One of the fastest growing businesses in Japan at present are Manga Kissaten. Manga are Japanese comic books, while Kissaten means cafe in Japanese, so basically they are cafes where you can read comic books. However, they are often so much more than just this. The one that has just opened down the road from me has free Internet usage and online games, pool, ping-pong, playstations, DVD viewing booths and even a relaxation area with massage chairs and showers. A little bit different from your average Internet Cafe in the UK. All this costs about 2 pounds an hour during the day and includes free drinks, if you go at night (did I mention that its open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year) or book blocks of time its considerably cheaper.
So far I have used the PCs and played a few games. I will have to try the massage chairs, which the Japanese simply love (just walk into an electrical store at the weekend and see them queuing up to try them out.) However, I usually find them a bit rough and wonder if they are doing more damage than good.
Not sure if Manga Kissaten would work in the UK, as I am sure their stock of comic books, CDs and DVDs would go missing rather quickly. It's a shame because they are an excellent idea and immensely popular here.
One of the fastest growing businesses in Japan at present are Manga Kissaten. Manga are Japanese comic books, while Kissaten means cafe in Japanese, so basically they are cafes where you can read comic books. However, they are often so much more than just this. The one that has just opened down the road from me has free Internet usage and online games, pool, ping-pong, playstations, DVD viewing booths and even a relaxation area with massage chairs and showers. A little bit different from your average Internet Cafe in the UK. All this costs about 2 pounds an hour during the day and includes free drinks, if you go at night (did I mention that its open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year) or book blocks of time its considerably cheaper.
3 comments:
Your right, I don't think it's for the UK. Too many people here would just walk off with anything that's not nailed down.
^.^ Personally, I'm French and I want to try to open a manga-kissa here.
I haven't enough money for the moment but I think that in five years it would be done ^^
Well, I'm opening a manga kissa in Romania sometime in the next year, and we'll take extra security measures to make sure they don't walk off with anything from the shelves.
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