Gundam robot cafe in Akihabara Tokyo, weird Japan otaku theme restaurants, Bandai anime manga toys

La Carmina ( http://www.lacarmina.com ) visits the Gundam theme restaurant in Akihabara! The robot theme cafe opened in 2010 in Tokyo and is very popular among otaku (who love robots anime, manga and collectible vinyl toy figures). The decoration is space ship futuristic and the food even has Gundam insignia on it!

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[melissa13bp]

Is the book cute yummy time sold in Scotland

[lacarmina]

@melissa13bp Yes! You can buy it via my site, LACARMINA (dotcom) / cookingcute.php  Thanks!

[lacarmina]

Want more photos and stories from Japan’s weirdest maid cafes and eateries? Please take a look at my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants book! Full info on LACARMINA (dot-com)

[EltBerserker]

gay dude has scarred my penis for life

[drake36]

@SagaciousLuDa wait what?! she was a trap????

[amayaJDB]

Gay or not, that guy is cute xD

[gabbaro]

Japan is awesome. I've gotta visit someday- thanks!

[gag75]

Friggen SWEET

[InuzukaCds]

I wanna work there...

[xxGermanyxxx]

Whats wrong with being gay?

[kungpao56]

holy shit! that chick that was beside that orange hair chick in the vid was a dude! damn son

[SagaciousLuDa]

that dude must be gay.

[VideoQuan]

The menu is RX-78 GUNDAM manual >.<