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Maid Cafes Face Legal Hurdles In Some Parts Of Japan Date: 10/18/2005 |
| Police deemed servers dressed as housemaids in 2 popular Fukuoka tea cafes to be "entertaining" and ordered them to obtain special permission extended to "businesses affecting public morals" by the 15th of October. Those related to the store were puzzled at the demand as getting the permission is unnecessary now in Tokyo and Akihabara whee about 30 similar maid shops do business. The hosemaid servers routinely bring out coffee, tea and chat with customers. Some of the common things said to guests include the line "Return Husband". Special services include drawing pictures on omeletes with katchup. Employees of these shops are assumed only to be servers and obtaining special permission of the Entertainment Establishments Control Law is unnecessary. However, in the Fukuoka instance the company that manages two shops there has been determined to be "entertaining" by the the police after careful consultation at the Chuo station. The same police station says, "At first, business conditions etc. were not understood". According to the shop, guests will now not be talked to by employees so as not to become "Entertainment" until their application for special permission is complete. The housemaid cafe business boom has spread to several of Japan's major cities. A "housemaid massage" parlor even opened in Akihabara in February of this year. Housemaid bars and Housemaid house cleaning services, have also appeared. Cure Maid Cafe was the first businees to adopt the maid cafe theme when it opened in Akihabara in 2001. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
