

There are some stuff who speak English in this shop according to the Japanese blog.

[Characteristics]

Maids, as well as costumes, are cute.

Services of moe moe style, such as casting a spell.

You can also enjoy a live performance of maids.

[Points not satisfied]

You may feel difficult to enter because the building is a bit creepy.

The quality of the food is a bit low.

[6th] Milkcafe

The most recommended fashionable and adult maid bar

Genre: Classical style (?)

It is a store of fashionable interior that does not seem a maid cafe and hard rock music is played.

It is a quite different existence from others.

There is no general maid cafe services, such as casting a spell and drawing on an omurice (a rice omelet), but an abundant menu of alcoholic beverages and a finely selected food menu are the one of the best even in Osaka.

As an extension of ordinal restaurants, but if you like to go to the store where there are maids, please try going there by all means.

English menu are available, but not sure if there are stuff who speak English.

[Characteristics]

Fashionable space that does not seem like a maid cafe.

A maid makes a full-scale cocktail.

Food is simply delicious.

[Points not satisfied]

It may be absolutely different if you wish for the Entertainment style.

It is also not suited to the one who likes to talk with maids.

[7th] Ccocha

The super long-standing maid cafe of the oldest in Nipponbashi.

Genre: Entertainment style

It is the super long-standing store that ruled the age during the booming of a maid in the past.

It was popular and reputed with advanced services, such as slapping and mixing service, but being today, you may not be able to deny the atmosphere of the store in the past.

It was famous as a store that has many cute girls before, but now, maybe normal…

[Characteristic]

Here is the only choice if you like a maid to slap you. LOL

slap is “Binta” in Japanese

You will feel a history of maid cafe in Nipponbashi.

English service may be coming soon because the website seems like preparing for English page.

[Points not satisfied]

You cannot deny the outdated feeling in both the interior and menu.

It is not easy to see if the store is opening…

[8th] cafe Andante

A sales point is handmade dishes by maids.

A long-standing store with an atmosphere.

Standing quietly in the back alley, the store is a long-standing maid cafe with a characteristic of classical interior.

The store has a very strong cozy feeling that is created by a narrow inside of the store and by handmade dishes by maids.

Because the varieties of English tea are many and cakes are delicious, it is especially recommended to use during tea time.

[Characteristic]

The classical interior with a large chandelier.

Rare long French maid costumes with a base of green color.

Cozy atmosphere with handmade feeling.

[Points not satisfied]

If you expect the atmosphere that should be of a maid cafe, it may be different.

A distance to neighboring customers… you may feel close.

[9th]  Alaalba

A maid girl’s bar with a water tank inside the store

Genre: Girl’s bar style

It is a store that has a giant aquarium inside the store.

There is a long counter that is the longest class in the area, it looks like rather a girl’s bar than a maid cafe.

It is characteristic that costumes change every other month.

[Characteristic]

It has an atmosphere like a night club as there is a large water tank.

Food menus are abundant despite in Girl’s bar style.

It has the impression that cute girls are many.

[Points not satisfied]

If you go there with misunderstanding as Entertainment style, it may be different.

I wish the store to take a bit better care of the water tank lol…

[10th]  Sweet Tease

For good or bad, it is a maid cafe the same as in the past.

Genre: Classical style

Located in a place where is a bit far from the main street, it is a store that has a calm atmosphere with characteristic of a long maid costume.

Because the quality of the food menu is not bad and girls are also cute, it is not a bad atmosphere overall.

But, because auras of distinctive regular customers are a bit powerful, it may be a bit tough for a beginner.

[Characteristic]

There are four kinds of long maid costumes.

Because of the location seems like a hideout, it is not noisy.

It is the award-winning store of the Nipponbashi Maid Contest.

[Points not satisfied]

An atmosphere of “no first-time customer” that is unique to a long-standing store

Because events are so frequent, days of maid costumes are fewer.

[11th]  MAGIC APPLE

You may think about what is a maid cafe..?

But, anyway, the magic is splendid.

Genre: Entertainment style

It is a store that puts values on performances on a stage, including magic by a professional magician and singing with the piano by a maid.

If being asked if those performances are required in a maid cafe, you will be lost words.

But, if you like to watch a magic performance, it is recommended.

[Characteristic]

You can watch a magic performance by a professional magician.

