Mobile Ojisan
The future is now in the land of the rising sun
by Matsushita Shuji, Japan
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Akihabara gone maniac
Nov 25, 2005 08:23Yes, I'm talking about Akiba's newest obsession, those perversive Maid Cafes. New ones are popping up every 3 minutes recently, just like the mushrooms after autumn drizzling.
Step into one of them. Young and pretty girls in kinky French maid attire whisper to you: "O honorable master, welcome back again..." Irasshai-mase, go-shujin-sama!
An idealized sanitized version of Maid Cafe |
In one of the real Maid Cafes. The French maid costume in action, ready to crunch the hapless Master... er... customer. |
Why so suddenly?: Ojisan is totally baffled.
Evil phantasy?: Something to do with the total lack of maids/nannies/amahs/ayahs in Japanese society? Maybe, Akiba cruisers (exclusively young or youngish males) hide a secret phantasy in their innards. Of somehow an easy male dominance which exists only in the virtual reality. A legend of master-servant order.
So, this must be an exclusive Japanese obsession. Where maids are readily available for a song, and verbally/physically abused with impunity, absolutely no need for a Maid Cafe. Reality massacres phantasy, I think.
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| Noooo! Don't pinch their derrieres! Bouncer will throw you down from the 10th floor window. |
Are you curious? But you can't muster enough courage to plunge into this Akiba perversion? Oh, no worry. There will be a special guided bus tour to cruise some of these Maid Cafes. Bunch up, and y' all can move a mountain!
Contact: Akiba Beginners Rescue Tour (Akiba Shoshin-sha Kyusai Tour)
Date: February 4 (Saturday), 2006. 10am starting from Shinjuku station, Tokyo
Charge: 5,800 yen (US$48)
Included: Lunch, beverage at Maid Cafe
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About Matsushita Shuji
When he is not investigating (and buying) the latest gadgets, Matsushita Shuji is a retired professor of African linguistics from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He is also occasionally known as a mobile ojisan, though he will deny this vehemently.
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