Debuting just a little more than a year ago, a cafe catering to mothers and their children has proven so popular it's drawing more than 5,000 customers a month.
Satoshi Fujishiro, a 38-year-old father of three aged 4 to 10, opened Skip Kids in the Nishikasai district of Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, in June 2004 to serve mothers and their small kids -- only.
He quit his salaried job to open the cafe, which has play facilities for kids adjacent to where their mothers can sit and eat with friends or drink wine or other spirits.