Akihabara

MAID CAFES, GEEKS, AND NON-SEXUAL PORN


Today I found a new place to drink coffee: a maid cafe. check this link out for the english version of the site and read more about cosplay cafes in general




Heading up the escalator, I was the only woman.
These were a few of the pics on the walls.

We had to wait outside, and were told not to take pictures. girls in french maid outfits were visible inside. A man in a suit came up to us and asked us how we would like to be addressed by the maids. I opted for my name with "san" at the end, for respect.

When we walked in, a maid immediately kneeled before us and said in Japanese, "welcome home master".

I was expecting to see big dorks and computer geek types inside, but was surprised at how normal most of the people looked. I was the only woman customer, however.

I watched as one normal looking guy transformed into a geek - he looked like he was about to clap his hands in delight as a maid served him his cutesey pancake cut into a shape, and then proceeded to draw a cutesy design on it in chocolate syrup. Then she sang a song, got him to join in with the singing and hand gestures, then they both made the heart hand shape:


I ordered spaghetti. Instead of drawing a picture, the maid mixes it for you. She also made me repeat her song, and we made heart hands and put "love" into the spaghetti together. We also did this for my melon soda - she asked, "which kind of straw is your mood?" I went with pink. And in went the love from me, her, and my companion.

I have a card as proof of my visit. It says "-san"




Next up in Akihabara, was a porn store - or rather, floors and floors of porn in a casually almost unmarked building that looks like any old apartment, save for a small sign:

I’m no expert in this field, but what blew me away was the lack of overt sexuality in the films I saw. I guess that’s fetish culture – maybe you’re just really into watching athletes stretch, or watching a stiletto crush a giant tarantula. De gustos y colores no discuten los doctores, meng. And also, they were soo darn specific. Not just “tennis players” – but looking at the inner lining of tennis shorts worn over regular undergarments. No sex. Just straight up voyeurism.

As a disclaimer, my friend told me, “you’re gonna see stuff so freaky that you won’t even believe it’s in a sex shop because it’s that weird – it doesn’t even look like porn.”

I didn’t get it until I saw what we were dealing with. Here’s a list of a few DVD themes I saw that made me go WTF. The good news for those of you who go “hey, I’ve always liked that but thought I was all alone” is that you can feel at home in Akihabara.


La Bendita’s “wtf” Fetish List:

Samba Fetish: women wearing carnaval costumes

Lining/underwear-that-is-attached-to-a-tennis-skirt/shorts (worn over regular panties) Fetish

Women beating up men Fetish: gangs of teenage girls beat up a man while he cowers in a corner with a nosebleed

Jumping Fetish: girls jumping onto a man that is lying on a pile of sand

Swimmer Fetish: women wearing one-piece speedos chilling by the pool

Amazon Woman Fetish: amazon woman beats up a guy

Stretching Fetish: Stretching before a track and field meet

Muscle Woman Fetish: muscular woman exercising in a hotel room

Sneezing Fetish: just a video of people sneezing

Pianist Foot Fetish: watching feet play the piano. sometimes in stockings or shoes. but just feet pressing the piano pedals shot from below the knee

Strong-woman-crushing-shit Fetish: a strong woman crushing food and pop cans with her hands

Stilletto+Food Punishment Fetish: woman mashing food with stilettos then forcing a man to eat it while he lies on the floor and she kicks food into his mouth and steps on him

Mask-woman goes Sightseeing Fetish: a man puts a natural looking human FACE mask on a woman then takes her out to go sightseeing. She rides in a car, then drinks pop on a ferry ride
-all while wearing a mask.

But we agreed that this was the ultimate weirdest: Big-woman-crushing-a city-Fetish: a woman wearing a bikini stomps over a city much like king kong. She crushes buildings, cars, and even the bullet train.

After all of that, I needed some fresh air. We went for a walk and saw this couple

then ended up eating tempura cooked by this guy:


Reports about Tokyo nightlife and the salsa scene coming next.