It is an ordinal maid cafe during usual business hours.

You will like to cheer them up maids because maids try the best effort.

[Points not satisfied]

It may be for the one that can go easy on amateur’s performance…?

You may find sometimes some tourists, but basically, it is for experts.

[12th] CAFE DOLL

It is a large store where you cannot deny the feeling remains from the age.

Genre: Entertainment style

It is a long-standing maid cafe of a bit big size where there are about 50 seats both counters and tables.

During the age of maid booming, it was a popular store, but now, you cannot deny the feeling of no-particular-characteristic-store.

It is recommended to those who like to feel the history like “a maid cafe in Nipponbashi is like this”.

[Characteristic]

You can relax as the inside store is spacious.

All-you-can-drink for soft drinks by Yen 500 for one hour.

There are sometimes live performances on a stage inside the store.

[Points not satisfied]

Does it make you feel a history or is it just old and shabby…?

There are a bit many regular customers, so there is a distinctive atmosphere.

[13th] Yotsuba no Himitsu Kichi

Although the concept is incomplete, it is a store where you can feel calm for some reason.

Genre: Girl’s bar style (?)

The store takes in an unusual system, which is systems and services are different for couch seats and counter seats.

You can enjoy an English tea at sofa seats and all-you-can-drink at counter seats.

As might be expected from the name of a secret base (Himitsu Kichi), it is said that many of the interiors are handmade.  There is a bit stronger unknown cozy atmosphere.

[Characteristic]

Cozy interiors with feel of handmade.

You can select using either a cafe or a bar depending on your feeling.

There is a chaotic atmosphere that makes you feel calm for some reason.

[Points not satisfied]

You may think like “do they need to divide the systems…?”

It is understandable even if there is people who feel shabby about the handmade atmosphere.

[14th] cafe de Porte

A long-standing store where you can feel unchanged services for good or bad

Genre: Classical style

It is a long-standing store that stands quietly on the back of one alley off from Otaroad.

There is no cover charge and it is a store on the street, so the store has enough conditions that even tourists can easily enter.

But, there may be many people who were taken aback with regular customers who seem to have thick characters and who can be seen from outside, and turned back.

[Characteristic]

Space of cozy atmosphere.

Without cover charge, and the menu is abundant.

The orthodox and neat maid costume is cute.

[Points not satisfied]

You may feel that it is the thick space with the main of regular customers.

Both styles of Entertainment, as well as Classical, are a bit thinner, so there is no particular characteristic.

[15th] HOLiC x HOLiC

It is a maid bar of Anime songs with characteristic of a wall picture that worries you very much like “Is the copyright really really really cleared for it?”.

Genre: Girl’s bar style

It is a common type among the genre of Girl’s bar style.

It is the store that equipped with a stage on which you can enthusiastically sing along Karaoke.

Because regular customers are a bit many, it is an atmosphere that tourists are not very easy to enter.

But, the wall picture of “Is the copyright really cleared?” is very good for photo-shooting.

[Characteristic]

It is a maid bar where you can enthusiastically sing Anime songs.

Though worrying about the copyright, the interior is very instagrammable.

Opens even at midnight.

[Points not satisfied]

Regular customers are many, so it does not suite to tourists.

It is not good for the one who cannot put up with Karaoke songs sung by others.

[Extra ranking]  BLACKRABBIT

Though going a bit far from Nipponbashi, it is a popular store of cult-like!

Genre: Girl’s bar style

Although it goes a bit far in Shinsaibashi, it is a super popular store where days of not full of customers are less than days of full of customers.

The secret of popularity is the amazing gathering of casts.

You can even say that it is the place where all the cute girls in Osaka are gathering.

Because famous idols and model girls in Twitter belong here endlessly, it is super exceedingly recommended to those who anyway like to see with Kawaii cute girls.

[Characteristic]

You can meet with kawaii cute girls at another level.

The service is of a standard Girl’s bar.

[Points not satisfied]

As there are many regular customers, it is tough to enter.

It is anyway crowded.

That is all of the main stores!

Though I could not introduce every store, that is all of the main stores!

Besides a maid cafe, there are also so-called concept cafes, including a pirate cafe and an idol cafe, but these shall be introduced at another time…!

I would be happy if I can support your splendid life of a maid cafe!

