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Japan Van Life Ch 42: Life in a Manga Café
Internet cafes (known as 漫画喫茶, “Manga Kissa”) in Japan have come a long way from being a place to simply read manga, use a computer, and sip coffee! Comic cafes in Japan are no longer just made for teleworking or reading. At 快活CLUB (“Kaikatsu Club”, AKA Cheerful Club), you can easily spend 24 hours “living” inside a manga cafe because there’s so much to do at a really affordable price.
In fact, it’s actually a pretty common travel hack for people on a small budget to sleep overnight in a manga cafe booth, and since they come kitted out with padded foam mat and/or comfy gaming chairs, blankets, and slippers it’s easy to relax in peace! Depending on the store, you can also reserve VIP sofa rooms that can accommodate as many as 4 people and some stores even have VR headsets and bright and airy women-only areas to ensure you are living your best Japan life.
Manga cafes often get a bad rep and conjure up ideas of sweaty nerds living in a capsule hotel booth, and while we *do* fit the weaboo/otaku unshowered stereotype, we’re here to dispel the bad rumours about Japanese net cafes and explain all of the services available for people traveling on a budget! Today we’re showing you how we spend our days off editing vlogs from our Japan travels, how vanlifers in Japan take showers, and giving you an inside tour of a Japanese manga cafe (and we’re VERY ready to take a shower after a cold night of snowy vanlife!). The only hitch? The shower has a time limit of 15 minutes 🥲
The full list of services:
All you can eat breakfast “morning” bar (bread and french fries) from 6:00 – 10:30
Unlimited drinks bar (including soups)
All you can eat soft serve ice cream
Food & alcohol menu
Shower
Hair dryer and hair curling/straightening iron
Free bath and face towels
Coin laundry machines
Blankets
Slippers
Reading lights
Locker for valuables
Manga comic library
Magazine library
Power/USB outlets
Free Wi-Fi
Online anime collection
Cinema (Watch movies, anime, TV)
Video games
Gaming PCs
Microsoft Office software
Gym
Darts
Pool (Billiards)
Karaoke
Massage seats
Private room with key
Free parking
(We opted for the cheapest available option, the “nomihoudai” all-you-can-drink café, which gave us free use of the showers and power outlets, unlimited soft serve ice cream and drink bar, and access to 1000s of manga, magazines, anime, and free Wi-Fi!)
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Kaikatsu Club (Koga Mizuguchi Store, Shiga Prefecture)（快活CLUB 甲賀水口店）
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