In recent years, Japan has seen a number of themed restaurants pop up, many of them drawing inspiration from popular anime series. However, most of these are limited-time affairs, meaning that if you’re only going to be in Japan for a short trip, it’s a role of the dice as to what otaku dining options you’ll have.
But next year Tokyo is getting a Pokemon restaurant that fans can eat at any time. Like its limited-time predecessors, the permanent Pokemon Cafe will feature food, drinks, and décor that draws on decades’ worth of Pokemon anime and video game aesthetics.
The new Pokemon Cafe will be located inside the Takashimaya department store in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi neighborhood, a short walk from either the Nihombashi subway station, as well as Tokyo Station, which is accessible by both subway and surface trains.
Also coming to Takashimaya Nihonbashi is a new Pokemon specialty shop, to be called the Pokémon Center Tokyo DX. In Japan, “DX” is commonly used as an abbreviation for “deluxe,” though the Pokemon Company hasn’t made any promises that the Pokemon Center Tokyo DX will be any larger than the other already-huge Pokemon Center branches in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan. Most Pokemon Centers do have certain exclusive pieces of merchandise, though, and the presence of Mew in the store’s logo suggests the Pokemon Center Tokyo DX will be the best place to shop for merch for the mysterious Pocket Monster.
The permanent Pokemon Cafe and Pokemon Center Tokyo DX are scheduled to open simultaneously on March 14.
Source: Pokemon official website via IT Media
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