a visit to atelier lilium

yesterday i went to atelier lilium with a friend! atelier lilium is the new yuri book cafe opening in ikebukuro later this month - they currently are doing a little pre-open.

the other cafe with yuri books that i know of, anchor, is in shinjuku, but their selection is a bit smaller lately (though the place is still very good & i'd definitely recommend paying a visit if you're in town) & the location is a bit less convenient for getting to from the station, so i can definitely see myself visiting atelier lilium when i want to kill some time in ikebukuro.

there weren't that many people there - maybe five or six...? so it was quite relaxing! for the pre-open, it was 1000 yen for one hour with a drink included, but not sure if it'll be the same for the future.

though there wasn't a food menu (not sure if that will change in the future), the drink menu was larger than i expected for a book cafe, with stuff like melon cream soda & vienna coffee! i think want to try their herb tea next time i go.

the selection was pretty varied with stuff that was definitely lesbians (one of my faves, she loves to cook, and she loves to eat, was there) & stuff that is more (in my opinion) just yuri-coded (like yuru camp, which i love & do think personally is pretty gay, but doesn't actually have the characters in romantic relationships in the story).

there were a lot of titles that i've wanted to read but haven't got around to yet.

the full open is apparently at the end of the month & there's some opening event stuff as well. i don't think i want to go on a day it's too crowded though, since i'd prefer to read when it's more quiet. i'm looking forward to finding a day to just sit in the cafe & read a lot of yuri though!

it definitely made me wish there could be something like this for visual novels though... like a place where they have a lot of visual novels already on computers & you could just spend a day reading them. somebody, please make a visual novel cafe!