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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