There’s a cafe in Saitama, home to Japan’s largest AEON, that looks like it might sell magic potions.

Even from the side windows, it is almost impossible to see what is going on inside. A kind of secret room.

Signs are also designed with originality

Next door is a row of abandoned buildings. It seems to be popular with ruin enthusiasts, and some customers stopped by to take pictures while at the cafe.

Ruin No. 2, a shortcut to the station.

Counter seating. One man was in the back.

Interior walls. Unusual design. Sparkling gold. Is it difficult to find paint for gadgets of this color that have not been sold in recent years? It used to be available in the past.

retro cup

They have two designs, and the owner even brought an additional one to the table for us to photograph. In other words, a complete photo.

Menu list, as of April 2025.

In real world coral, there are no windows in this position at the front of the store. This is otherworldly coral.

When the cold drinks run low, the owner will refill them.

They have incorporated the seiro as a strategy to differentiate themselves from other restaurants. The tables look like they are in a restaurant. Ah, yes, this was a pub-restaurant.

There are several large cuts of carrots, sweet potatoes, etc., all about 10 cm long.

The bottom is covered with cabbage, making this a rather substantial seiro-mushi.

Eggs are hardened. It is easy to eat with a spoon. It does not slide down like chawanmushi. Even a child can eat it.

The salt on the left is Okinawa’s Nuchimasu. The salt on the right is Toda salt from Shizuoka.

On the left is Chinese mother salt (package is in Japanese). On the right is French rock salt.

While the overwhelming majority of restaurants put fresh strawberries in cut pieces, here they are dried fruit. Fresh strawberries are sour. Dried fruits are sweeter and more suitable for drinks. The former is a type that disturbs harmony.

Come to think of it, I’ve never had an enzyme drink in Singapore. There are sodas, though. Enzyme culture…

Muffins with tea and apples are 350 yen each.

The container looks like a retro candy store candy container.

Handmade crème brûlée is 400 yen per piece.

Handmade coffee jelly is 350 yen per piece

Now that you mention it, coral is marine coral, right?

I’m sure the matchboxes with this printed on the side are no longer in stock at other stores.

There are three tables. There is one restroom in the back.

Restroom washroom area. Hand towels were always available. The houseplants are real, not artificial flowers. You spend a lot of money on maintenance.

A hand-washing place of this size would have been quite rare in Japan. The rule is that hand towels are put in this stand.

Toilet. In the past, it was called a “botton toilet. Now it is a sewage system. There is only one Japanese style toilet. The tiles on the floor of the toilet are now a rare layout. Every corner was carefully cleaned.

Inside the restroom were artificial flowers.

Deodorant products were neatly placed on the pipes.

It’s old Japanese. Notes. No paper other than toilet paper is allowed. And it says that sanitary products should be thrown into the trash in this room.

Door hinges were also rare.