JP's frilly 'maids' go gray
日本'老奶奶女仆咖啡廳'

Japan's famed "Maid Cafes", featuring coy young girls serving tea in frilly aprons and bonnets, have been given a new twist - a cafe of unsmiling, grim-faced grannies to reflect a fast-graying nation, AFP reported. There are 30 "maids" who work shifts at the cafe, including students, office workers and retired real-life grannies. The "grannies" range from 24 to 77 years old, with the younger matriarchs sporting heavy make-up to look old.(See photo)

據法新社報道，在日本著名的"女仆咖啡廳"，服務員通常是害羞的年輕女孩，身穿皺邊圍裙、頭戴女仆帽。而現在，"女仆咖啡廳"有了"升級"版本——"老奶奶女仆咖啡廳"，服務員是不茍言笑的"奶奶"，以反映日本快速老齡化的現狀。"老奶奶女仆咖啡廳"中共有30個"女仆"輪班工作，她們之中有學生、白領，也有真正的老人。"女仆"的年齡從24歲到77歲不等，年輕服務員需化妝成老奶奶的模樣。(見圖)

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