There’s no place more fitting for an official Gundam Cafe than in Tokyo’s Akihabara district. Sadly Japanese maids don’t draw hearts in syrup over your pancakes or put “love spells” on y ...

In recent years, Tokyo’s Akihabara neighborhood has become almost as famous for its maid cafes as it is for its anime and video game specialty shops. Ordinarily, you don’t even have to set foot inside ...

One cafe even had females dressed as male butlers, serving female clientele. But as the maid (and butler) cafes became increased, they became more niche. In 2006, Akihabara maid cafe Nagomi ...

Photo: At-Home Cafe The souvenir shop currently located on the second floor of the chain’s main café in Akihabara will also be relocated to the new flagship store. For more information ...

Jacki: Moe, moe, kyun! The at-home cafe in Akihabara could not be described better than that. Wow, this has easily been my favorite part of the Japan trip so far! There's an epic dancing ...

Now, though, the choice is easy, as Japan’s most popular maid cafe, Akiba Zettai Ryoiki, has just opened their fourth branch in Akihabara, and this one boasts a cyberpunk-kawaii fusion theme that ...

One evening last week, Chilean college student Margarita Jimenez joyfully greeted her first "lords" — a group of American tourists — at a maid cafe in Akihabara, Tokyo's mecca of otaku culture.