Harajuku is one of Tokyo's most unique thriving fashion and cultural hubs.
Harajuku fashion is known for its bright colours and eccentric style and now there is a cafe that encompasses just that.
The Kawaii Monster Cafe is the latest themed cafe to hit the streets of Tokyo.
After browsing through their super KAWAII multilingual website and Facebook page,
i knew that this was a place that i had to visit on my next trip to Tokyo.
Fortunately, on my trip i was able to visit twice in one day for lunch and dinner!
When i arrived i was amazed by all the bright neon colours, design and artwork.
On both occasions the cafe entrance was full of people and a line had been formed.
The cafe offers four unique areas to dine in,
The Mushroom Disco,
The Milk Stand,
Bar Experiments,
and Mel-Tea Room.
You must choose which area you would like to sit in before entering.
Like most themed bars and cafes there is a 500 yen seating charge per person for a 90 minutes session.
We were told by the very KAWAII employee that we were about to enter the stomach of ‘Choppy’ the monster
and that this was in fact his tongue in which we were standing on.
Once the doors opened it was as if we had stepped into another universe,
right in front of us was the ‘Sweets Go Round’.
A super KAWAII merry go round that we would later pose for photo’s in front of.
For lunch i was accompanied by my friend Moeri and we were seated in the 'Milk Stand’.
The milk stand area features massive heads of rabbits, sheep and unicorns drinking their milk in a babies room.
For dinner i was accompanied by fellow YouTubers Strawberry Mochi, Piggles De Gaijin and Tyler and we were seated in the Mushroom Disco.
The Mushroom Disco area features a big forest made up of poisonous colourful mushrooms and space plants.
Even the menus were super KAWAII.
They were iPads placed inside a an ice-cream like plastic case.
The menu had a variety of unique foods, drinks and desserts including items such as
‘Chocolate Chicken Mole Amore’,’Druggy Cocktail (Nasty) and Colourful Poison Parfait (Extreme).
For lunch i ordered the ‘Colourful Rainbow Pasta (Painter)'
The pasta was garlic flavoured and came with 5 different dipping sauces.
The green pesto was my favourite. It was delicious.
And my friend ordered the ‘M・A・D・B・L・T’
Moeri's ‘M・A・D・B・L・T’ also came with 5 mysterious dipping sauces.
She enjoyed the ‘M・A・D・B・L・T’ and she said it was delicious.
To Drink i ordered the ‘Fruity Heavenly (Real Fruits)’
The drink was in a mason jar and had a variety of fresh fruits and a mint leaf for added flavour.
The drink itself was a sweet peach flavour, it was really yummy..
and Moeri ordered the ‘Shake Big Shake (Mango)’
Moeri's mango shake drink was very visually appealing,
she said it was very good however it was really sweet.
For Dinner, Piggles and I ordered the Popcorn shrimp that literally was popcorn and shrimp,
It came with 5 different dipping sauces and the blue one turned out to be sour cream and onion. It was good.
Piggles tried the green one which was wasabi and mayonnaise.
I think HE had a little bit too much.
Kelly ordered the colourful pasta (painter)
Kelly said that her favourite dipping sauce was the bright yellow one which turned out to be garlic flavoured.
She also liked the pesto and she that said both sauces were really good.
and Tyler ordered the waffles and chicken.
To Drink, I ordered the ‘Druggy Cocktail (Nasty)’,
It was grape juice with a dash of cassis and vodka.
Kelly ordered the ‘Druggy Cocktail (Experiment)’
After you added the blue and orange test tube, the drink tasted like melon soda with and after taste of koolaid.
Piggles ordered the 'Moscow Mule, he said it was safe and sane.
and Tyler ordered a beer.
As we were dining the KAWAII Monster Girls and Boys came over to greet us, talk to us about our travels and take pictures.
The bathroom was also crazy coloured complete with a sink made from bouncy balls.
Upon finishing and paying for our meals we were given point cards with which entitle you to more and more privileges each time you visit.
There are four levels, with the second level giving you access to the ‘Special Menu’
I’ll definitely have to go back to try that.
As a final departing gift we were each given a pair of ‘Choppy’s’ chopsticks.
Before leaving we posed for photo’s with the KAWAII Monster Girls and Boys in front of the ‘Sweets Go Round’.
On exiting the store you are taken through the KAWAII Monster Gift Store where you can purchase KAWAII Monster themed goods.
The Kawaii Monster Cafe is just a short 5 minute walk from JR’s Harajuku station or Tokyo Metro’s Jingumae station
and is located on the 4th floor of the YM square building.
The cafe is open from 7 days a week from 11:30am to 10:30pm with the last entry at 9:30pm and last order at 10pm
This kind of cafe cannot be experienced anywhere else in the world.
If you’re ever in Tokyo and are up for experiencing something a little different, i definitely recommend that you check out the KAWAII Monster Cafe in Harajuku.
This is Kelly aka Strawberry Mochi
She has a really great channel, it has a lot of useful things about Japan so you should definitely check it out.
and i will link it all down below.
Yeah, she's really cute and has a great singing voice, so if you like Japanese songs and you like singing check her out!
YAY!!