Holy smokes, the Dagashi Bar in Ebisu is every child’s dream come true where you can eat all the candy and snacks you want upon entering (and paying).

“Tokyo’s all-you-can-eat “dagashi” [cheap sweets] bar [...] [gives] stressed-out Japanese a chance to relive the good old days when their biggest problem was deciding between fizzy sticks and sour plums.” (via Reuters)

The bar is styled like a an old corner shop from the first decade or two after WWII, decorated with advertisements, posters, and other objects from the 1960s to evoke nostalgia.

[photos via alansmitheejp]

Now that’s what you call a great coping mechanism. Never mind the rising levels of obesity in America, we should have one here too. Oh wait, we do– it’s called a candy store.