Tokyo JUNKtion


November 22, 2011

Tokyo JUNKtion: Cateriam Cat Cafe

by yoko

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A cat cafe is not a place that serves cat sandwiches. It is a cafe… with cats.

Cat Cafes in Japan were very popular in the early-mid 2000s and still remain peppered throughout Tokyo. Building on the otaku culture of manga, maid and mimikaki (ear cleaning) cafes, cat cafes provide solace
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December 24, 2009

Tokyo JUNKtion: Usaya

by yoko

Usaya ShimokitazawaShimokitazawa is hands down my favorite part of Tokyo. It’s teeming with youth and the elderly, shopping for knick knacks in a part of Tokyo that has no high-rise buildings — preserving a quaintness that is absent in the major hubs of the city like Shibuya
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