Manga cafes have existed in Japan since 1979, and are a staple part of any urban environment in Japan. There is usually one next to the train station in most towns, and offer a place to chill out, read manga, use the internet, and is a fairly convenient place to kill time (spent many hours post party waiting for the first train when I first got to Japan).
France is the second largest consumer of manga in the world, with 10 million sales of titles last year and manga cafe is probably the best place to check them out (the French versions). Housing over 10,000 titles, the cafe also has a lot of rare books, as well as titles written by French manga-ka.
They have been gracious enough to host my signings Sat 17-18 and Sunday 16h - 17h at the Japan Expo.
Asides from that I will talking about Harajuku at the Fashion days stage 1240 to 110 on Sunday.
Thanks so much Japan Expo xxxx
