Sakura Miku x Animate Café comes to Hong Kong!
Hello all!
I recently wrote about the Sakura Miku x Good Smile x Animate Café taking place in Japan not long ago, but now the cafe is being brought to Hong Kong too!
The cafe will be featuring pretty much the exact same menu, meaning that people who weren’t able to check out the collaboration to begin with have another chance! However there are plenty of interesting new features to this collabo-cafe, so feel free to read on to find out more!
Merchandise available:
(For more detailed info about all of the merchandise, follow this link!)
“Big acrylic stands”: HK$159 (about £16.50 GBP / $20.50 USD) each
- Roughly 15cm x 12cm in size
- They feature the art of 芳野サク, Naoto and さくらしおり (Sakura Shiori) respectively, meaning that there are three types to collect!
“Trading can badges”: HK$44 (about £4.50 GBP / $6 USD) each
- Each badge is about 5.6cm in diameter.
- Two of each Cryptonloid available (12 badges altogether), with half of them based of the illustration by 猫魚 (Neko Sakana), and the other half from that of つるしまたつみ (Tsurushima Tatsumi).
- What badge you get is randomized
Sakura Miku Lunchbox: HK$149 (about £15.50 GBP / $19 USD)
- Features 福きつね (Fuku Kitsune)‘s Miku illustration for the collaboration.
- About 20.5 x 9 x 6 cm in size
- Material: polypropylene
- Product comes with one of six Sakura Miku-only trading can badges, featuring one design per featured artist. Which badge you get is randomized.
“Transparent Character Portraits”: HK$77 (about £8 GBP / $10 USD) each
- Each portrait is A4 size
- One portrait available per featured artist (each one shows the full featured art).
- Which portrait you get is randomized
“Mini Uchiwa” fans: HK$77 each
- About 11.2 cm x 13.4 cm in size.
- Feature the art of from 芳野サク, 綿 (Men) or 福きつね (Fuku Kitsune) respectively.
“Acrylic Drink Stirrers”: HK$88 (about £9 GBP / $11 USD) each
- About 17 cm in length, with the illustrated part being around 3.5 cm in diameter.
- Will feature 猫魚 (Neko Sakana)‘s Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, Meiko and Kaito illustrations, depending on which one you buy.
Menu items:
(To find out about the design competition for the menu items, you can check out this previous article, or to see how the first Sakura Miku cafe menu compares to this one, check out this link!)
“Sakura Miku Soda”: HK$29 (about £3 GBP / $4 USD).
- Based on the designs by 水っぽいスープ (Mizuppoi Soup) and うごちゃん (Ugochan)
- You can also get a matching bottle featuring the Miku design by Naoto, which will cost you HK$109 (about £11 GBP / $14 USD).
“Sakura Miku O-Hanami Amazake Milk Tea”: HK$34 (about £4 GBP / $4 USD).
- Based on the design by ia
- Comes as a hot drink
“Sakura Miku Miku Mi-cream* Soda”: HK$38 (about £4 GBP / $5 USD).
- Based on the design by R_pro_09
- *This word is an amalgamation of “Miku” and “cream“
“MEIKO’s Sangria-esque Cranberry Juice”: HK$29 (about £3 GBP / $4 USD).
- Based on the design by 茶だんご (Chadango)
“KAITO’s Atta-cappuccino*”: HK$32 (about £3 GBP / $4 USD).
- Based on the design by 氷菓子（カナ) / Kana
- Comes as a hot drink
- *This word is an amalgamation of “attaka / あったか” (meaning ‘warm’) and “cappuccino“
“Rin’s Kirakira Orange Juice”: HK$36 (about £4 GBP / $5 USD).
- Based on the design by あみる (Amiru)
“Len’s Kirakira Pineapple Soda”: HK$36 (about £4 GBP / $5 USD).
- Based on the design by あみる (Amiru)
“Luka-san’s Iced Strawberry Ole”: HK$29 each
Each drink comes with one free random Sakura Miku coaster from among the six variations pictured at the bottom of the menu above
Note on menu items: since the cafe does NOT have any seating areas, there will be no food available, and all drinks are intended for takeaway.
Animate Cafe Gratte – Graphic Latte art also available!
And now we have something completely different to the first collabo-cafe from this year – a latte art section!
For this, you will need to choose your base drink. You can choose between milk tea, coffee, a chocolate drink, green tea latte or sweet potato milk. Then you can choose which image you’d like printed on top of the cream on your drink! You have the option of all the featured art from the event, so there’s plenty of variety. Then you’ll receive your chosen drink with the character perfectly rendered on top! It’s also useful to note that you can add toppings to your chosen drink, in the form of tapioca, mesona (grass jelly) or agar jelly.
- Milk tea/coffee/chocolate/green tea latte/sweet potato milk (+ any topping) = HK$ 38 each.
- Mango smoothie with coconut milk/chocolate smoothie/strawberry smoothie = HK$ 42 each (about £4 GBP / $5.50 USD).
Also available are Gratte art iced cookies! Again, you’re able to choose which of the images you’d like on the cookie(s), and each one will cost HK$ 38.
As well as this, with every menu order made, you’ll get one of the free coasters shown at the bottom of the drinks menu! Unfortunately you won’t get to choose which one you want, but they’re all pretty cute regardless!
Finally, for every HK$ 150 you spend on Sakura Miku collaboration items only, you’ll get a free random coaster from this set:
That’s all the information about this collaboration for now! We hope that anyone going to visit this cafe enjoys it! We’ll make sure to update you if we get any more news about it. For details about how to get to the cafe, check the very bottom of this article!
Thanks for reading
~Tanudama
Location: Youme Cafe Stand Yau Ma Tei Store (2, Wing Kiu Building, 538 Nathan Rd, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong)
Date of collaboration: 06/05/2020 ~ 04/06/2020
Opening hours: 11:30 ~ 21:00
Note: the address above gives details for the shopping center where the cafe is situated, as opposed to the exact location of the cafe, so please make sure to use guides from the within building to find the exact location when you’re there! You can also check this tweet for a slightly more detailed map:
