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Part of: Anime Collab Cafés in Tokyo: How to Get In

ufotable Cafe Tokyo: How the Weekly Lottery Works, What Is On, and Whether You Can Just Turn Up

ufotable Cafe Tokyo, run by ufotable, the studio behind the Demon Slayer anime, is in Nogata, Nakano City, and in Tokyo it is reservation-only. Bookings are a weekly LivePocket lottery, open from Wednesday 18:00 to Thursday midnight, with results by email from about noon on Friday; any cancellations are offered first-come from Monday 20:00. Bookings are limited to two people. I run private anime tours in Akihabara most weeks, and this is the booking guide I give Demon Slayer fans.

The café shares its address with Machi★Asobi CAFE Tokyo, ufotable's other café brand. The current collaborations, from October 2026, are below.

How do you book ufotable Cafe Tokyo?

Through the weekly lottery on LivePocket, linked from ufotable's reservation page. The Tokyo café, like those in Nagoya and Osaka, takes reserved guests only; the Tokushima and Kitakyūshū cafés are free entry. Each store announces the lottery on its X account every Wednesday.

Schedules can shift with the collaboration calendar, and the official page says to check the store's X account, or the LivePocket page if you do not use X. For how other Tokyo collab cafés handle booking, see anime collab cafés in Tokyo; for the Akihabara day, my Akihabara anime tour plans the floors around your series.

What collaborations are on at ufotable Cafe Tokyo?

From ufotable's page in early October 2026: a Demon Slayer full-series rebroadcast collaboration, "Musunda En", featuring the Mugen Train arc from 6 October to 1 November; a Tales of series 30th-anniversary collaboration, phase three, from 29 September to 25 October; plus a Demon Slayer Halloween event and Obanai Iguro's birthday event.

Can you visit without a reservation?

For the café, no: Tokyo is reservation-only. For goods only, the official page says goods-only customers are admitted from 30 minutes after each seating starts, with café guests served first, so expect to wait. The café also asks people not to wait in nearby convenience stores, parks or residential streets.

This is the honest section. A weekly lottery with a two-person limit means you may not win on the week you want. If your Tokyo dates are fixed, enter every week that overlaps them, and have a plan B. Goods-only entry is the fallback, and Akihabara's shops carry plenty of Demon Slayer goods; animate Akihabara puts it on the Jump floor, animate Akihabara.

Where is ufotable Cafe Tokyo?

At 1-38-11 Nogata, Nakano City, Tokyo, in the Nagata Building, according to ufotable's reservation page. It is a residential neighbourhood, which is why the café is strict about queuing and waiting nearby. Check the store page for directions before you go.

Nogata is not near Akihabara, so plan it as its own outing. ufotable's other cafés in Nagoya, Osaka, Tokushima and Kitakyūshū run their own collaborations; Tokushima and Kitakyūshū do not need reservations.

Frequently asked questions

Do you need a reservation for ufotable Cafe Tokyo? Yes. The Tokyo café is reservation-only, through a weekly LivePocket lottery.

When does the ufotable Cafe lottery open? Every Wednesday at 18:00, closing Thursday at 24:00, with results from about noon on Friday.

How many people can book together? Up to two people per booking, according to the official page.

Can I buy ufotable Cafe goods without eating there? Goods-only customers are admitted from 30 minutes after each seating starts, after café guests.

Is there a Demon Slayer café in Tokyo now? Yes. ufotable Cafe Tokyo runs a Demon Slayer rebroadcast collaboration from 6 October to 1 November 2026.

A lottery for the café, a sure thing in Akihabara

If you want a day that does not depend on a lottery, Adventure in Akihabara with Anime is my private half-day walk, three to four hours, planned around the anime you name and never shared with other guests. The price is on the tour page.

About the author. I am Yuuki, a Japanese teacher and Akihabara anime tour guide based in Tokyo. I run private anime tours here most weeks, rated 4.96★ on Airbnb across 171 reviews. I have watched over 1,500 anime series, which is either a qualification or a warning depending on your point of view.

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Sources: ufotable Cafe, Reservation (reservation-only and free-entry stores; first-round lottery Wednesday 18:00 – Thursday 24:00; results Friday from about 12:00; second-round first-come Monday 20:00 if cancellations; LivePocket; X announcements; goods-only entry 30 minutes after each seating; waiting rules; two-person limit; Tokyo address 1-38-11 Nogata, Nakano), Top page (current events and dates) and Tokyo store page (current collaborations). All checked 4 October 2026. Menu prices and opening hours are deliberately not given.