Follow the cool crowd and head to these little-known cafes for unusual themed experiences you won’t ever forget.
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We ignored the advice of one reviewer who said to “never, ever eat” the video game-inspired dish, but was our courageous decision a foolish one too?
Latest iteration of anime restaurant also salutes Sailor Uranus and Neptune’s forbidden…smoothie?!?
Cat cafe chain Mocha brings ample ambiance to a new city with the opening of its newest location.
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Heroes and villains of My Hero Academia check in to the Good Smile x Animate Cafes in Tokyo and Osaka!
The revolutionary girl is the latest anime icon to become the face of a cafe in one of Tokyo’s anime fandom hot spots.
It’s not often that you find a dessert that can give you a brain freeze and third-degree burns, so we had to try it for ourselves.
Virtual idol Hatsune Miku takes time out from her busy schedule to sit down for some sweets in augmented reality event.
Menu includes “unicorn” and “rainbow” flavors, the latter of which looks like nothing we’ve seen and tastes nothing like what we expected.
Come with us as we eat and drink our way through the newest green tea treats from Starbucks.
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