Rules and Etiquette

Visitors to maid cafes are expected to follow specific rules and etiquette. This includes refraining from touching the maids, asking for permission before taking photos, and respecting the cafe’s policies. Understanding these guidelines ensures a respectful and enjoyable experience for everyone.

Menu and Costs

Maid cafes offer a variety of themed dishes and drinks, often at a premium price. Typical menu items include omurice, parfaits, and unique beverages. Prices can vary, so it’s advisable to check the menu beforehand to budget accordingly.

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There are various sightseeing spots in Fukuoka, such as Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, Yanagawa etc.

But, that’s not all,there are many other funny spots existing.

For the one who bored with usual sightseeings and who want to go to a bit funny spots, let us introduce funny spots and interesting famous sightseeing places.

World’s Biggest Reclining Buddha in Nanzo-in Temple

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A big statue of Reclining Buddha is in Nanzo-in Temple of Shinokuri Town.

Surprisingly, it is said that the statue of Buddha was built by 130 million Yen of lottery reward won by a priest.

11 meter of height, 41 meter of width, and 300 ton of weight, and it is the biggest in the world among them made of bronze.

Big Buddha of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture looks small when compared!

Many people visit for praying a luck to win a lottery.

Also possible to worship inside of Buddha, and there available to buy “Buddha’s foot amulet” with a scratching lottery.

Feel World Travel in 15 minutes, Museum Without Roof

Located near Nakama station is “Museum with no roof”.

Reproductions of world’s famous stone statues are lining up along a walking trail.

The quality of each reproduction is pretty high and produces more bizarre and strange atmosphere.

There is a usual house behind anyway.

It is said that Nakama city developed this “Museum without a roof” in 1989 (the first year of Heisei period), utilizing abandoned Katsuki line of former National Railway.

It is also said that they made a target to be a famous sightseeing spot.

Though it is very attractive to myself, when I think if it has become a famous sightseeing spot or not…….., what do you think?

It seems that it may be very popular as a funny spot.

Shime Kogyosho Tateko Yagura (Shime Mining Site Shaft Tower)

Shime Mining Site Shaft Tower is probably the most famous ruin in Fukuoka.

It was taken up on Internet and in various magazines, and became known nationwide.

According to Shime Kougyosho Tateko Yagura of Japanese Wikipedia,

At Shime mining site of “National Coal Mine” operated by former Japanese Navy and Japan National Railway, it was the facility to move up and down the coal mine workers and was for the purpose of unloading the coal.

So, we can imagine that it used be like a huge elevator for coal mining.

The coal mine was closed in 1964 (Showa the 39th), and it became not in use.

“A slagheap” near the tower is also a must-see.

A slagheap is an man-made mountain, piled up with useless bad quality coal and with soil dug out from a coal mine.

So huge when looking from afar and can’t be imagine that it is man-made mountain!

This is the place where you can feel something like past flourish, energy, liveliness.

The Happiest in Japan “Tsurukame (Cranes and Turtles) house”

A house of the one who runs business related to construction, called “Tsurukame Benriya (Cranes and turtles utility man)”, is Tsurukame house.  ** Crane and turtle are Japanese iconic symbol for long live.

The house emits very unique personality in the residence area.

There are amount of turtles decorated on the wall.

Mainly in black and in various colors like white, gold, and silver.

Although it is called as “Crane and turtle house”, the ratio of turtles are so high that the impression is already like “Turtle house“.

It is a house of surprise that makes even kame-sennin(turtle hermit) paralyzed.

(* A turtle hermit is a famous character in Dragon Ball.

He is an old master of fighting.)

Medical cafe “Sanatorium”

Shiny human anatomical model on the 3rd floor of one building in Tenjin… and the word of “Sanatorium”… Too weird…

It is a cafe with concepts of hospital and medical.

The inside of cafe is united in white, and are exhibited some human anatomical model.

A cafe is full-scale that a costume of staff is also a nurse-style.

Many of guests coming to the cafe are also unique, and it is a happy cafe.

It is recommended to those who want to go to a bit different restaurant.

Shichiro Gongen

Located in Itoshima City,  a shrine is called “Shichiro Gongen”, where amount of toy swords are dedicated.

According to the information board,

When Fujiwara no Hirotsugu (Government official of Dazaifu in Nara Era) was defeated at the battle and was on the way of escaping to Hizen, Shichiro Ume, a horse keeper, slipped and hid in the stone cave, keeping off the cold.

