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Getting Started with Maid Cafés

Maid cafés have been around since the early 2000s, but if it’s your first time, you may want to know what’s in store before heading over.

Seeking Ground Perfection in Shimokitazawa

Café Use is a coffee shop for coffee purists.

10 Tokyo Cafés Your Date Will Love

Here's the goods on date-worthy cafés in some of Tokyo's trendiest neighborhoods.

Sip Around Shibuya at these 4 Fun Cafés

With its vast number of pubs, bars and nightclubs, it may be easy to bypass some of the excellent cafés to be found in Shibuya.

Cool Portraits of Tsukiji Fish Market Workers

As Tsukiji prepares to relocate, French photographer Nico Therin took the opportunity to capture some intimate images.

Neco Republic: A Cat Café for Rescue Cats

We wanted to know more about Neco Republic and their plan to save Japan’s homeless cats, so we stopped by the new Tokyo location and sat down with the branch manager.

100 Hand-drawn Tree Cross-sections Honor Beer

"Slice of Heartland" celebrates a local Tokyo beer with an incredible artistic effort.

The Cheapest Bento in Tokyo?

We sent our reporter out with ¥500 and a mission: go get lunch, and bring back change. He found what he was looking for in Taito Ward.

6 Super Sites for Coffee Seekers

If you’re looking for something specific for your next cup of joe, these sites offer a broad selection both in Tokyo and across the country.

5 Things Every Gamer Needs to Do in Tokyo

When IGN offers up its best picks, it's time to listen.

Where to Buy Bento Accessories in Japan

While the period before the start of school in April is the hot time for bento purchases, you can pick materials up at any time of the year at specialty shops.

Forget Maids: Try a Swallowtail Butler Café!

Swallowtail is every bit a classy restaurant that sells the whole “butler/master” fantasy.

5 Tokyo Cafés That Give You an Instant Getaway

Stuck in the city? These transporting cafés will make you feel like you’ve left it all behind!

The Café where Maids Pretend to Be Your Spouse

Their mission is simple: to make you want to come “home” to them every night.

Tokyo to Mount Fuji Bicycle Tour

If climbing this enormous volcano isn’t for you, why not bike around it instead?

9 Tokyo Cafés that Love Kids!

High chairs, changing tables, play space and more: these cafés will welcome your kids with open arms!

Halal Friendly Bento in Japan

Ever think of eating bento in Japan, but had trouble finding one that's halal? Wherever you are, we've got you covered!

The Café for Stuffed Toys

No toys will feel like misfits in this land where they'll get an omelette from a flounder, coffee from a monkey and even a bedtime story before getting tucked in for the night.

'Tokyo Ghoul' Seizes Joypolis

Escape game, projection mapping show and theme food planned for Odaiba amusement park.

My Little Pony Café (Briefly) Rides into Tokyo

If you’re in Harajuku and looking for your fellow Pegasisters or Bronies, you won’t want to miss this!

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