Ash, Eiji and Shorter are getting their own café menu in Tokyo. BANANA FISH Cafe and Bar – What they see –, a limited-time theme café based on the 2018 TV anime, opens at BOX cafe&space Lumine Est Shinjuku 2 (8th floor, Lumine Est Shinjuku) from November 26, 2026 to January 17, 2027. The café is run by LTR.
The concept, “What they see,” centers on the views, scenery and shared moments of Ash Lynx, Eiji Okumura and Shorter Wong, and the café uses newly drawn art of the three.
The menu
Each of the three gets a soup combo (1,590 yen each):
- Ash: a cheese steak dog with onion consommé for dipping.
- Eiji: grilled rice balls with Japanese dashi broth, meant to be turned into ochazuke.
- Shorter: a wrap with sweet-and-sour fried chicken and egg, plus a Chinese-style soup.
Character donuts (790 yen each) include Ash’s cheese and cream donut topped with a chocolate pistol, Eiji’s strawberry and white chocolate donut with a white chocolate feather, and Shorter’s mango and strawberry cream donut with chocolate sunglasses, alongside a Nori Nori donut and a yellow-and-black BANANA FISH donut. Character drinks (990 yen each) are Ash’s cherry cola, Eiji’s lychee green tea and Shorter’s mango oolong tea, and a takeout “BOTTLE DRINK” inspired by the sky they see costs 1,990 yen. The café also serves the “BANANA RUSH” banana shake topped with mini donuts and a hot clam chowder “RUSH” (1,290 yen each).
Bonuses and goods
Advance reservations (770 yen per person, up to four seats per booking) opened November 12 and include a clear card for guests who order. Each drink order comes with one of three character paper coasters. Original goods with the new art include acrylic keychains, mini-character acrylic stands, a dolomite coaster, sticker sets, a mug and a lunch tote, priced from 660 to 2,200 yen. The goods are also sold through the café’s official online shop until January 17.
About BANANA FISH
Based on Akimi Yoshida’s manga, which began serialization in 1985, the BANANA FISH anime aired from July to December 2018 on Fuji TV’s noitaminA block. Set in New York, it follows street gang leader Ash and Eiji, a young man from Japan, as they chase the mystery of “banana fish” while clashing with a mafia boss.
Source: Anime! Anime!
