Cat Cafe Coorikuya Akita

Akita · 5.6 mi / 9.1 km

Forest Cat is a cat cafe in Taihei Hatta, in the wooded foothills north-east of central Akita, best reached by car. The cat room and the cafe space are separate, and either can be used on its own. The cafe serves home-made meals such as hamburg steak, along with sweets and drinks, and the cat room is home to several cats, including a number of black cats. Time in the cat room is charged per 30 minutes, with extensions in 15-minute blocks when the room is not busy. From 2026 only visitors aged 12 and over may enter, including the cafe space, and socks must be worn inside. The last entry is at 4:30 PM. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, opens on some public holidays that fall on those days, and closes for the winter season. Payment is cash only, and there is free parking.

Takizawa, Iwate · 49 mi / 79 km

Rescue Cat Cafe Modoki is the cat room of Pets no Sato, a large animal shelter in the countryside of Takizawa, north-west of Morioka, with views of Mount Iwate. About 90 rescued cats live in the room, climbing wooden catwalks made from trees on the site and piling into the kotatsu in winter. All of them are rescues, and the shelter looks for adoptive homes for its cats and dogs. Visitors sign in at the main building's reception and are given a short briefing before entering. There is no fixed charge; visitors leave a donation towards the animals' upkeep, and cat food can be bought from a small capsule machine. The cat room is open every day, with the last entry at 3:45 PM. The site also has a dog run, kennel visits in the afternoon, a campground and a stone-oven pizza stand.

• Adoptable cats

Morioka, Iwate · 54 mi / 87 km

Cat Lounge nonnon Morioka Minami is a cat lounge inside the PETEMO pet shop on the second floor of AEON Mall Morioka Minami in Motomiya, Morioka. The cats, which the lounge calls its cast, roam a spacious room and play or nap as they please, and they decide for themselves whether to approach guests. Breeds here have included Scottish Folds, Siberians, an American Curl, a Tonkinese and a Ragamuffin. Visits are charged per 10 minutes up to a daily maximum, with higher rates at weekends and on holidays, and the drink bar is extra. Cat treats can be bought, but outside food and drink are not allowed. Reservations are not taken except for private group bookings. Visitors should not chase or pick up the cats. The lounge keeps the mall's opening hours and uses the mall car park.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Morioka, Iwate · 55 mi / 89 km

Owl Cafe Ricky Morioka is a multi-animal cafe in the Odori shopping district of central Morioka, with a dog corner and rooms in the basement of the Create Building where visitors meet owls, cats and other small animals. Besides owls, the animals have included hedgehogs, ferrets, hamsters, parakeets and ducks. The cats roam freely among guests; friendly ones climb onto laps, and visitors can hold them and buy food to feed them. Some of the animals are also for sale. Visits are charged by time. The rooms are small, and the animal smell can be strong. The cafe opens in the afternoon and is closed on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Sakata, Yamagata · 55 mi / 89 km

Coorikuya AEON Town Sakata is a cat cafe on the grounds of the AEON Town shopping center in Sakata, near National Route 7. Opened in August 2019, it is attached to a Coo&RIKU pet shop that sells puppies and kittens and also offers grooming, pet boarding and a veterinary clinic. The cafe keeps around ten cats of various breeds, including a Ragamuffin, and is one of very few cat cafes in the Shonai region. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes or as free time, with an all-you-can-drink drink bar included, and children under three enter free. Outside food and drink are not allowed. The cafe is open every day from 11 AM to 8 PM, with last entry at 7:30 PM, and parking is available at the shopping center.

Morioka, Iwate · 56 mi / 90 km

Dream Cat House Shinmeicho is a rescue cat room in Shinmeicho, central Morioka, on the second floor above the Yumeya cafe restaurant, which serves daily set meals, hamburg steak, pasta, cakes and pancakes. It opened in 2023 and is run as a welfare workplace where people with disabilities work in the cafe and help care for the cats. The rescued cats can be played with or simply kept company, and those marked for adoption can be taken home through the house's own adoption process. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes, with half-price rates for elementary school children and holders of disability certificates, and the last entry is at 4:30 PM. Donations collected in the cat room go to the cats' care. The cafe and cat room are closed on Sundays.

• Adoptable cats