Japan's new naked restaurant won't let overweight diners in

A naked dining experience is set to hit Tokyo next month, with its own clothing-free restaurant opening.

But unlike similar restaurant concepts that recently launched in London and Melbourne, Australia, The Amrita in Japan plans to weigh and take height measurements of diners at the door, and will bar those who are overweight from entering.

On its website, the restaurant warns that diners who are likely to be over 15 kg the "average weight" corresponding to their height should not make a booking, because it won't refund entrance fees for diners that it turns away.

The Amrita will also keep the age limit to between 18 and 60 years of age.

But unlike in London and Melbourne's naked restaurants, patrons won't be entirely nude. The restaurant will hand out paper underwear bottoms, and its staff will wear g-string thongs or "small bottoms."

RocketNews24 notes that the restaurant is offering a dinner banquet and a "men's show" dance show featuring American and European male models. Waiters will also be "men with the world's most beautiful bodies."

Diners will have to surrender their phones at the door, and refrain from speaking to or touching other customers.

Ahead of The Amrita's opening on July 29, tickets are already selling fast. The top-tier ticket for 80,000 yen ($748) is already sold out, and tickets without the dance performance go down to 14,000 yen ($131).

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