Ikebukuro packs more kinds of cat café into a few streets than almost anywhere in Tokyo. Within a minute of the west exit are two big walk-in chains. A few minutes further are rescue cafés open until 9 or 10 at night, and on the east side an adoption center built for more than 100 cats opened in October 2026, plus two private rooms where your group has the cats to itself. One stop away at Otsuka, a shelter lets you visit around 100 cats for a donation.
We checked every café below against its official site in October 2026, including prices, age limits and closing days. You can see them all on our Tokyo cat café map, and our Tokyo guide covers the rest of the city.
How Ikebukuro Cat Cafés Charge
Prices work in three different ways, so the cheapest café depends on how long you stay.
By the 10 minutes. MOCHA charges ¥297 per 10 minutes on weekdays and ¥385 at weekends, with drinks included and a daily cap of ¥3,960 or ¥4,620. A quick 30-minute visit is cheap; a long afternoon is not.
By the half hour or hour. Coorikuya and the rescue cafés charge a flat rate, from about ¥700 for 30 minutes to ¥1,500–2,000 for an hour, usually with drinks included. Better for a longer, slower visit.
Free or by donation. Tokyo Cat Guardian asks for a donation, and Nyanhotto is free with a booking. Both are adoption centers first, so visit with that in mind.
Ikebukuro Cat Cafés at a Glance
Café | Where | Price | Ages | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MOCHA Ikebukuro | West exit, 1 min | ¥297 per 10 min | 6+ | Walk-in |
Coorikuya | West exit, 1 min | ¥715 per 30 min | All, with an adult | Walk-in |
Neco Republic | West exit, 5 min | ¥1,760 per hour | All, with an adult | Recommended |
Kaname Nyanko-tei | Kanamecho, 3 min | ¥1,500 per hour | All; children half price | Walk-in or LINE |
MOCHA Lounge East | East exit, 3 min | ¥297 per 10 min | 13+ | Walk-in |
Nyanhotto | East exit, 2 min | Free | Not stated | Required |
Kawaii Ikimono-tachi | East exit, about 6 min | ¥1,100 per 30 min | All, with an adult | Recommended |
MAOMAO | Near Sunshine City | From ¥2,000 per hour | 5+, with an adult | Required |
Tokyo Cat Guardian | Otsuka, 3 min | Donation | All, with an adult | Not needed |
West Exit
The west side has the easiest cafés to drop into, all within five minutes of the station and none needing a booking.
Cat Cafe MOCHA Ikebukuro is the chain’s main branch, on the third floor of the Toshima Kaikan building (there is a 7-Eleven at street level), a minute from the west exit. About 18 pedigree cats live here, including Scottish Folds, Munchkins, Ragdolls, Maine Coons and British Shorthairs, and the drink bar is included. It is open every day from 10am to 8pm, with feeding at 10:30am and 7pm. Children aged 6 and up are welcome with an adult.
Around the corner, on the fifth floor of the Nishi-Ikebukuro building, Coorikuya is the simplest flat-rate option: ¥715 for 30 minutes, ¥1,320 for an hour or ¥1,980 for as long as you like, the same every day, with unlimited drinks. You check in at the pet shop counter on the second floor first. It has no minimum age, and children under 3 are free, though under-13s need an adult with them. Its cats come from the group’s own pet shops, and it is the lowest-rated café in the area on Google.
Neco Republic Tokyo Ikebukuro is a rescue café run by a nationwide network, on the fourth floor of the Nakane building about five minutes from the west exit (use underground exit 1b). It is the latest-opening café in Ikebukuro, until 10pm with last entry at 9pm, and is closed on Thursdays unless Thursday is a holiday. An hour costs ¥1,760 on weekdays and ¥1,980 at weekends. Booking is recommended, and same-day bookings are by phone only. Visitors wear socks, which are sold at the door. Adoption takes an application, an interview and a two-week trial at home.
Kanamecho
About a kilometre northwest of the station, three minutes from Kanamecho station on the Yurakucho and Fukutoshin lines, Kaname Nyanko-tei is rated 4.7 on Google by more than 200 visitors. It is a rescue café styled like a Taisho-era Japanese tea room, and it says it has found homes for more than 700 cats. A first visit costs ¥1,000 for 30 minutes or ¥1,500 for an hour on weekdays (¥1,600 at weekends), with unlimited drinks and free old-fashioned sweets, and 10% of the fee goes to rescue and vet costs. It is one of the best choices for families: school-age children pay half price and preschoolers are free with an adult. It is open every day from noon to 9pm, takes walk-ins, and also accepts bookings on LINE.
