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To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

TripBlog
TripBlog
Dec 16, 2019

Catalogue

  • Miyazaki’s Authorized Totoro Cream Puff Store
  • Have a Coffee with Moomin Toy Doll
  • A Real Life “Shirokuma Café”
  • Baratie One Piece Themed Restaurant
  • Pompompurin Joins You for Afternoon Tea
  • Highly Popular Gundam Themed Café
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All kinds of anime-themed restaurants and cafés can be found all over Japan.We have selected 6 representative restaurants of extremely affordable prices and unlimited cuteness. Join us as we cross into another world together and see just how vast the imagination of the Japanese can be!

In the Setagaya District of ​​Tokyo, there is an authorized Miyazaki Shiro-Hige’s Cream Puff Factory, which is the only store that sells Totoro Cream Puff in the entire Japan.Rumored to be opened by Miyazaki’s relatives, the insides of the store are filled with grandfather Miyazaki's animations.How does a person prefer one from another, when they all look so alike?The store has carefully designed the decoration of the Totoro Cream Puff head to be like a small green leaf which is actually made of cassava cream. The one with the hat with blue strap is made of chocolate. The cherry blossom one is made of strawberry. The one with the dark brown leaf is chestnut flavored and the hat with the pink strap is peach.Due to the complexity and enormous amount of time required to make the Totoro Cream Puff, the daily amount sold is limited to 100. The store has even specially reminded customers that they may call to make a reservation.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

A little solitude and awkwardness is inevitable when one sits alone in a bustling restaurant for a meal.Do not worry, let the warm and friendly Moomin join you!Moomin Café is a “Delightful Moomin Family” anime themed cafe. This café is unique in that every customer who comes to the store has a cute and lovely Moomin toy doll to accompany him or her to enjoy the meal together, so that any loneliness from having to eat alone is dispelled.The restaurant is decorated with the theme of Moomin Valley, which is like the world of the spirits in Moomin; you can even taste the delicious bread and culinary dishes from Finland, the hometown of Moomin; a boutique shop is also attached where limited products from the Café are being sold.Other than the Tokyo Dome City branch, there are two Moomin cafés in Japan. These two are the Tobu branch of Ikebukuro, Tokyo and the Canal City Hakata branch of Fukuoka Prefecture.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

The “Shirokuma Café” is located in Takadanobaba, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It can be said that the popular anime "Shirokuma Café" has come alive in our world: It is decorated almost alike the cafe in the animation, and even the store employees are dressed like Ms. Sasako; there is even a tall and handsome polar bear to greet and welcome you. Mr. Panda and Mr. Penguin are also regular customers. In an instance, two dimensions have become three dimensions. It is no longer a dream to cross over to the real world.In comparison to other themed cafés, the Shirokuma Café may lose out a little in terms of the food offered. However, if you happen to pass by for fun, there is no harm in going in to sit for a while and drink a cup of mocha that is not overly sweet.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

Baratie One Piece themed restaurant is located on the 7th Floor of Odaiba Fuji TV Station and is based on the concept of Zeff‘s ship, “Baratie” found in “One Piece”.You can see a super cool Baratie ship model here. There are even Luffy, Sanji, Chopper and etc. protagonist statues that attract many enthusiastic fans for photographs together.The food and drinks are filled with "nautical" elements and they are all delicious. There is even a slogan in every meal introduction, “Do you know what All Blue is?”You can even hear the voices of the animated characters from the kitchen, and you can really enter into the world of One Piece.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

Owned by Sanrio, just like Hello Kitty, Pompompurin also has a massive following in Japan.The recently opened "Pompompurin Café" in Harajuku Takeshita has attracted many to make a pilgrimage.The interior of the store is mainly decorated with a sprout yellow color. Every corner has a statue of the beret-wearing yellow colored dog. The middle of the café even has statues of Pompompurin and its friends; each meal is also specially designed in a Pompompurin style, and there are even seasonal limited delicacy promotions during different seasons.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Gundam series, the first Gundam Café was officially opened in Akihabara. The cafe is a Gundam geek's shrine and it is decorated in the theme of the 2010 Mobile Suit Gundam.Since its opening, countless fans have made pilgrimage to the café.The appearance of the café has a classic V-shaped head, and the black-and-white color combination has a very futuristic look; other than the historical Gundam world as a theme for the store, there is even an 1:12 RX-78 model.A uniform colored Gundam element is incorporated into the menu, which includes Gundam Dorayaki, Mecha donuts and Zeon pancakes; the most unique feature is that the service crew will even wear the full set of “Earth Federal Space Force” uniform, making it difficult for you to resist taking a group photograph together with them.The café even transforms into a bar after 17:00.

To Cross into Another World, You must Visit these Super-Cute Eating Places that Celebrate the Two-Dimensional World

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Google Material Design Awards 2019
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