One Direction Cafe

Tokyo is the home of the first-ever One Direction Cafe, according to the popular British boy band’s management, and the café went live as of Feb. 10. 

Photo: twitter.com/1DAsiaCrew
In Tokyo, complete with cardboard cutouts.  

A chain of cafes will eventually operate worldwide in cities like Berlin, London, Paris and Sydney.

Thanks to the enormous response the group received when playing Japan for the first time, the band decided the initial one would be in the Tower Records at the trendy Shibuya district of Tokyo.

In addition to food and drink, the cafes will sell memorabilia and merchandise such as dolls, mugs, apparel and toothbrushes.

Management says the idea was approved by Simon Cowell, who mentored the individual members on “The X Factor.”