The Maid Cafe

There's a Maid Cafe in Japan. When a person enters the cafe, the maids typically give an extraordinarily humble greeting, such as "Welcome home, Master" in order to play the part of a house servant. So it makes you or the customer the master or something like that. Like, the staff sometimes kneel to mix sugar or milk in teas or other drinks. It's kinda awkward, ya know. The purpose of the maid cafe and their service is to make customers (or shall I say Otaku) feel as though they are at home and to encourage them to relax.

These maid cafes include ear cleaning, a foot or hand massage, or a photography session (the customer typically rents time in a studio during which he can tell a maid which costume to wear and how to pose). Not only can you take pictures with the maids but also, certain cafe's have special performances. With the new game consoles, some cafes also have gaming time when you can ask your favorite maid to play with you but there are also traditional games such as rock paper scissors.


Here's one of them.