@home cafe (Akihabara Main Store)
One of Akihabara's best-known maid cafés, across several floors of the Mitsuwa Building, welcoming foreign 'masters' and 'princesses' home.
A flagship Akihabara maid café known for being foreigner-friendly. Expect an entrance fee, a one-order minimum and roughly one-hour seating.
- English OK
Good to know for otaku
- Getting there
- JR Akihabara Station, short walk
- English
- English-friendly
- Photos
- Limited / ask staff
- Entry / charge
- Entrance fee + one-drink/order, ~1-hour seating (check official site for current rate)
- Payment
- cash / visa / mastercard / amex
- Reservation
- walk-in
Known for
What it is
@home cafe is one of Akihabara's most famous maid cafés, operated across several floors of the Mitsuwa Building. Maids welcome guests as if they're returning to a mansion, addressing them as 'master' (goshujin-sama) or 'princess' (ojou-sama), with the café's signature playful rituals.
For a foreign visitor: there is an entrance fee plus a required one-drink/one-order minimum, with seating typically limited to about one hour. Maids receive English training, so it's relatively foreigner-friendly, and cards (Visa/Mastercard/JCB/Amex) are accepted alongside cash. Photo rules matter here — you may photograph the interior, menus and your own food and drink, but not the maids or other guests, and all video recording is prohibited. Photos with a maid are only via the paid instant-photo ('cheki') service.
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