Good-looking staff promise to identify your good points and shower you with compliments as you unwind after a long day.
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Virtual Snack provides real drinks and real conversation from charismatic bartenders who don’t really exist.
This new establishment pays particular homage to manga that were serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in the 1980s.
Grab your Virtual Boy and ready your quarters, it’s time to knock back a shot of gaming nostalgia!
Newly added “Angel Hour” service gets you a discount on drinks such as L.C.L. and the Ayanam Rei Soda cocktail.
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An elegant rearrangement of an iconic piece of video game music history, plus where to hear the musician play live.
Actresses and employees from Japan’s most prominent adult film distributor staff bar where customers won’t mind the lack of seats.
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