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

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)

据法新社报道，在日本著名的"女仆咖啡厅"，服务员通常是害羞的年轻女孩，身穿皱边围裙、头戴女仆帽。而现在，"女仆咖啡厅"有了"升级"版本——"老奶奶女仆咖啡厅"，服务员是不苟言笑的"奶奶"，以反映日本快速老龄化的现状。"老奶奶女仆咖啡厅"中共有30个"女仆"轮班工作，她们之中有学生、白领，也有真正的老人。"女仆"的年龄从24岁到77岁不等，年轻服务员需化妆成老奶奶的模样。(见图)

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