Last summer I wrote a post about the “life-size” 「ガンダム」 (Gundam) robot that was in Tokyo.
A photo I took last summer of the giant Gundam.
Well, yesterday the “Akihabara Gundam Cafe & Bar” (also called simply 「ガンダムカフェ」 (Gundam Cafe)) opened in the Akihabara area of Tokyo.
"Gundam Cafe" logo
This cafe / bar is near the 「電気街口」 (“Electric Town” exit) of 秋葉原駅 (Akihabara train station).
It’s called a “cafe and bar” because from 8:30AM – 5:00PM it’s a cafe with lunch meals and coffee on the menu, and then from 5:00PM til closing it becomes a bar and serves dinner and alcohol.
They also sell souvenirs such as Gundam Coffee, Gundam ashtrays, Gundam coasters, せんべい (rice crackers), ガンダム人形焼き (Gundam “Ningyou-yaki” (which is a traditional Japanese snack)) and 「ガンプラ焼き」 (“Gunpla-yaki” (which is a たい焼き (traditional Japanese bean-filled snack) in the shape of a Gundam robot)…
「ガンプラ焼き」 ("Gunpla-yaki")
As a giant nerd, I approve of this fully.
Come to Tokyo and you can visit it.
I’ll show you where it is.
Where you able to go in? I walked by there yesterday (Sunday) and the line up was very long so I just took a few pictures outside and left. I was just writing my own blog post about it (and as usual, I am behind on my writing).
>Where you able to go in?
No. I didn’t even go there. I don’t go to Akihabara very often.
The pictures in this post are from the cafe’s website…except the one at the top of the post of the giant robot—I took that one last summer.
I think you are more familiar with Japan than me.
Where do you get this kind of infomations about Japan?
>I think you are more familiar with Japan than me.
HAHA.
Maybe. You’re young…I’ve been in Japan almost as long as you have! 
>Where do you get this kind of infomations about Japan?
From the TV news.