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Tokyo's dementia restaurant serves up joy and laughter

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Imagine ordering a hamburger and getting served dumplings instead. Or being escorted to your seat by a waitress, only to end up having to take the order yourself. Chances are such mix-ups might leave a customer bewildered or even irked. But not so in this Tokyo pop-up restaurant, where waiters and waitresses, all of whom have dementia, have the customers' blessing to make mistakes. Instead of a frown or rant, the servers are greeted with smiles and laughter. "The Restaurant of Order Mistakes" is the brainchild of Shiro Oguni, a Japanese TV director, whose aim is to deepen awareness of dementia and change perceptions about the condition. The pop-up first opened in June, and had a second run for three days from Sept. 16. For Japan, with its rapidly aging population and a growing number of dementia sufferers, taking a leading role in confronting the problem seems only natural. In aging Japan, nursing care foods get tastier, more available Oguni said the idea behind the restaurant is for p

TOKYO - Imagine ordering a hamburger and getting served dumplings instead. Or being escorted to your seat by a waitress, only to end up having to take the order yourself. Chances are such mix-ups might leave a customer bewildered or even irked. Sorry. This article is no longer available. Sorry, this article was first published more than three months ago and is temporarily unavailable. Once the upcoming introduction of a paid membership system is fully operational, paid members will have access to all our stories. Free Membership Provides Newsletter from Editorial Team and access to…

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