The ad, all powder blues and pinks with a logo of a silhouetted groom carrying his blushing bride, reads: “As soon as you know what time you’ll be home, let me know dear! I’ll get your dinner ready.”
Welcome to Ore No Yome, a maid cafe in Japan that takes the concept to new heights of comfort and hospitality for all the lovelorn, work-weary salary men and office ladies dreading the lonely road home.
Aprons and “Welcome home, darling!” have replaced classic French maid uniforms and greetings of “welcome home, master”. Just imagine: Your “wife” is there at the door to welcome you “home” with a smile even warmer than the home-cooked meal waiting for you with promises of affection and doting, and a captive audience to listen to the travails of the day. She turns around — and she’s got a bikini on under that apron! Heaven exists, and all is right with the world.
はじめまして、てんです꒰๑•௰•๑꒱今日が初出勤で緊張したけどお客さんともお話できてすごい楽しかったです！これからもっとお客さんの癒しになれるように頑張るのでよろしくおねがいします❤️ pic.twitter.com/oRg2kHvnsS
— てんてゃん@俺の嫁 (@oreyome_10) September 11, 2015
The cafe boasts of many wifely personality types to suit their guests — er, “spouses”, and give them the right chemistry, sweeten the experience, and send them off feeling refreshed. From sweet and shy, to cute and cuddly, to even the thawing prickly-pear charm of the tsundere (twintails optional), there’s bound to be a special someone here for every lonely heart.
お嫁さん紹介♪あなたは誰の旦那さんになりますか！？♥わか♥–サバサバした性格のツンデレ系。草食系男子にオススメの頼りがいのある漢なお嫁さん♪– pic.twitter.com/R1nrQoAdx1
— 俺の嫁/マイダーリン@チェキ1枚無料中 (@orenoyome0901) September 8, 2015
Ladies not quite your mileage? Relax; the cafe also has a number of male staff called “my darlings”, cad in not much save for this stylish asymmetrical apron — and a pair of clean shorts underneath, we reckon.
マイダーリンのエプロン届いた!!!
ワンショルダーのエプロンっす。マイダーリンスタッフ残り若干名募集！俺の嫁の女の子も若干名の募集となります。9/9の18時オープン＼(^o^)／#水着エプロン#池袋#開店します pic.twitter.com/D4fA3hhNNp
— 俺の嫁/マイダーリン@チェキ1枚無料中 (@orenoyome0901) September 2, 2015
Just look at how capable his arms and hands are, waiting to massage and melt away the day’s stress from your shoulders so he can lean in and whisper: “”You work so hard for us, honey. What a lucky husband I am. the clothes are hanging to dry, the carpet vacuumed, and I’ve just ordered that DVD you like. What would I ever do without you?”
Of course, just like any household (or maid cafe), there are house rules. Covert photographs are a big no-no, lest you risk getting your camera confiscated. You may try to ask politely, or perhaps opt to purchase a fine photograph of your favorite pretend spouse from the staff. The root word here is respect, so detaining, touching, or kissing the staff without their consent is strictly prohibited, and will net you getting blacklisted from the cafe. so long and short of it, play nice, darling.
So there you have it: if you ever find yourself in Tokyo and feel the deep, deep need to feel pampered by a pretend spouse, Ore No Yome will always be there to welcome you home.
Ore no Yome is located at:
Floor B1, Iwashita Building,
3 Chome-9-13,
Higashi Ikebukuro, Tokyo 170-0013
Phone: 03-6331-1533
Open daily from 6pm-11pm
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