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Month-long specialty cafe offers the purrfect dishes and goods for cat lovers in Japan’s capital.
After an 11-year-run of anime-themed food and giant robot merch, it’s last call at the Gundam Cafes.
Mansei meat company can no longer afford to continue owning the building that’s been a local icon since 1991.
A closer look at the iconic otaku street shows it’s not business as usual in the district.
Tokyo police bust five maid cafes for violation of Adult Entertainment Business Regulation Law, and they’re looking for more.
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