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'Maid' girls tour helps Akihabara newcomers

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are served by waitresses dressed in frilly miniskirts and aprons at the maid cafe ''Usagi no mori (Forest of Bunnies) L-R'' in Tokyo's Akihabara district Oct. 19, 2010. The maid cafe is the highlight of a two-hour 2,980 yen tour of the home of the Japanese subculture.

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'Maid cafe' waitresses entertain visitors to Osaka tower

OSAKA, Japan - Two waitresses at a ''maid cafe'' clad in miniskirts and aprons form the shape of a heart with their hands at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka's Naniwa Ward on May 10.

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'Maid cafe' waitresses entertain visitors to Osaka tower

OSAKA, Japan - Two waitresses at a ''maid cafe'' clad in miniskirts and aprons form the shape of a heart with their hands at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka's Naniwa Ward on May 10. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 5

5 Hodogaya - A bridge over a stream, and across it two coolies are carrying a closed kago towards a village on the opposite bank; behind the village rises a low wooden hill. At this countryside station the travellers had covered a distance of 34 km from Edo and were well into the mood of travelling. By the bridge stands a restaurant which serves Soba (buckwheat noodle) and waitresses stand in front beckoning travellers to the restaurant. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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A guest room after a party is over

A guest room is shown after a party. All the guests are gone. The three women in kimono may be the head of the restaurant and two waitresses. The zabuton cushions used by the guests are scattered about. Sake bottles, large and small plates, and tobacco trays are also visible on the tatami. All three women wear the wide sashes popular since the later years of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number83‐8‐0]

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'Maid' girls tour helps Akihabara newcomers

TOKYO, Japan - Customers are served by waitresses dressed in frilly miniskirts and aprons at the maid cafe ''Usagi no mori (Forest of Bunnies) L-R'' in Tokyo's Akihabara district Oct. 19, 2010. The maid cafe is the highlight of a two-hour 2,980 yen tour of the home of the Japanese subculture. (Kyodo)

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Sushi-go-round restaurant opens in Pyongyang

Waitresses at a newly opened sushi restaurant in Pyongyang pose for a photo on Sept. 7, 2016. The two-story restaurant is also equipped with a rotating conveyor belt to carry sushi to customers, a rare facility in the North Korean capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo