You must have visited thousands of cafes in your life but have you already come across anime themed cafes ? Some of us may think that they are only for children but you are wrong. Anime Themed Cafes are good spots for people to relax while admiring the well decorated café interior. it’s a great place especially for otaku
An Otaku is someone who enjoys anime and manga culture and the communities that surround them.
This post is both for otaku and non otaku. I will show you 8 Popular Anime Themed Cafes In Tokyo you absolutely need to visit in Japan. Well let’s first understand what an anime theme café is.
What are Anime Themed Cafes ?
An anime themed café is one which has an anime concept that appears in every aspect of the café like décor, drinks and overall ambience in general. Now let us visit some popular Anime Themed Cafes.
Popular Anime Themed Cafes
1. Pokémon café
Our first anime themed café is the Famous Pokémon café with Pikachu as the chef which greets you as you’re dining(Sometimes he gives a show). The restaurant interior is decorated with Pikachu and other elements from Pokémon. The food is equally decorated. The environment is lovely, spacious and bright.
There are approximately 20 dishes and the menu is available in English, Chinese and Korean. Popular plates includes:
- Eevee Teriyaki Chicken Burger: Designed after Eevee’s face and served with fries and soup. It cost $20
- Hearty Pikachu Plate: a Pikachu-shaped rice omelets served with a hamburger, steak. It’s also $20.
You need to make a reservation online in order to eat there. You can go home with a free Pokémon placemat(it’s given to everyone) and a Pokémon Donut set(cost $29).
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Additional information about the Pokémon themed café.
Address: 5F, Nihonbashi Takashimaya S. C. East Building, 2-11-2 Nihonbashi, Chuo, Tokyo
Opening hours: Every day from 10:30 AM – 10 PM
Website: Pokemon Cafe
2. The One Piece Anime themed Café
While Luffy and his friends are still looking for the one Piece, one of the anime themed cafes you should surely visit is the Tokyo tower’s Mugiwara Café and stuff up yourself with some good things
Another important aspect is the Library where you can lose yourself for a while in past one piece volumes to review scenes or view scenes you missed.
NB: The volumes are available in English, Chinese and Spanish
The café interior is equally decorated with one piece posters and you may even find Luffy’s hats.
Some of their min desserts are :
- Luffy’s Favourite Beef Pizza worth $18
- Nami’s Tangerine Custard worth $12
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Additional information about this anime themed café
Address: 1F, Tokyo Tower, 4-2-8 Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo 105-0011
Opening hours: everyday from 10 AM – 10 PM
3. Anime themed Cafes: Doraemon Café at Doraemon Museum
One of the anime themed cafes for Doraemon fans is the Doraemon Café at Fujiko F. Fujio Museum. The café is on the third floor. Head on there an choose a variety of things from their extensive menu:
- Food menu between 780-1650 yen
- Sweet menu between 980-1280 yen
- Drink menu(LATTE ART DRINK, ORIGINAL DRINK, SOFT DRINK) between 480-630 yen
Tickets are not sold on-site so you need to either purchase them online or at a Lawson convenience store.
Additional information about this anime themed cafe
Address: 3F, Fujiko F Fujio Museum, 2-8-1 Nagao, Tama-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa
Opening hours: everyday from 10 AM – 6 PM
Website: Fujiko F. Fujio Museum
4. Gundam Café
Here comes another one of the amazing anime themed cafes “Gundam Café ” with chefs who mimicked the Gundam’s looks in their dishes. Have you ever tried a Donut Dessert , resembling a Zaku robot’s head all covered with green chocolate with some cereals and fruits ? UI recommend you try some in the Gundam Café before leaving Japan if you came just for a short stay.
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Additional information about this Gundam Café
Address: 1-1, Hanaoka-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Opening hours: every day from 10 AM – 10:30 PM
Website: Gundam cafe
5. Anime themed cafes: Ghibli Museum Café
Dive into the Ghibli world of Hayao Miyazaki where you will find many things that feature in many Ghibli movies like Robot Soldier on the Rooftop or The Catbus in My Neighbor Totoro. There is also a very large Totoro at the entrance of the museum that will welcome you. Behind the museum you will find a Straw Hat Café that will fill your stomach up with Strawberry Shortcake and Bacon Egg Castle.
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Additional information about this Gundam Cafe
Address: 1-1-83 Simorenjaku, Mitaka-shi,Tokyo 181-0013
Opening hours: From Wednesdays to Sunday 10 AM – 6 PM. Closed on Tuesdays
Website: Ghibli museum cafe address
6. Cafe de Miki with Hello Kitty
Even though you are not a fan of Hello Kitty, this anime themed café will surely seduce you in all its aspects. Café de Miki with Hello Kitty is born from the union between Hello Kitty and Paris Miki Holdings, a popular eyewear company in Japan.
Equally popular in this anime themed cafe is the Milk Cream Ribbon style Pancake($12).
There are also manga and anime themed parks you should visit once in a while.
Hello kitty ham and cheese egg pancake 
Cafe d Miki with hello kitty merchandise
Additional information about this anime themed cafe
Address: 4F, DiverCity Tokyo Plaza, 1-1-10 Koto, Tokyo 135-0064
Opening hours: Everyday from 10:30 AM – 10 PM
Website: Cafe miki with Hello Kitty address
7. Anime themed Cafes: Masked Rider Café
Kamen Rider The Diner serves food based on the main riders in the series. So you should take your time and choose your main food and drink
The café organizes shows to entertain their visitors. Another important aspect of one of these anime themed cafes is that seats are really limited and you should make a reservation as soon as possible when planning to go there.
Additional information about this anime themed café
Address: 4F, Pasela Resorts Ikebukuro, 1-21-9 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima, Tokyo 171-0021
Opening hours: Mon – Fri: 11:30 AM – 10 PM daily | Sat – Sun: 11:30 AM – 11 PM
Website: Kamen Rider The Diner
8. ARTNIA – Square Enix Cafe
You will think there is a giant egg in the middle of Tokyo. It’s not an egg, it’s The ARTNIA. The designer was simply super inspired. In this egg-like structure you will find merchandise like food based on series like Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts,
You will also find at a section of the cafe the Final Fantasy Shrine.
At the center of the room you will find a crystal waterfall surrounded by some artworks and figures you will admire the whole day if you got nothing else to do.
Some of the cafe delices are pancakes designed with characters like Moogles, Slimes, and Chocobos.
Additional information about this cafe
Address: 1F, Shinjuku EastSide Square, 6-27-30 Shinjuku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Opening hours: Everyday from 11 AM – 10 PM
Website: Square Enix Cafe
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