Anna Miller’s (アンナミラーズ, Anna Mirāzu), a Pennsylvania Dutch treat in Japan

At the risk of pandering to hetero and lesbian desires, I have to post briefly about Anna Miller’s, whose existence I discovered in researching the post below about fan service.

Anna Miller’s is a restaurant chain opened in Hawaii in 1973 that has mostly expanded in Japan. It specializes in pies and cheesecakes, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania Dutch flavor. The official web sites look wholesome enough (in English, in 日本語).

According to Wikipedia, Anna Miller’s has also enchanted Japanese otaku (おたく), or nerds, many centered on Nakano Broadway in our neighborhood. The above image reflects a fetishcized image of the Pennsylvania Dutch waitress in “a white blouse; an orange or pink miniskirted jumper-style dress, with the waistline cut underneath the breasts; a matching apron; and a heart-shaped name tag.”

There’s an awesome American anime-fan’s photo story of his visit to an AM in Tokyo. Worth checking out!

In all those years Shu worked at Penn State, I never imagined this possible fantasy. Below is the slightly more wholesome image from the restaurant web site.

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