If you are a fan of Sailor Moon, there are plenty of events whether permanent as Shining Moon Tokyo is or temporary like the pop-up Sailor Moon cafe that happen in Shibuya or at events like the Sailor Moon Exhibition. Since 2014, Q-Pot Cafe has been having yearly collaborations called “Q-Pot X Sailor Moon” both at their cafe and flagship store in Tokyo.
Usagi’s birthday kicks it off every year on June 30th (or there about depending on how days fall with the weekends) and it runs to sometime in the middle of August. You have a choice of a fun treat, each with it’s own take home merchandise and there are other products for sale at the Sailor Moon cafe as well. Across the street at the main store, you can see other merchandise like jewelry and dresses.
Note that thanks to the Coronavirus in 2020 they have already alluded to the 6th collaboration as being merchandise only. However, as they continue to do this collaboration, the below should still stand for non-crazy years in the future!
[Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in November of 2016 and has been updated for freshness, accuracy and comprehensiveness.]
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Tips for Sailor Moon Cafe Reservations
The reservation period for the Sailor Moon Cafe is first-come, first-serve (as opposed to a lottery, thank God) internet system. As with everything in Japan, I suggest you get on as soon as possible if you want to get a spot. It opens up a few weeks before the start of the event normally. And don’t worry if you don’t know Japanese (however, if you’d like to start learning, I highly suggest Minna no Nihongo), there is an option to change to English on their website! They have very good directions to walk you through the process.
Weekdays are a little less heavy for reservations in general so look at that as an option. You also get slightly more time during your time in the cafe to enjoy the decorations. Depending on when you sign up, the take home gifts you receive may change. If there are still openings available, you can still sign up after the initial reservation times.
You are required to select your meal (snack? it’s more like dessert) for each seat and pay at the time of reservation. You won’t be able to add food items later so choose wisely — and you can always get more than one if you want!
If you live in Japan and would like to buy some of the other products, you can also reserve those at the same time and have them shipped to you. This is a good thing because they tend to sell out!
How to Queue in Line the Day of
The queue area outside is well marked and you are allowed to enter 10 minutes before your appointed time. If you are running late, as long as you are there 30 minutes before your session is supposed to end, they’ll still let you in.
Sailor Moon Cafe Praline Planet Party @ Q-Pot Cafe
While I attended the Sailor Moon Cafe several years ago when it was dubbed “Praline Planet Party”. Each year the theme changes, in 2020 to commemorate the release of Sailor Moon Eternal it will be “Sugar Kaleido Dreams”. The idea of the food items and products is similar each year so this will give you an overview of what to expect as some possibilities!
The Cosmic Heart Macaron Plate came with the plate and the “special drink” (you can normally choose from two) for 3900 yen. Bit expensive for a dessert but the plate is a nice ceramic and you are also paying for all of the decorations inside I would think. The mouse cake is shaped like Sailor Moon’s Cosmic Heart compact (hence the name) as well as the cookie as you can see!
Let me first say, I LOVE parfaits in Japan. I know plenty of Americans that don’t like the addition of the corn flakes (you can see them near the bottom) but I love it. Such a good texture combination in my opinion. The Pink Sugar Heart Parfait is supposed to resemble Chibi Moon’s Pink Moon Stick and came with a coaster and a set drink for 2500 yen.
“Gift of the Moon Fairies Tea” was my set drink of choice and inspired by the three cats from the show: Luna, Artemis, and Diana. It had a blueberry cream taste.
Q-Pot Sailor Moon Cafe Collaboration Items
Because I got the two items with my cafe items, I only ended up getting one further item and that was one of the coffee mugs Q-Pot was offering that year with Luna, Artemis and Diana in silhouette. I chose to have it delivered because with plans to run around Tokyo, I didn’t want to carry it around. I love the handle.
Q-Pot Flagship Store
If the merchandise offered at the cafe wasn’t enough to fill your Sailor Moon needs, you can head across the street after your dessert to check out some of the other merchandise they offer. Forewarning, most of it is on the expensive end but it was fun to look at it. There are also some spots for photo ops on the upper level.
How to get to Q-Pot
If you are utilizing the JR Pass, the easiest way is to take the train to JR Harajuku station or for a closer walk, it’s only 3 minutes from the Omotesando Station on the Tokyo Metro.
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