Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Once relegated to the back streets of Akihabara, the recent fad of Maid Cafés has gone almost mainstream popping up in all parts of Tokyo. Besides the girls in French maid outfits, what goes on in these places? Well, we did a little research and made a report for you in this week’s exciting culture class! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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37 Responses to “Japanese Culture Class #49 - Going to a Maid Café!”
JapanesePod101.com says:
September 4th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, it has been a while since we had a JCC, but this one was just kind of spontaneous! Annnn~!
doraemon says:
September 4th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
do women go a lot?
not in a group for fun but actually alone? 
bakaneko says:
September 4th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
No pics??? At least get Peter-san to dress up as a meido! 
Asahi_nysurf says:
September 4th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Ya women actually do go alot, sometimes in big groups. Ojou-sama! 
Peter says:
September 4th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
-do women go a lot?
I definitely don’t think so; however, with that said, I think they were a lot nicer to us (the guys) because we went with women. Naomi will chime in a with an interesting story, as one of the maids mentioned it was the first time that she fed a women.
They may go in big groups; will investigate further.
Bakaneko, we almost had pics, but they wanted 15 USD for a polaroid, and no digitals. 
I am currently dieting, and once I can fit into my old size, I am up for a photo shoot.
Ashai-san, Ojou-sama! 
クリストファー (KC8UFV) says:
September 4th, 2007 at 7:55 pm
I can’t wait to see that Peter.
At first, durring the lesson, (until Natskoさん just started laughing) I thought you were referencing a group of postal workers (commonly reffered to here as mail men)
It sounds like it was an, um, interesting experience.
markystar says:
September 4th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
we’ve got maid fever™ here at jpod! 
i wish i could post a permanent link to naomi sensei saying “the maid cafe is the best place to practice japanese!”
プライスレス
marky
mieth says:
September 4th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
The first time I head goshujin I thought I misheard. I thought goshujin was used to refer to someone’s husband. The thought of asking women if they have a master sounded bad. So I looked up in my dictionary and they are the same word.
Chris (KC8UFV) says:
September 4th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Peter -
along with my previous comments, if we get to the maid cafe with the videos, you must submit one to Maxiewawa.
Daniel Beck says:
September 4th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Here’s a typical Peterさん statement:
“… at a nice restaurant, a family restaurant…”
Last time I checked, Denny’s did not exactly qualify as a 4 star restaurant!
kitty-chan says:
September 4th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
I read somewhere Japanese Denny’s is really nice!!! Different from the crappy American one. 
It’s been on my TO DO IN JAPAN list for a long time! Hope I get to go soon!
Javizy says:
September 4th, 2007 at 11:21 pm
Whoa, I don’t know what would be more embarrassing out of being fed or being called master 
Wasn’t there any weird non-food stuff on the menu? The one on TV had otaku resting their heads on the maid’s lap while having a conversation, and people have mentioned playing Nintendo and children’s games like Crocodile Dentist. I thought it was these things that made it more of a talking point.
rigo says:
September 4th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
thanks for sharing your experience
a shrimp that fell in love ? amazing
JapanesePod101.com says:
September 4th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
this is our maid cafe’s website.
you can see the menu and the pix of the maids! 
no weird items on this places menu. but, at other places you can have a maid trim your nails or clean your ears. 
marky
Chris (KC8UFV) says:
September 5th, 2007 at 12:04 am
Marky -
you couldn’t get them to put japanesepod on thier map?
Laura says:
September 5th, 2007 at 1:28 am
Natsuko-san and Naomi-sensei were fed by maids? wow. I want to see this!
Ronaldo says:
September 5th, 2007 at 1:51 am
Peter-san
Remember last year, in May, when me and my friend Wada visit JapanesePod101 office during Golden Week coming from East Timor?
So… just after we visit you we stop in Anna Miller’s next your building to eat something, the food was nice, but the service was even better! This Culture Class brought me good memories!! 
BTW: Both me and Wada are going to try JLPT-4 this year here in Sao Paulo.
Ronaldo
rigo says:
September 5th, 2007 at 4:04 am
i saw the pictures , they are really cute
i wonder which girl made you blush Peter san
Jason says:
September 5th, 2007 at 5:01 am
Here’re a couple of maid cafe vids I found on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSSqJZmn3AE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lssJamHNMQ
Liz21 says:
September 5th, 2007 at 5:56 am
Marky-san,
Thanks for the link to the Maid Cafe! http://gashmaid.web.fc2.com/
Reading the Japanese menu is good practice for us! 
Jason-san,
Thanks for the YouTube links! I learned a lot there!
Sindy says:
September 5th, 2007 at 7:38 am
JP101 crew/listeners!
I agree with all mina-san, congratulations Peter/JP101! 
Thank you for the links None of the maids compare to Miki-san duh! 
They should make a Maid Cafe for girls where guy’s service women so you girls don’t feel embarazed going to a Guy’s Maid Cafe. S_R_C
Christopher (KC8UFV) says:
September 5th, 2007 at 8:04 am
Sindy-san
I remember they commented durring the lesson about a butler cafe that does exactly that.
Sindy says:
September 5th, 2007 at 8:22 am
Thank you Christopher-san!
For that information so a Butler Cafe does exist for girls has master and guy’s has maids, ohhh I see. 
Maybe Peter-san/JP101 crew can go to a Butler Cafe thenext time and make a lesson like they did today. S_R_C
ジョージ says:
September 5th, 2007 at 10:44 am
i don’t know if you can request this, but
have you done any podcasts on passive form
i think that’s what it’s called させる anyway
one on this would be really helpful
JapanesePod101.com says:
September 5th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
ジョージさん
させる is causative. and unfortunately we’ve only touched on it…
but you’re in luck! we have planned 3 Beginner Season 2’s and 2 Lower Intermediates exploring this difficult (but crucial form)
by the way, if you or anyone else has any other lesson ideas or grammar questions, the forum is a pretty cool place to get started. also, don’t forget about the Grammar Bank
ALL ABOUT JAPANESE
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
LESSON REQUESTS
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4
marky
maxiewawa says:
September 5th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
Here’s another movie written by JPod, filmed by jPod listeners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNOHUVDZBNQ
It’s a work in progress, I’m still waiting on videos, so get rolling everyone who hasn’t contributed!
João Paulo says:
September 5th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
Really nice JCC…
Still, I really wish you had all those reactions on video
It was really really funny.
Mata!
Liz21 says:
September 5th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Maxiewawa-san,
I want to try an International Things video soon.
Casey says:
September 6th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
DISTURBING……but you think its only for guys……..in Ikebukuro there is one for GIRLS also with guys doing the serving.
Hyunwoo Sun says:
September 9th, 2007 at 12:47 am
Thanks for the interesting lesson!!!
次に日本に行くとき行って見たいな～～～
Abrassart says:
September 12th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Nice JCC. We want more! Actually, I missed the JCC class, so I was really happy to ear that one (wich was great!!!).
Se ya,
Nicholas Lockhart says:
October 10th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
Haha, Peter, Peter.
“Oh today, lets go to a maid cafe for research.”
Why does this never work as an explanation when I try to convince my boss to give me work related trips?
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