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Mine, Yamaguchi · 10 mi / 16 km

Neko-mura (Cat Village) is a cat area in the animal contact square of Akiyoshidai Safari Land, the safari park in Mitocho, Mine, opened in March 2026. Sixteen cats, eleven Japanese cats and five Western breeds, live in a house with a fenced garden, and visitors step into their space rather than the other way round. Indoors there are cat walks, cat towers and air conditioning, and the netted garden has a tree to climb, a small island and a patch of cat grass, with the cats free to go in and out. Cats cannot be picked up, but they can be stroked when they come over. Entry to the village is free with park admission, though a fee, a 15-minute limit or entry caps may apply at busy times. The village is open daily with a lunch break, and can be watched through the netting until 4 PM.

Yamaguchi · 15 mi / 25 km

Cat Cafe GATO is a small cat cafe in Miyanokami, in the Miyano area of eastern Yamaguchi City, opened about ten years ago. Its resident cats are mostly pedigree breeds, including Minuets, Exotic Shorthairs, a LaPerm, a Scottish Fold, a Ragdoll and a Bengal, and they are free to roam, nap or play as they please. Visits are charged per hour with a one-drink order, with lower prices on weekdays and for junior high school students and younger. Coffee, tea, soft drinks and a beef curry are served, and a limited feeding experience is available. Children must be at least five years old, and elementary school children need an adult with them. Socks are required. Since July 2026 the cafe opens only from Saturday to Tuesday, and reservations are taken by phone.

• Booking recommended

Tsuwano, Shimane · 21 mi / 34 km

Kissa Dambowl is a coffee shop and cat cafe in the Machida area of Tsuwano, the old castle town in western Shimane, about 1.7 km from JR Tsuwano Station. It opened on the first day of the Reiwa era in May 2019 in a spacious old building with a wood stove and a carefully chosen music system. The cat room is separate from the cafe space, so visitors can come just for coffee, crepes or drinks, or pay to spend unlimited time with the cats, which are rescued cats living as the owner's family, with around 14 at a time. Treats can be bought for the cats. Socks must be worn in the cat room and are sold at the counter. The cafe serves specialty coffee in deep and light roasts, and Kitchen Dambowl upstairs serves lunches made with local naturally grown vegetables. It is closed on Tuesdays.

Sanyo Onoda, Yamaguchi · 28 mi / 45 km

Neko to Ocha is a small rescue cat cafe in a residential area of Asa, Sanyo-Onoda, opened in August 2026 by a local cat lover in her grandparents' house, a building more than 60 years old. It is split by a glass wall into a cafe room with six counter seats, where drinks such as coffee, rooibos tea and regional fruit sodas are served, and a cat room where about eight rescued cats, many of them young and playful, live together. The cat room is charged by time with one drink included, with extensions in 20-minute steps, and holds six to eight people at once. Visitors must be at least ten years old, and elementary school children need a guardian. Cafe sales pay for the cats' food and medical care. The cafe opens only on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, with last entry an hour before closing.

Yamaguchi · 28 mi / 46 km

Cat Cafe Coorikuya Sun Park Ajisu is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain on the second floor of the Sun Park Ajisu shopping centre in Ajisu, southern Yamaguchi City, about eight minutes on foot from Ajisu Station on the JR Ube Line. It sits inside the Coo&RIKU pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens, and was added to the shop when it was renovated in 2022. Around ten to fifteen cats live in the room, and they are friendly and used to visitors, often climbing onto laps and shoulders. Visits are charged by time, from 30-minute stays with unlimited drinks to longer courses that include cat treats. Photos are allowed, and children of all ages, including babies, may enter. The cafe is open every day, with last entry 30 minutes before closing.

Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi · 36 mi / 58 km

hinacafe is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in an old farmhouse surrounded by countryside in Kudatani, in the hills of northern Kudamatsu. Opened in February 2023, it works with a rescue shelter and has around 15 cats, the number changing as cats leave for trial stays with new families. The house is split into a cat room, where free drinks are included, and a dining space where meals can be eaten while watching the cats through a partition, so visitors who prefer not to touch cats can still come. The cats are friendly and varied in personality, and handmade goods are sold. Visits are by reservation. The cafe opens on Tuesdays, Thursdays, weekends and holidays, and the cat room and meals can also be booked on closed days with a day's notice. Parking is below the cafe, with more a short walk away.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required