Summer came early, I'm already drenched in sweat, can't move. (A haiku from the heart of M, the concept-cafe writer.)
Hello, this is M, the concept-cafe writer!
It's summer, huh! It's hot every single day, unbelievably so.
Now, this time it's a concept cafe called Cyber Succubus. The explanation gets a bit long, but there's a shop called Succubus Shisha, and this is one of its affiliated shops.
When you enter, ID verification is required, so don't forget your ID. (I was obviously an old guy, yet they said they'd verify my ID, which made me a little happy.)
The interior looks like this. It has a cyber feel like a digital world, but the background shown in the video is Akihabara.
And the girl who appears in the video apparently doesn't have a name yet. It's a shame I can't photograph it, but since the girl is sold as a succubus... it's erotic!! Well, maybe I should say sexy instead.
If you're curious, check out their website or X (Twitter)!! https://twitter.com/succubus_cyber
The price is 3,000 yen for first-timers, with one hour of all-you-can-drink. I ordered beer and tomato juice.
And one of the highlights of this shop is the shisha, that is, the water pipe (hookah). Here's the device.
There are several flavors, and I was told, "If you don't usually smoke much, I'd recommend the nicotine-free one," so I chose two from the fruit options. (Raspberry and peach.)
About 20 minutes later, it arrived. At first the succubus draws on it to adjust it for you, and as I was getting a little flustered thinking (wait, is this an indirect kiss?), it turned out there was a separate mouthpiece bottle for customers, and I was like, "Oh..."
As for the all-important taste, honestly there wasn't much flavor. It was about the level of faintly noticing the flavor change.
The succubus taught me various ways to inhale, but since I don't normally smoke, I couldn't really figure it out... I'll go to a different shisha shop and try out various things.