Maid cafes get recognized

See, even made Reuters!

"Maid in Japan"

By the way, while the article says that she is serving coffee to customers, she is clearly giving him some melon soda, which is highly delicious.

Fave quote: Yasunori Tomita, a 32-year-old salesman and first-time customer, said, “I don’t have a girlfriend at the moment so getting pampered by maids will have to suffice for now.”

[Photo credit: Toru Hanai, Reuters]

Honest-to-goodness otaku

Just a couple posts back, I told you all about otaku and their certain, ahem, proclivities. Well, strolling through after Akihabara after a particularly fiesty hanami party in Ueno Park, we ran into a great example of an otaku, playing Taiko no Tatsujin on double... with pieces of notebook paper stuck between his eyes and his eyeglasses so he couldn't see the notes on the screen and COULD ONLY HEAR THE BEATS. Needless to say, our little otaku gained quite an audience.

So here's to you otaku-san, oh titan of taiko, master of manga, anime aficionado! May your dreams be full of big-eyed, big-chested, well-drawn beauties, and may you continue to blindly full-combo whatever Bemani arcade game your heart desires.