The second official One Piece Cafe, based on the long-running manga and anime series, is now open in Little Tokyo. Its popularity among local anime fans is breathing life into a neighborhood battered ...

Tokyo's famous themed cafes usually feature animals — cats, pigs, hedgehogs. The vibe is pleasure and play. Quite unlike the newest addition that's all about work. On a busy intersection in the city's ...

Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

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Based in Scotland, Finn has been writing about Japanese pop culture for nine years now. He is also a gamer, hiker, and proud vegan. His passion is bringing news straight from Japan to you, in English, ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Theme cafes that offer cats with your coffee and waitresses in Parisian maid outfits are a fixture on Tokyo's vibrant dining scene, but one eatery is delving back in time to ...

For lovers of Halloween, in particular the Gothic, vampire aesthetic popular in European lore, Tokyo has a spot for you to sink your teeth into. The Vampire Café is in Ginza, the ritzy shopping ...

The Cortez family piled out of their car and stretched their legs. Finally, after an hour and a half drive from their Long Beach home, they had made it to Little Tokyo — specifically, to One Piece ...

A lunch crowd gathers at One Piece Cafe in Little Tokyo. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The Cortez family piled out of their car and stretched their legs. Finally, after an hour and a half drive ...