SuperFoods

A few years back, when Mike and I first visited Japan, I feel in love with a furry little hamster character. We were shopping on Character Street, a little underground corridor in Tokyo Station that has tons of character shops: Rilakkuma, Hello Kitty, Miffy, Gudetama, and on and on. There was one store that was practically empty. That was the Kapibarasan store! The little brown and white blobs looked like hamsters to me, but they’re actually capybaras, the world’s largest rodent. I guess that kinda makes them a giant hamster. In real life they’re aren’t that cute, but the kawaii Japanese version has me all heart eyes, all the time. Anyway, ever since I fell in love with Kapibarasan, I’ve been wanting to visit a Kapibara cafe. In Japan they often have popup cafes featuring characters as foodstuffs, but it’s always a question of when and where. This trip, I had pretty much given up my dream of eating Kapibara shaped food. I basically forgot about hitting up any character cafes. But,