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If you're reading this, you've probably already heard of Japan's manga cafe's, which are called manga kissa in Japanese (I just learned that "kissa" is short for kissaten which is a Japanese tea cafe). Most westerners tend to think of a manga cafe as a library/cafe like place where you can sit down at a table while reading the latest manga and sipping a cup of coffee. In reality, manga kissa (at least the one's I've seen and heard about) are more like Internet cafes than western book cafes. It's true that many manga kissa have common areas where you can sit and read the latest manga (or other publication) if that's all you want to do, but the majority of their business comes from their semi-private booths and rooms. Each booth will have a computer, TV and/or game system. Some booths/rooms are made for more than one person, others will only fit one. Drinks are often free, while there is an extra charge for food from the kitchen. For a couple hundred yen an hour (a couple dollars an hour), a person can sit in a private booth and drink as much as they want, read manga, browse the Internet and play games. Popular night life destinations like Shibuya tend to have a lot of manga kissa. These manga kissa make a lot of their income (probably most) from people who stay out too late at night and miss the last train home. Rather than paying for a very expensive taxi home (Taxis in Tokyo are not cheap), they prefer to spend the night in a manga kissa (the other option is a capsule hotel, but manga kissa are cheaper). Most decent manga kissa have comfortable leather chairs in each booth that you could easily fall asleep in. Some manga kissa also have private showers, and a shower is included in the cost of an overnight stay ($12 or so typically). Of course, the "manga" in their name isn't without reason. A good quality manga kisa will have a library of tens of thousands of manga. I did a quick count / estimate of the number of manga on the shelf at the last manga kisa I went to, and I estimated about 30,000 manga on the shelves. The first time I was in Japan, I tried to find an Internet cafe one night, so in my best Japanese English, I asked a taxi driver for an "Intaneto cafe." After trying this with 3 different taxi drivers I gave up. Someone later told me I should have just asked for a "manga kissa." On subsequent trips to Tokyo, asking for a manga kissa has always worked quite well, until this trip, where it resulted in rather hilarious results. The first time I went to the hotel desk to ask for a manga kissa