However, because he coughed, the public army found him, so he pierced a sword on belly and died.

That happened  in 740 (Tempei the 12th).

Local residents felt sorry for him and hold a memorial service.

It is now worshiped as a god of cold, cough and asthma, and it is a custom that worshipers dedicate wooden swords when prayer came true.

I seems that it is now enshrined as a god of cold, cough and asthma.

Dedicated originally wooden swords, but they think the cost is high if it is a wooden sword, so, I guess, they changed it to the toy swords.

Nyoirinji Temple, Full of Frogs

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Nyoirinji Temple, with alias “Frog Temple”, located in Kogori City.

Once you entered to the ground, there are frogs, frogs and frogs everywhere!

One day the chief priest bought and brought back a frog doll made of jade from China.  This is what made to start collecting frogs, and now it became a temple, so called as “a frog temple”.

A frog in China is said that it brings luck, more children, and flourish.

What amazing is this “Frog room”.

A frog lover said that this room is a sacred place for frog lovers.

Even if you are not a frog lover, you may become a frog lover when you go there.

Uga Jinja Shrine, Dedicated Like A Real Horse

At a glance, Ugajinja Shrine lookes like a normal shrine.

But, when looking up the above of the worship hall….

Surprise!!

A model like very real horse is exhibited on the ceiling.

It is said that, in the past, there was a local horse race course near, and a person won there dedicated the horse used in a decorated float of Hakata Gion Yamakasa as a gratitude.

As it did not fall down even in earthquakes, it is said that it is also popular among students preparing for exams, as “not falling off, going good”.

* It was repaired a few year ago.

Psychedelic Flower Garden of Plastic Bottles

There is something colorful area beside Aramatsuri jinja Shrine of Mizumaki Town.

Plenty of flowers (pinwheels) made of a plastic bottles are exhibited here.

The one who decorates the plastic bottles flower garden is a grandmother of around 80  years old living near.

She said that she likes anyway to create things, and when she has continued creating flowers with a plastic bottle, naturally it became like as it is now.

What a passion she has.

There seem many people coming to see from afar like outside of the prefecture, and it is already a kind of sightseeing spot.

Tardigrade + Maids + Junk games = Mysterious Museum

Too weird building located at the foot of a mountain of Nakagawa Town.

Exhibited inside the building, there are many works, which are very hard to understand but anyway great, and are created by Mr. Sumi, a director and a sculptor.

This is said that a controller of “Death Crimson”, a legendary junk game.

Too big to play…

It is an atelier on the ground floor, and the second floor and the loft is a cafe space.

A costume of “Fushigiko chan”, a cafe staff, is made with a concept of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland, and it matches with this space, airing the good atmosphere.

It is funny that there are also many strange stuff on menu of foods and drinks.

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Tanushimaru Station of Kappa

* Kappa is Japan’s imaginary creature often referred as Yokai or Japanese folk monster.

A station of JR Kyushu Kyudai Honsen with a shape of Kappa, Tanushimaru station.

What a loose face is impressive.

It is said that the shape is based on the Kappa legend remains in the area.

Inside is Kappa museum.

It is also said that Kappa, which lived around the area, was a rebirth of Taira no Kiyomori (A samurai worrier in Heian era.)

Please try finding them as there are many Kappa inside of the station ground

Miura Kotee Museum

A house decorated with various designs on the walls, appearing suddenly in residential area of Onojo City.

This is a house and atelier of Mr. Tatsuhiko Miura, a Kotee creator.

Kotee is a Japanese style of relief, a decoration by mortar and cement on walls of a house or a warehouse.

A snapper and Ebisu (a god of fishing and commerce) are often subject for Kotee, but the subject of  Mr. Miura’s works is just anything!

Anything that can be used, whatever it is ready-made or not, using it and make it an art!

It is said that as soon as inspiration sprung, he makes it a work.

But, unexpectedly excellent (excuse me….), he has received various awards in and out of the country.

Said that he also has an experience that his work was exhibited in Louvre Museum.

He may already be the person who can be called as Picasso of Fukuoka.

Things to Do in Fukuoka

How did you find funny spots and interesting famous sightseeing places in Fukuoka?

For the one who bored with usual sightseeings and who want to go to a bit funny spots, please try referring for sure.

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