Character News from Asia / Japan
Kumoya Cafe in Bugis had collaborated with We Bare, which is decorated with Cartoon Network’s favorite characters -Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear and the brand new themed We Bare Bear Cafe opened on 1st January.
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Legs and Transit General Office opened a promotion cafe space “HARAJUKU AR BOX -table projection mapping cafe-” in Harajuku, Tokyo on December 21.
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“KIRBY CAFÉ” with the theme of the popular game series “Kirby’s Dream Land” released by Nintendo, became a permanent store on the 4th floor of Tokyo Solamachi® from Dec.12th.
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In collaboration with the popular character “Kanihei’s Small Animal Piske & Usagi” drawn by the illustrator and manga artist “Kanahei”, the Hands Cafe, which was run by Tokyu Hands had started a new project of “Kanihei’s Small Animal Piske & Usagi x Hands Cafe, will open for a limited time at Ikebukuro.
LEGS COMPANY,LTD has been holding 『Sailor Moon CAFE 2019』in 6 cities nationwide starting from 3rd October in Tokyko and Osaka.
The concept of the cafe is “Girls Night Out” , that expresses the night where you can play with your friends.
“Etoile et Griotte” and “Jenny kaori” are welcomed as art directors,
and cute adults limited special goods are also appearing one after another.
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Starting from 26 September (Thursday), Kumoya will officially turn into a Sesame Street pop-up cafe.
The monster curry in Singapore is launching an exclusive new menu and merchandise in collaboration with the release of Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (trailer) on 25 July 2019.
And the special menu will last from 29 July until 30 September 2019 at all outlets.
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A pop-up cafe based on Charlie Brown’s pet beagle Snoopy is coming to Singapore this June.
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Legs will open limited OH MY CAFE in Tokyo and Osaka from June to commemorate the release of Disney’s latest live-action version “Aladdin”.
Character café – the café linking to modern Japanese culture
To attract different types of customers, there are many kinds of concept café in Japan, including pet café, maid café, etc. Among those, the most popular one should be Character café.
Character café, as the name implies, is a kind of café by applying animation as the main theme, in order to attract the fans of the anime. In Japan, Character café was visited by thousands of fans every day.
The café is usually fully decorated by using the anime characters or the main scenes as the motif, so when the customers enter the café, they can feel like entering the anime world. Not only the decorations, but the menu is also re-designed, which is full of the characteristics of the anime.
For example in 2018, the Character café collaborated with the popular anime Pokemon was opened from March. The café was decorated with many Pokemon FRPs and the menu was designed for the fans, such as the curry set by using Pikachu’s image. The café is opened almost every year to promote the new movie or the new game to be released.
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Cafe-comme ca is the cafe saving cake with seasonal delicious fruits from around Japan.
This time, to commemorate the [EVANGELION Illust collection book 2007-2017] reproduction exhibition, collaboration menu will be released from 5th-23th April,2019 at Cafe-comme ca Shibuya shop.
gelato pique cafe bio concept started collaboration cafe named “gelato pique cafe meets with RiLAKKUMA” from 12th March at Tokyo.
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