Samurai Maid Cafe
July 29th, 2009 by James
Japanese TV news constantly tells me that there is a “Sengoku Boom” going on in Japan right now, so I guess I’m not too surprised that somebody decided to start a Sengoku maid cafe:
Sengoku Style Cafe & Bar Mononopu is staffed by cute girls who wear a combination of maid costumes and samurai armor. It’s located about 5 minutes from Akihabara station (see this map for details).
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Wow. I guess it has to do with cutting costs, and battling the recession lol, maybe?
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Guys walking around with cartoons of girls is one thing, but this is seriously perverted….
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What is perverted about this?
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I don’t mean in a sexual sense, but in the sense of “against norms”.
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What norms? I’ve never heard of maid cafes causing offense in Japan, and anyone looking to get offended would probably start off with strip clubs, hostess bars, soaplands and the AV industry.
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I mean against the norms of both maid cafes and historical costume.
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Wow… maid cafes are one thing, but I can’t imagine a world in which that is considered cute. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go back to hugging my pillow. ねむた～ん！
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I still laugh everytime I think of that article. Go Mango, Go!
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With some of the more “odd” and “unique” themes for cafes out there (sibling/mom/butler/miko/magic/etc.), this is well within the realm of expected things people would try.
Not sure why this one suddenly got attention in the news, but maybe because the name “samurai maid” or “sengoku maid” was catchy…
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I think it would be cuter if they were just samurai girls… but hey, this isn’t too bad.
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The combination of maid costume and bits of mediaeval armour is rather weird.
I think this is just a typical Japanese marketing plan. Someone had a sudden rush of blood to the head, and they’ve launched it to see if it will be popular.
It probably will be popular for a while because of the publicity.
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Ok, Let’s all just admit it, JAPAN IS THE BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!
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The ‘maid’ hottie second in from left doesn’t look overly enthusiastic about this new concept.
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Is the pink-ish plastic thing that looks like a dish drying rack that the girl is wearing supposed to be samurai armor? If it is, they need to stop what they’re doing and study a picture of armor very carefully.
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I think this is just a typical Japanese marketing plan.
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