Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Hogo Animal Cafe Kizuna
Hogo Animal Cafe Kizuna is a rescue animal cafe three minutes on foot from the south exit of Tama-Plaza Station on the Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line, in Aoba Ward, Yokohama. It has three separate areas: a cat room with rescued cats looking for adopters, a room with small rescue dogs and a basement reptile cafe. The cat area is open every day and is charged by the hour, with a bottled drink and shoe covers included. Reservations are recommended at weekends and on holidays. Visitors under 15 are asked not to enter unless they can reliably follow the rules, and outside snacks and toys are not allowed, though toys can be borrowed. The building also houses a day-care atelier for people with disabilities, and goods made there are sold at the cafe. Its sister cafe is Hogo Neko Cafe Musubi in Kawasaki.
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CAIT SITH
Yokohama, Kanagawa1.9 mi / 3.1 km
CAIT SITH is an adoption-focused cat cafe near Center-Kita Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway, in Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama. Run by a certified nonprofit of the same name, it was set up to save cats from Amami Oshima that had been trapped as ferals and faced euthanasia, and it opened in 2020 after a crowdfunding campaign backed by more than 500 people. Most of the cats in the room are available for adoption, and the group also runs a long-term foster program. Visits are charged in 30-minute steps, with weekday free-time and private hire options, and payment is in cash. Advance bookings are made online up to the day before, and same-day visitors can enter at the door. The cafe has no phone, to keep things calm for the cats, and only gelato and bottled drinks sold on site may be consumed. It is closed on Tuesdays.
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Chiisana Hogo Neko Cafe Kaori
Kawasaki, Kanagawa3.6 mi / 5.8 km
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Neko-Shiki
Kawasaki, Kanagawa3.6 mi / 5.8 km
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- Adoptable cats
Hogo Neko Cafe Musubi
Kawasaki, Kanagawa4.1 mi / 6.6 km
Hogo Neko Cafe Musubi is a rescue cat cafe in Suge, Tama Ward, Kawasaki, about three minutes on foot from Inadazutsumi Station on the JR Nambu Line. It shares its building with a day-care centre for adults with disabilities, whose members help care for the cats and make cat goods on weekdays, and the cafe is open to the general public. Its cats are rescued former strays and sick cats, and the cafe holds adoption events to find them homes. Visits are charged by the hour or half hour, and cat treats can be bought. Outside toys and treats are not allowed, but toys can be borrowed. Visitors under 15 are asked not to enter unless they can reliably follow the rules, and guests who have been to another cat cafe that day are turned away. Its sister cafe is Hogo Animal Cafe Kizuna in Yokohama.
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Cat Cafe Coorikuya Nagatsuta
Yokohama, Kanagawa5.0 mi / 8.0 km
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