East Exit and Sunshine City
MOCHA Lounge Ikebukuro East, three minutes from the east exit on the fourth floor of the Sankei building, is the grown-up branch of the chain: only guests aged 13 and over are admitted, it has a workspace, and it stays open until 9pm. Its 23 cats cover around 18 breeds, from Minuets and Somalis to LaPerms and Singapuras. Prices are the same as the main branch.
Nyanhotto Ikebukuro opened on 1 October 2026 on the 11th floor of a building two minutes from exit 39 on the east side. It is built for more than 100 cats at a time and is free to visit, in 90-minute slots for up to four people that you book online; the cats rest between 3pm and 4pm. Know how adoption works before you fall in love: it is run with a licensed pet business, the adoption fee is ¥55,000, and adopters sign up to a home-care subscription of ¥5,478 to ¥13,178 a month for at least three years.
For a quieter visit, two cafés let a single group have the cats to itself. Kawaii Ikimono-tachi, above a pet shop about six minutes from the east exit, books 30-minute private slots for up to five people, at ¥1,100 per person on weekdays and ¥1,210 at weekends, with drinks; book two slots and you get 20 minutes extra. Its six cats are a Siberian, a Maine Coon, two Scottish Folds and two Ragdolls. It opens from 2pm on weekdays and noon at weekends, and is closed on Tuesdays.
MAOMAO, on the seventh floor of a building near Sunshine City and closer to Higashi-Ikebukuro station, rents its room by the hour to one group of up to five, with five cats: Baron the Maine Coon, Lu-na the Minuet, Belle the Somali, Kahlua the American Curl and Lily the Ragdoll. An hour costs ¥3,000 for one person or ¥2,000 per person for two or three on weekdays, ¥500 more at weekends, and children aged 5 to 15 pay ¥1,000. Booking is required, through its app or by phone.
Otsuka: Tokyo Cat Guardian
One stop from Ikebukuro on the Yamanote line, Tokyo Cat Guardian has run an open shelter on the fifth floor of the Wind building, a few minutes from Otsuka station, since 2008. About 100 cats live here, and visiting is free, with a donation on the way in and self-service drinks. Bring ID, which staff check at the door. It is open from 2pm to 6pm on weekdays and 1pm to 6pm at weekends, and closed on Tuesdays. Single people can adopt here.
Higashi-Nagasaki
Two stops west on the Seibu Ikebukuro line, Neko no Tame ni is a small rescue café run by an NPO, a minute from the south exit of Higashi-Nagasaki station, behind a street-level glass front. It costs ¥1,100 for 30 minutes, with no food or drink. It opens from 1pm on weekdays and noon at weekends, and is closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Ikebukuro With Children
Age rules vary more than anything else here:
- No minimum age: Coorikuya (under-3s free), Kaname Nyanko-tei (preschoolers free, school-age children half price), Neco Republic, Kawaii Ikimono-tachi (under-2s free) and Tokyo Cat Guardian, all with an adult.
- Age 5 and up: MAOMAO, with an adult. Its site isn’t consistent about this, so check when you book.
- Age 6 and up: MOCHA Ikebukuro.
- 13 and up only: MOCHA Lounge Ikebukuro East.
A Short Trip Away
A few stops north in Itabashi are three more rescue cafés: CAT’S INN TOKYO near Shimura-sakaue on the Mita line, Suama Shokai, a café attached to a shelter by Oyama station on the Tobu Tojo line, and Kamiita Nyankotei, a sister café of Kaname Nyanko-tei at Kami-Itabashi.
If you are staying in the area, Ikebukuro’s west exit puts you a minute from MOCHA and Coorikuya, and the Yamanote line takes you on to Shinjuku and Ueno. Here are places to stay near Ikebukuro station on Booking.com.
Closed Ikebukuro Cat Cafés
Many older guides still list cafés that have gone:
- Nekorobi closed its Ikebukuro shop in September 2020, and the Sugamo shop that replaced it closed in January 2021.
- Nekobukuro, the cat petting park on the top floor of Tokyu Hands, closed in September 2021.
- Nyanja Town, the cat room inside Namja Town at Sunshine City, closed on 30 September 2026, and its cats moved to a pet park in Fukuoka.
- Cafe 299 in Higashi-Ikebukuro closed in March 2022.
If you are new to cat cafés, our guide to what a cat café is explains the etiquette, from washing your hands at the door to letting the cats come to you.
