Japanese Maids are Coming to the US
Up until now longtime Japanite! readers were sure that they will able to see Japanese bizarre ideas only when visiting Tokyo. But some ideas are crossing the ocean and target the unprepared US citizens.
A maid café’ is opened recently is the Royal/T in Culver City near Los Angeles. The café will serve dishes like miso sandwiches and Japanese chicken curry rice. In The deserts section you will find Kyoto sunset parfait and a variety of Japanese teas.
The 10,000 ft. Royal/T will also serve as an art gallery and a shop that will offer Japanese art, books, toys and more. It’s seems the aim of the space is to expose the huge Japanese art collection Susan Hancock, an art collector.
The last attempt to export the idea of custom play restaurants (or “cosplay café” as it called in Japan) wasn’t so successful. The “I Maid Café” was opened in Toronto in October 2006 and was closed two years after. That’s although the Canadian maid café, got covered in national newspaper and a TV show. The video below shows an interview with the Canadian maid café owner.
It seems that the café was copying the exact cafe’s in Tokyo:
What do you think: Are maid cafés will become a Japanese export around the world, or will stay with the sushi for the mean time? Tell us in the comments below.
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In most places outside of Japan, they may start off strong, but probably won’t have any staying power.