Volleyball anime fans, rejoice—Animate Café in Ikebukuro is hosting a collaboration café to commemorate the long-awaited 4th season of the Haikyuu!! anime, Haikyuu!! To The Top.

This café event is running concurrently at Animate Café in Sendai and Nagoya as well. The event will be available in all three locations from February 19, 2020, to March 17, 2020.

We were lucky enough to win the reservation lottery for a table on opening night at the Tokyo location, so let’s spike right in!

Location + Going In:

The Tokyo run of this collab café is held only at Animate Café in Ikebukuro.

Due to the competitive nature of acquiring a reservation during weekends, we reserved for the last time slot of the day for a late Wednesday dinner, from 7:50 PM to 9:20 PM. There are 5 slots available on weekdays and weekends, with each slot providing a maximum of 90 minutes to enjoy the cafe.

For details on time slots and the reservation system, please refer to the Dango News information article regarding the time slots and necessary application process.

We met up outside the east exit of JR Ikebukuro Station and arrived at our location within a 8-minute walk.