Hiroshima Maid Cafes: 10 Spots in Nagarekawa & Hatchobori

Hiroshima's maid cafe and concept cafe scene is compact. Most of it sits in the Nagarekawa, Yagenbori and Hatchobori area of Naka-ku, and every shop below lists a Hiroden streetcar stop as its nearest station (Ebisucho, Hatchobori, Ginzancho or Joshiingakuen-mae), so you can look at several places in one evening.

Most of these are evening places, and a few stay open very late. A handful open in the afternoon, so check the hours below and the shop's X account before you go.

What to expect

Hiroshima has classic maid cafes (a cat-ear cafe, a black-cat maid cafe on the 5th floor of a Don Quijote), gothic and doll-themed concept cafes, an idol cafe with a live space, and a few concept bars with darts, billiards or karaoke. Prices are mostly set by time: a 30-minute or 60-minute basic fee, often with free drinks. Examples from the official pages: Dorthy and moi list ¥1,980 for 30 minutes, ¥3,300 for 60 and ¥4,950 for 90 (tax included), with cheki at ¥1,100. MIKECAFE is a free-drink system at ¥1,100 (tax included) per 30 minutes during the early hours, then per 20 minutes. Purimofine doesn't publish prices in our data, so ask when you sit down. For a general breakdown, see how much a maid cafe costs in Japan.

Maid cafes

• MIKECAFE Hiroshima — a cat-ear maid cafe on Ebisu-dori in Ebisucho. Maids serve on a free-drink time system with home-style food and cheki photos. Open every day, from 5pm on weekdays and 3pm on weekends and holidays, until 1am. Free drinks are ¥1,100 per 30 minutes on weekdays 5-7pm and weekends 3-5pm, then ¥1,100 per 20 minutes (tax included).
• Kuroneco Maid Magic Cafe (Don Quijote Hiroshima Hatchobori) — black-cat maids on the 5th floor of the Don Quijote Hiroshima Hatchobori store. Free-drink system at ¥1,000 per 30 minutes (before tax), with drawn-on omelet rice and pancakes. Opens at 2pm on weekdays and noon on weekends and holidays.
• Maid Cafe Purimofine Hiroshima Main Store — the main store of the Purimofine brand in Kamihatchobori, with themed event days. Open 2pm to 10pm, almost year-round. It's the one shop here nearest Joshiingakuen-mae station.
• Dorthy — a gothic-concept maid cafe on the 2nd floor of the Kume Building in the Nagarekawa / Yagenbori nightlife area. Chat with the cast and take cheki photos; first-timers and solo visitors are welcome. Opens at 6pm daily, irregular closing days.

Concept cafes and bars

• idoled — an idol cafe with a live space on the ground floor of the Meisei Park Plaza Building. A point system lets you support your favorite cast member. One 60-minute set is ¥3,000 with alcohol or ¥2,000 without; cheki are ¥1,000 solo or ¥1,500 for a two-shot. Closed Mondays; opens at 6pm on weekdays and 3pm on weekends and holidays.
• moi — a concept cafe on the 6th floor of the 8MINX Building in Nagarekawa, themed around feeling at home. It's a place to chat with the cast at your own pace, and first-timers are welcome. Opens at 6pm daily, irregular closing days.
• Dollie x Dollie — a doll-themed concept cafe on the 2nd floor of the Morita Building. Cast dressed as dolls welcome you in a white-and-pink room. All-you-can-drink is ¥1,500 per 30-minute set, with 10% tax added at checkout; cheki are ¥1,000 (normal) or ¥1,500 (special). Open 7pm to midnight, until 1am on Saturday, closed Sundays.
• Fairy Tale — an Alice-in-Wonderland tea party concept on the 1st floor of the Oku Building, with darts and karaoke. Men pay ¥1,980 for 30 minutes or ¥3,300 for an hour; women ¥1,650 or ¥2,750. Open 7pm to 3am, closed Mondays. Smoking is allowed inside.
• ChinaPi — a Chinese-themed concept cafe and bar on the 3rd floor of the Michishio Building in Ginzancho, with billiards, darts and karaoke. The charge is ¥900 for 60 minutes (one drink plus one order), or ¥3,400 for 60 minutes all-you-can-drink with automatic extension. Opens at 6pm on weekdays and 5pm on weekends and holidays.
• Anison Bar Guild Hiroshima Nagarekawa — an anime-song karaoke bar and concept cafe on the 6th floor of the Nagarekawa Masumi Building, in a calm cafe-style interior. The charge starts at ¥800 per hour (¥880 with tax), with one order per hour. Open 6pm to 5am every day.

Which one should you pick?

• Want a classic maid experience: MIKECAFE, Kuroneco or Purimofine. You can also browse all maid cafes in Hiroshima.
• Want an earlier start: Kuroneco opens at noon on weekends and holidays and 2pm on weekdays, and Purimofine is open from 2pm every day. MIKECAFE and idoled open at 3pm on weekends and holidays.
• Want to stay out late: Anison Bar Guild runs until 5am, Fairy Tale until 3am, and MIKECAFE until 1am.
• Want to play games with the cast: Fairy Tale (darts and karaoke) and ChinaPi (billiards, darts and karaoke). See all concept cafes in Hiroshima.
• Want idols and cheki: idoled, with its own live space.

Tips

• Dorthy and moi have irregular closing days, so check their X or website on the day. idoled and Fairy Tale are closed on Mondays and Dollie x Dollie on Sundays.
• Several of these are bars as well as cafes, so the pricing works differently from a daytime maid cafe. If this is your first time, how to visit a maid cafe and nervous about your first maid cafe cover the basics.
• The Yagenbori shops are close together: Dorthy, idoled, Dollie x Dollie and Fairy Tale are all in Yagenbori, and moi and Anison Bar Guild are on Nagarekawa-cho. Kuroneco is in the Hatchobori area, and Purimofine in Kamihatchobori is the one a bit apart from the others.

Hours, addresses and the map for every verified shop are on the Hiroshima area page. If you're also traveling to Osaka or Fukuoka, see the Osaka guide and the Fukuoka guide.