Peanuts Diner in Yokohama recalls spirit, drawings of Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip

Lucy’s homemade lemonade, Marcie’s waffle chicken and chocolate brownies named after Charlie Brown: Every menu item, every decoration and even the paper napkins at the Peanuts Diner adhere to the “Peanuts” theme.

The restaurant, at the waterfront shopping area in Yokohama, opened two years ago and was inspired by the comic strip made famous by Charles Schulz.

At the entrance, a drawing of Snoopy standing on his doghouse wearing his feeding bowl on his head welcomes customers. Next to the entrance is a souvenir shop that sells such items as cookies with various Peanuts characters printed on them, or plates and bowls bearing Snoopy’s image.

The restaurant has large windows that allow in lots of sunlight. Its decor was modeled after a beachside diner in California, where Schulz the cartoonist lived and worked.

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