Persona 5 Cafe and Merch Store In Japan

While in Japan I had the chance to visit two of the five Persona 5 cafes as well as the limited time merchandise store as well. 
I was able to make two visits to the Osaka cafe branch and one visit to the Ikebukuro cafe branch. 
The merch store is located in Ikebukuro and was only 5 minute walk directly west from the cafe.

Persona 5 Cafe

All items are presented neatly, while some specific menu items have an object that directly references the game.


Here are some items I personally enjoyed from the cafes.

Food

Leblanc Curry: Just the right amount of spiciness, with a nice amount of meat and not an over the top amount of curry sauce. Blended together to make a nice fusion of ingredients with some small cut wedges on top to add an extra nice touch.
Velvet Twincake: One slice was in the style of a vanilla/lemon meringue while the other was a chocolate cake with a crunchy but fruity base. Great way to finish off the meal.
Velvet room creampuffs and jelly: The creampuffs and blueberry jelly both went very well together and was a great way to end one of the visits.

Drinks:

Velvet Room Blue Lemonade: Smooth flavour without much of a kick but went with the curry nicely. As with the green drink it also contained a lollypop style item that added a nice extra hint of flavour.
Futaba's Melon Soda: Had a nice fruity non overbearing taste. The lollypop style item in it that melts slowly added extra hint of flavour.
Ann's Strawberry Soda: Nice smooth strawberry taste that went well with the food and was not overly sweet. The icecream scoop on top was a neat touch that added some nice flavour.


Persona 5 Merch Store 

A small sample of the goods I got between the cafes and merch store.

While the cafes have a small amount of merchandies, the main place to get Persona 5 items was from a department store five minutes west from the Ikebukuro Cafe.
The store itself was very well designed with key imagery, music and such from Persona 5 and had a wide selection of items to purchase.

I myself got a Morgana go to sleep shirt, a couple of badges, keychains, a wall scroll and a few other bits and pieces. Anyone who did a purchase totalling over 3000 yen in one transaction got to do a lucky draw to get a random character postcard, with myself managing to win a Morgana postcard.


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Comments

  1. UnknownMay 24, 2017 2:57 pm

    Do you know how long the Persona 5 Merch Store will be open? I'll be going there next week and I'm hoping it will still be up. Thanks!

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    1. TechaNinjaMay 24, 2017 4:21 pm

      The cafe for the most part is open till June 6 but the merch store last day is 28th May so you might be cutting it close.

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    2. Eli KaplanMay 25, 2017 12:52 pm

      Is there a site with the addresses? I got into Yokohama two weeks ago, and I could do a day trip this weekend.

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    3. TechaNinjaMay 25, 2017 8:08 pm

      http://personacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Persona-5-x-Princess-Cafe.jpg
      and
      http://pripricafe.com/shop.html

      Use these together to work out where it is because google maps is a bit tricky with trying to find them automatically.

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  2. UnknownMay 25, 2017 12:40 am

    Looks like I won't make it to the merch store, but I'm looking forward to the cafe! Thanks again!

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