So as a few of you that have me on Facebook/social media will know, I recently made a trip over to Japan.
I thought I'd share some of the nerdiness with you :dave: as in Tokyo there are 3 (I think) official Square Enix/Final Fantasy themed cafes about, and we (me and my poor, bewildered, non-FF-playing boyfriend) visited 2 of them.
The first one, Artnia, is near the square enix headquarters in Shinjuku, and is a small cafe with a gift shop. Its not Final Fantasy themed with its decorations, but it is with its menu - heres me looking really pleased with a materia cocktail (it was frozen blue curaçao in pure gin so it looked a lot nicer than it tasted ). Theres also some chocobo pancakes, ice-creams with Aeris' bow and Cloud's Buster Sword in, and a moogle plushie I bought, and finally a really cool crystal decoration in the gift bit.
The second cafe is one they have in another end of Tokyo, where they make it themed entirely to do with one of their games. I was lucky enough to be there whilst it was still FF15, as the week after we left they totally re-decorated and changed the menu to be Nier themed.
Here's a few photos of the decoration etc and one of the menu. It was themed around Ignis' in-game cooking.
And we got served this on the plane home. Familiar?
Finally, for anyone who is a similar nerd level to me and/or enjoys studio ghibli stuff, heres a giant Totoro outside the Ghibli museum. And my latest tattoo... of a moogle (he's new so hasn't settled down yet, he won't be that patchy when he heals. And that mosquito bite I got in Japan on my shoulder still hasn't healed )
I thought I'd share some of the nerdiness with you :dave: as in Tokyo there are 3 (I think) official Square Enix/Final Fantasy themed cafes about, and we (me and my poor, bewildered, non-FF-playing boyfriend) visited 2 of them.
The first one, Artnia, is near the square enix headquarters in Shinjuku, and is a small cafe with a gift shop. Its not Final Fantasy themed with its decorations, but it is with its menu - heres me looking really pleased with a materia cocktail (it was frozen blue curaçao in pure gin so it looked a lot nicer than it tasted ). Theres also some chocobo pancakes, ice-creams with Aeris' bow and Cloud's Buster Sword in, and a moogle plushie I bought, and finally a really cool crystal decoration in the gift bit.
The second cafe is one they have in another end of Tokyo, where they make it themed entirely to do with one of their games. I was lucky enough to be there whilst it was still FF15, as the week after we left they totally re-decorated and changed the menu to be Nier themed.
Here's a few photos of the decoration etc and one of the menu. It was themed around Ignis' in-game cooking.
And we got served this on the plane home. Familiar?
Finally, for anyone who is a similar nerd level to me and/or enjoys studio ghibli stuff, heres a giant Totoro outside the Ghibli museum. And my latest tattoo... of a moogle (he's new so hasn't settled down yet, he won't be that patchy when he heals. And that mosquito bite I got in Japan on my shoulder still hasn't healed )