“Ninja Cafe” in Asakusa shifts domestically due to a sharp decrease in foreign visitors New Corona June 17 12:48
While the number of foreign tourists is drastically falling due to the new coronavirus, the cafe in Asakusa, Tokyo, which sells "ninja experience", starts a charter business that you can enjoy without worrying about the surroundings, with domestic parents and children etc. We are focusing on attracting.
At a cafe in Asakusa, Tokyo, in addition to a menu based on ninja meals, you can wear ninja costumes and under the guidance of staff with specialized training, you can also experience services such as shuriken and blowgun. doing.
Before the spread of the new coronavirus, foreign tourists accounted for about 80% of the tourists, but they were forced to close for two months in March and April.
With no prospect of a recovery in the number of foreign tourists, we switched to a strategy targeting parents and children in Japan for the time being, and started a rental business where people can enjoy themselves without worrying about their surroundings.
On the 16th, three guests from Chiba Prefecture, a 4-year-old girl, a mother, and a grandmother, put on the shape of a shuriken after experiencing shuriken, blowgun, etc. while wrapping themselves in ninja costumes inside a reserved restaurant. I enjoyed eating curry.
The mother said, "I'm glad I could experience the ninja without going far. I'm worried about taking out my child because the new coronavirus has not subsided yet, but I was able to use it with confidence because there are no other customers. I was talking."
Tomoyuki Yano, the owner of “Ninja Cafe Asakusa” said, “The number of foreign tourists is decreasing, so the store management is quite tough. Until I come back, I just want to be patient with the ninja."