ANELLA CAFE Branch Okayama Kitanagase

Okayama · 0.5 mi / 0.9 km

Blue Cat Cafe is an adoption-style cat cafe in Toiyacho, the cafe and boutique district in the west of Okayama, opposite Nishi Elementary School and recognisable by the blue cat mural on its wall. It is run alongside a veterinary practice, and the same group offers pet hotel and grooming services. A cafe serving coffee, lattes, cakes and soft-serve ice cream is separated by glass from the cat room, where more than ten rescued cats live while they wait for adoption. The cat room is charged per 30 minutes with one food or drink order, and the cafe can be used on its own. Children aged three and over who can follow the rules may enter the cat room. The cafe is closed on Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Okayama · 1.9 mi / 3.0 km

Cat Cafe Mocha Okayama is a branch of the Mocha cat cafe chain on the fifth floor of AEON Mall Okayama in Shimoishii, Kita Ward, about five minutes on foot from JR Okayama Station. The cafe is a bright, open lounge with cat towers, shelves and sofas, home to a large group of mostly pedigree cats of many breeds. No reservation is needed: visits are charged for the first 30 minutes and then in 10-minute extensions, with an optional all-you-can-drink vending machine bar, and cat treats can be bought to feed the cats. Children aged 3 and over are welcome, and visitors under junior high school age must come with a guardian. Chasing the cats, picking them up and flash photography are not allowed. The cafe is open every day, following the mall's hours, which makes it an easy stop near the station.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Okayama · 2.2 mi / 3.6 km

Cat Cafe Luana, part of the Pet no Baton Cafe group, is a rescue cat cafe on the second floor of a building in Tamachi, central Okayama, near the Yubinkyoku-mae tram stop. Opened in 2016, it is one of the largest cat cafes in the prefecture, with about 20 cats in a cat room of around 20 tatami mats. Most are rescued mixed-breed cats taken in from local rescue groups, alongside a few older pedigree cats such as a Maine Coon, a Norwegian Forest Cat and a Ragdoll. Visits are charged by time, with 30- and 60-minute plans and a free-time course, and drinks from the drink machine are included. A separate cafe space with Wi-Fi looks onto the cat room through glass, and outside food and drink may be brought into that area. Cats are adopted out to new families, which the cafe calls graduating.

• Adoptable cats

Okayama · 2.4 mi / 3.9 km

Cody no Isu is a dog and cat cafe on the second floor of a building on the Holland-dori section of the Omotecho shopping arcade in central Okayama. Small, medium and large dogs, including young dogs and breeds such as a Borzoi, share one room with the resident cats, and there is also a quieter cat corner at the back. The animals are very used to people and often compete for a place on visitors' laps, so visitors are asked to wear socks and clothes that can get fur on them. Entry is charged per hour, with 30-minute extensions. Because of the large dogs, children are admitted from about age 10. Booking is recommended at weekends and for groups. The cafe is closed on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and the fourth Sunday of the month, and temporary closures are posted on Instagram.

Okayama · 2.4 mi / 3.9 km

ANELLA CAFE Okayama Senoo is a rescue dog and cat cafe in Senoo, in the south of Okayama, about 21 minutes on foot from JR Senoo Station on the Uno Line, with parking on site. Part of the nationwide ANELLA chain, it is mainly a dog cafe, but rescued cats also live here and visitors can spend time with both while the animals wait for new families. Adoptions are arranged through ANELLA's own process. Visits are charged per 30 minutes, with lower rates for elementary school children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. The cafe is open every day and also offers grooming. Like other ANELLA branches it is a welfare workplace where staff with disabilities help care for the animals.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Hayashima, Okayama · 3.9 mi / 6.2 km

Nanairo Shippo is a permanent weekend adoption space for rescued cats in a residential area of Wakamiya, Hayashima, run by a volunteer rescue group. Every Saturday and Sunday afternoon, rescued adult cats and kittens roam a free space where visitors can play with them, whether or not they plan to adopt. Entry works as a donation to the cats: a 30-minute first-visit course and a one-hour course that includes a bottled drink, with lower amounts for junior and senior high school students and free entry for elementary school children and younger. A small shop sells cat goods and handmade items to support the rescue work, and a veterinary consultation is available by booking during opening hours. Opening times vary from week to week and are posted on the group's blog, and some weekends are skipped. The phone is answered only during opening hours.

• Adoptable cats