My visit to the Kawaii Monster Café in Tokyo

The Kawaii Monster Café is a colourful and eccentric café in Harajuku Tokyo. Kawaii means "cute" in Japanese. The café was created by Japanese artist and fashion designer and creator of the 6% Doki Doki fashion label, Sebastian Masuda. You can see his influence on the style of the café because it is just as playful, colourful, fun and zany as his clothing line.

Harajuku is known for being the fresh, young and hip but "out there" fashion area in Tokyo while I would say that Ginza is the posh, luxury fashion area with the luxury brand stores like Gucci etc. In Harajuku there are lots of vintage stores and boutiques selling amazing, fun, colourful clothes. Harajuku is also a fun spot to do people watching as you can see some interestingly dressed Japanese youths around this area and in Yoyogi Park.

The cafe consists of 4 zones which are the Mushroom Disco, Milk Stand, Bar Experiment and Mel-Tea Room. When you arrive at the café you choose which zone you would like to sit in and you get a point card. There is a 500 yen entrance fee the first time you go to the café, however once you have a point card you don’t need to pay the entrance fee when you visit again. Each time you visit the café and enter a different zone, you will get a stamp on your point card. When you complete all the zones, you will get a gift and your point card will be upgraded to the next status.

Upon entering the café you encounter a giant merry go round shaped like a cake. A Harajuku girl or “Monster Girl” will take you to your table. The décor in the café is colourful, crazy and psychedelic.

The food at the café is unusual and interesting with meal options ranging from rainbow colored spaghetti to chicken with chocolate sauce! You can view the restaurant menu on their website: http://kawaiimonster.jp/pc/en/menu/  I ordered some colourful cake.

This café is an interesting place to visit in Harajuku Tokyo and experience some Harajuku style dining.

How to get there:
Kawaii Monster Cafe Harajuku
Address: Tokyo-to, Shibuya-ku, Jingumae 4-31-10, YM Square building 4th floor
Open 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. (last seating at 9:30 p.m./last order at 10 p.m.)