Japan's famed "maid cafes" featuring coy young girls serving tea in frilly aprons and bonnets have been given a new twist - a cafe of unsmiling, grim-faced grannies reflecting a fast-greying nation.

You need someone on the inside. Somebody who knows the score. Somebody in a maid outfit? Well, that’s exactly what you can get if you hire a Japanese maid to show you around the geekier parts of town.

MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Waitresses in frilly French maid costumes, some with elaborate blonde ringlets tumbling down their shoulders, serve coffee and tea, pampering customers at Manila's first "maid ...

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Japan’s famed “maid cafés” featuring coy young girls serving tea in frilly aprons and bonnets have been given a new twist – a café of unsmiling, grim-faced grannies reflecting a fast-greying nation.

MANILA (Reuters) - Waitresses in frilly French maid costumes, some with elaborate blonde ringlets tumbling down their shoulders, serve coffee and tea, pampering customers at Manila's first "maid cafe.

A cafe of unsmiling, grim-faced grannies reflecting a fast-greying nation has replaced Japan's famed "maid cafes" featuring coy young girls serving tea in frilly aprons and bonnets. Tokyo's Ikebukuro ...