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"Welcome home, master!"

Akihabara (the Otaku, or 'geek', capital of Japan) hosts a number of 'Maid Cafes' where - well, the picture above pretty much says it. (No these are not sex shops. If you Googled 'Maid' and 'Sex' then sorry please return to your search results).

Akihabara culture and Maid Cafes have already gone mainstream - just check out this canned-coffee ad featuring Tommy Lee Jones (follow the links for more in the series):



So to keep ahead of the real world, the wonderful otaku have come up with a new 'cosplay' (costume play) cafe motif: School.

Last week, a new maid cafe opened in Akihabara called "Akiba School Maid Class" decorated as a classic Japanese classroom where maids and customers are 'classmates.'

The twist is the role-playing not only of children but of childhood boy-girl relationships. What otaku/geek wouldn't love that - especially since this time the girls (act as though they) like you.

For the record, "Akiba School Maid Class" world does not offer any 'extras'.