They’re dressed like French maids, but this is no cleaning service. And no one here is French. The dolled-up servers at Maid Café NY innocently smile, wink and giggle while they serve tea and cake — ...

On the top floor of @home cafe in Tokyo’s geek-friendly Akihabara district, in a low-ceilinged, brightly lit room that smelled of a poorly ventilated deep fryer, a coterie of frilly aproned maids were ...

Maid cafes have become so embedded in Japan that it is hard to imagine a Tokyo without them. There are now more than 200 maid cafes in Japan, but the good news is that increased competition is making ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Most maid cafes aren't exactly visually striking. The decor lacks pizzazz. Japanese maid cafe chain Maidreamin has pizzazz out the wahzoo. The cafe is ...

KIRYU, Gunma -- Last July, two seniors began working as "maids" in frilly white aprons at the new "Meido Cafe Shangri-La" in this eastern Japan city. The goal was to create a community space where ...

You can see it all in Tokyo and Kyoto, plus day trips to Mashiko, Osaka, and stay at an onsen ryokan on this 11 days in Japan itinerary.

In America, a woman dressed as a maid can mean one of two things: She’s here to clean your house, or she’s dressed in a costume. The latter is considered sexy, while the former is anything but. In ...