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Well, today was quite fun!  Katie and I went to Akihabara (Akiba) with one of our students in search of a maid cafe.  um, lemme explain.

Akiba is known as the discount electronic district of Tokyo, but it also has a number of anime stores..  So, well, freaky otaku tend to gather there..  and, well, you can go to a ‘maid cafe’ and be served by a girl dressed as a maid…. 

Neither Katie or Gen had been to Akiba before, so I was the veteran, but I really hadn’t explored the area all that well…  So basically we walked around to see what we could find.  Being sunday, Chuo Street was closed to traffic during the day and there were lots off people…  um…  preforming?  and just wandering around in costume…  a surprising number of guys in school girl outfits, and one guy gyrating in his underwear…

We then headed back to the station to get a map of the area and find a maid cafe.  Outside the station there were girls drumming up business for the cafes, and it was surprising how many men were taking photos of them…  but since most cafes dont let you take photos, i guess it isn’t that surprising…

So, we finally made it to a maid cafe and had our drinks..  The funny thing is that the maids talk very very polite language and call you things like ‘Lord’ and ‘Lady’. 

For our next quest Gen is going to find a ‘man servant’ cafe for us… hehe

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