CAT BOX Hogoneko Cafe

Yokosuka, Kanagawa · 3.0 mi / 4.8 km

Cat Café MOFF Coaska Bayside Stores is on the fifth floor of Coaska Bayside Stores in Yokosuka, Kanagawa. The lounge is home to 25 cats from breeds including Ragdoll, Maine Coon, Norwegian Forest Cat, British Shorthair, Munchkin, and Russian Blue. Admission is timed, with a one-drink order required, and visitors do not need a reservation. Wi-Fi, power outlets, stroller access, and wheelchair access are available. Children under elementary-school age must enter with an adult, and the cafe limits each adult to three children. Visitors must sanitize their hands, turn off camera flashes, and use a spoon when giving treats. Coaska is a three-minute walk from Shioiri Station and is also accessible from Yokosuka and Yokosuka-Chuo stations.

• Walk-ins welcome

Yokosuka, Kanagawa · 3.4 mi / 5.5 km

Neko Cafe Pupu Mignon is a cat cafe on the fourth floor of a building in Odakicho, Yokosuka, three minutes on foot from Keikyu Yokosuka-Chuo Station along the Mikasa shopping street. Its two-level space has a see-through catwalk between floors, a cat wheel and cat towers, and about two dozen cats, more than half of them rescues, alongside breeds such as Scottish Folds, a Norwegian Forest Cat, a Maine Coon and a Bengal. A single entry fee covers an unlimited stay, with cheaper rates for high school students and children, and a coworking plan with free drinks and Wi-Fi is available. There are no reservations. All ages are welcome, and children of elementary school age and younger must come with a guardian. On weekends and holidays the cats take a half-hour afternoon break, when guests step out. The cafe is closed on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Kamakura, Kanagawa · 4.2 mi / 6.7 km

Kamakura Nekomitei is a small rescue cat cafe in an old house with tatami rooms in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, about five minutes on foot from the east exit of Kamakura Station, just off Komachi-dori on the way to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu. It is owner-run and home-like, and its rescue cats, some of them living with disabilities, are waiting for new families; kitten adoption events are held from time to time. The house holds only one or two groups at a time, so phoning ahead is advised. Visits are charged by the hour with a drink included. The cafe looks like an ordinary home from the street and is easy to walk past. It is closed on Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Kamakura, Kanagawa · 4.2 mi / 6.7 km

Munchkins is a cat and dog cafe on the third floor of a building on Komachi-dori in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, five to seven minutes on foot from the east exit of Kamakura Station. Formerly known as Neko Cafe Shizuku, it has more than ten cats, many of them kittens, and has also kept pugs. Visits are charged per 30 minutes, with a lower rate for children of junior high school age and younger, and a drink order is expected; cafe drinks and light meals are served. Walk-ins are welcome, and families with children are accepted. It is open every day and is a convenient stop while sightseeing along Komachi-dori.

Kamakura, Kanagawa · 5.5 mi / 8.9 km

Kamakura Nekonoma is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in an old house set among greenery in Fueda, Kamakura, about ten minutes on foot from the Great Buddha at Kotoku-in and three minutes from the Uchikoshi stop on the bus route between Kamakura and Fujisawa stations. Opened in 2016, it has rehomed more than 500 cats from the cafe and beyond and carries out trap-neuter-return work in the area. Some cats prefer to stay up on the beams, and not every cat is available for adoption. Visits are by phone reservation only and are charged by the half hour, with a minimum of one drink per person from a menu of herbal teas, Sri Lankan tea, matcha, coffee and sweets. Children under school age are not admitted, and elementary school children pay half price with a guardian. Socks are required. The cafe is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Yokohama, Kanagawa · 7 mi / 10 km

Charme GARDEN is a two-floor rescue cat cafe in Kamiooka-nishi, Konan Ward, Yokohama, five minutes on foot from Kamiooka Station. The ground floor is a cafe serving pasta, plate meals and homemade sweets such as chiffon cake, and upstairs is a room of calm, affectionate rescue cats, looked after by staff involved in rescue work who also find adopters for cats from a partner shelter. Each floor can be used on its own, the cat room is charged by the hour, and drinks may be taken upstairs. On weekdays both floors take phone reservations; at weekends and on holidays, visitors join the queue on arrival. The cafe opened in February 2024, sells rescue-cat calendars and goods, and accepts cards, e-money and QR payments. It is closed on Wednesdays, and there is no parking.

• Adoptable cats