• more about #japanese
    boxspelunker: I lived in Japan for a year, about two hours north of Tokyo. Maid cafes are pretty standard - the city I lived in was considered "backwater" and almo... more »
    Liz11685: My mother used to live in Japan and said there seemed to be only two sizes of women there: tiny and large. She was a 5'7" blonde American woman, I ima... more »
    brendastarlet is on it: To add a little context, many women in Japan are tiny. Clothing sizs in department stores go up to about a size 8 and shoe sizes stop at a 6 1/2. I wa... more »
    Plum Spaniel: Those girls are cute... I know there's the fetishism issue, but I really would like to see Japan embrace larger girls a little more. If you think the ... more »
    InCahoots: This thread has made me realize that I am much more ignorant of the happenings in Japan than I thought. It's also made me realize that maybe that's no... more »
    R_Claw: I kinda want those outfits. It would be awesome to wear them around NYC on the weekends! FUN, YAY! :) more »
    sybann: The Japanese are strange. Lovely lovely art but odd people - My Japanese AUNT thinks the Japanese are weird. more »
    randomnessish: I think that the girls' attitudes are great, and if the cafe plays a part in that, then great! They seem like wonderful, well-rounded (NO PUN INTENDE... more »
    morninggloria: I picture Japan to be like a live action Lewis Carroll story, everything all colorful and terrifyingly happy and sort of cracked-out seeming. more »
    bloodflower: yeah i don't find these girls to be super chubby but at least they feel good about themselves and able to get away with those outfits. more »
    morninggloria: (narrows eyes, looks back and forth, begins backing slowly toward door, slightly fearful for own safety) more »
    Pocahaunted: I'm opening one up in Brooklyn and getting Vice to give me the capital. DREAMS, OH DREAMS. more »
    RachelR: I don't think any of these women look chubby, either. In fact, they all look perfectly average to me. If this restaurant "caters to a fetish," what s... more »
    emilyanne: ah Japan home of the vending machines where you can buy schoolgirls underwear to sniff. more »
    EdnasEdibles: But but . . . I want a restaurant where chubby Pomeranian dogs wait on me. more »
    Raspberry Swirly: That said, she's a cute girl. I kinda want that red and black hair bow. And if I could, I'd probably work there. Good for her for opening this. more »
    Tara Incognita: I would love Simon Doonan's thoughts on this madness. more »
    Raspberry Swirly: Take Japan with a grain of salt. They still think blackface is hilarious, bless their hearts. more »
    bluebears: what in the sam hill is a maid cafe? more »
    Mkp-hearts-NYC: Acceptance, Yay! Objectification, Boo! Sense of self in the face of cultural messages to the contrary, Yay! Maids outfits, Booo! So many emotions! :) :( more »
  • #weightyissues

    Meet The Ladies Of The "Chubby Maid Café"

    There is a place in Akihabara, Tokyo, called Pomeranian: The Chubby Maid Café. It's a restaurant run by "a bunch of not-so-thin girls" and the waitresses dress in maid costumes. Vice interviewed a few. More »
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