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Forum - View topicINTEREST: Akihabara Maid Café Opening Branch in Los Angeles
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kusanagi-sama
 Posts: 1723 Location: Wichita Falls, TX |
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Didn't something similar to this fail a year or two ago in LA?
--EDIT-- Oh wait, it was in Detroit. |
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dragonmastr
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I hit up one of their spots in Akihabara a couple of years back. Definitely fun, though the language barrier kept it from being better. It would be great to see some more maid cafes in the US, but it's certainly going to be hard considering the past failures as noted in the article.
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configspace
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It was the Royal T earlier this year. But from everything I've read and seen, it was definitely different from Japanese maid-cafes. I think they intentionally wanted to avoid the otaku vibe and went for the hipster, trendy vibe. It was also a place that catered to business people in Culver City |
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GeorgeC
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As chauvinistic as Japanese society can be, in the US we have gotten so politically correct and the sexes have become so antagonistic ---- (!) --... I just don't think something like this is going to fly in the US.
I could be wrong; we'll all just have to wait until we hear complaints from the feminists and the Alan Alda crowd. Yeah, there's a contradiction with all the gentlemen's clubs and even some legalized prostitution in the States -- and more than a bit of hypocrisy there -- but at the same time there's a drive to keep some things so polly-pureheart it's just not real... ************************** As for Detroit -- that's Detroit, one of the most decrepit and bankrupt cities in the US. The fact that you can't find enough clientele in the local area that will pay for the cafe just doesn't seem to surprise me. Parts of that city look like bombed out sections of Europe post-World War II or Beirut. The fact that it couldn't take off in LA is something of a surprise to me. Not enough Asians or otaku there???? |
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publicenemy333
 Posts: 563 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Maybe one in little tokyo is the best place for this. I live close by, so I might check it out once to see what its like.
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Aethix
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It seems this one will be run by people who actually know what they're doing in a more optimal location, so it'll probably have a better chance of success than the others.
In a perfect world, it would do better than stupid breastaurants. |
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enurtsol
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Shall we have a betting pool how long this one would last this time?
Guess this could be expected, that they start branching out overseas, since according to this otaku merchandise industry representative: “The boom of otaku culture, when maid cafes could be found on every corner, has passed. The otaku sub-culture now seems to have cooled down."
Don't see much difference. The Japanese maid culture was inspired by Anna Miller's after all, "The Waitress Uniform That Started It All."
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samuelp
Industry Insider
Posts: 2251 Location: San Antonio, USA |
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Maidreamin' is a serious business and probably the most corporate Maid Cafe with the prime location in Akihabara.
In all likelihood they will consider this shop a loss-leader and try to essentially replicate what they do in Japan, which should find a decent audience in LA of extreme Japanophiles. More interesting though would be the times when unsuspecting people wander into the place not knowing what they're getting into  .
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Ingraman
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For quite a long time, there was an Anna Miller's restaurant at a mall not too far from me here in northern California. I have no idea where the next closest one was. I've also been to a branch in the Pearl City/Honolulu area (still open, it seems), and one that was near the hotel where I was staying in the Shinagawa area of Tokyo (not there any more). |
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kazziyan
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Need to visit. :O
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firedragon54738
 Posts: 3113 Location: wisconsin |
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Maid cafes never work in the US
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Tokimemofan
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I am surprised they aren't likely to be open before Anime Expo. It should only be about 1 mile. distance.
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walw6pK4Alo
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I dunno, I'd think places with a historically higher Asian population (especially Japanese) would have a better chance of survival than urban and desolate Detroit. |
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taster of pork
 Posts: 596 Location: My House |
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A better idea might be to just have one during AX again and find some Japanese women who speak English to be the Maids.
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Spotlesseden
Posts: 3514 Location: earth |
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you must be from some remote area. It can work in Seattle, SF, LA .. In Seattle area(Bellevue), there is a Japanese hair Salon. $40 a haircut. You can read Japanese manga, very cute girls waste hair, ect. http://www.bs-tokyodo.co.jp/ yes, the website is in Japanese, but it has a branch in Bellevue. Some hair stylists don't speak much English. They only speak Japanese. |
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