Nyanko House

Saikai, Nagasaki · 57 mi / 92 km

Pet Animal World (PAW) is an indoor animal contact facility at Nagasaki Bio Park, the zoo and botanical park in Seihi, Saikai. Its cat room is furnished like a living room where visitors can sit and spend time with resident cats, including Russian Blues and Ragamuffins. The same building has a dog room with Border Collies and a garden, and a central tree area shared by cockatoos, an eagle owl, rabbits and guinea pigs, along with chinchillas and marmosets. PAW can be visited on its own or with a set ticket that includes Bio Park admission and one hour in PAW; extra time is charged by the hour and children under three enter free. The cats take two half-hour breaks in the early afternoon and can be visited until 4 PM, which is also last entry to PAW. Opening hours can be shortened at busy times such as Golden Week.

Nagasaki · 58 mi / 94 km

Cat Cafe Coorikuya Nagasaki Hamamachi is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain inside the Hamamachi shopping arcade in central Nagasaki, about a minute on foot from Shianbashi tram stop. The cat room is upstairs from the chain's Coo&RIKU pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens and handles reception for the cafe. The resident cats are mostly pedigree breeds, many of them long-haired, and visitors can buy treats to feed them. Visits are charged by time, with 30-minute, 60-minute and free-time options, and a drink bar has been part of the charge. The room is small and simply furnished, with tatami flooring. The cafe is open every day until 8 PM, opening an hour earlier on weekends and holidays, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing.

Sasebo, Nagasaki · 59 mi / 95 km

Cafe Kujukushima Neko no Sato is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Kojimacho, Sasebo, in front of the Higashi-Kojimacho bus stop and about nine minutes by car from Sasebo-Chuo Station. It is run by the Kujukushima Neko no Sato association, which also operates a pet cremation service, to fund its rescue work. The cat room is fully separate from the cafe, which serves drip coffee, tea and juices and can be used on its own. Visits to the cat room last 60 minutes and are paid as a fixed donation per person, children included; drinks are extra; the room takes up to three groups or six people at once, so visitors may have to wait. Kittens and adult rescue cats are available for adoption after an interview and a home check. The cafe is open every day except over the New Year holidays, and there is parking for four cars.

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Sasebo, Nagasaki · 59 mi / 95 km

Cafe Nyanko Plus is a rescue cat cafe on the second floor of Hamaguchi Animal Hospital in Kamishimacho, Sasebo. The hospital opened it in September 2016 to give a home to cats taken from the Sasebo animal welfare centre, where most surrendered cats were being put down. Some cats live there permanently as staff cats, while others are rescued and put up for adoption. The basic visit is one hour in the cat room plus one drink in the separate cafe room, which serves homemade desserts; socks are required in the cat room. The rules put the cats first: sleeping cats are not to be woken, cat toys are not allowed and treats are not sold. Visitors must be junior high school age or older, with minors accompanied by a guardian. It is closed on Tuesdays, closes an hour earlier on Wednesdays, and last entry is 75 minutes before closing.

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Sasebo, Nagasaki · 61 mi / 99 km

Cafe Mofumofusha (Shiawase no Tane Seizojo) is a rescue cat cafe in Kasugacho, Sasebo, run by the Nagasaki Neko no Kai association, which takes in cats that would otherwise be put down at the public health centre. All the cats in the room are looking for new homes, and adoption is arranged with the staff under set conditions; visitors who only want to spend time with the cats are also welcome. Visits are by reservation only, with a charge for the first 30 minutes and 30-minute extensions, and drinks in the separate cafeteria are included. Visitors must be junior high school age or older, with minors accompanied by a guardian, and men visiting alone are not accepted. Closing days are irregular and shown on the booking calendar. Parking is limited to four cars.

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• Booking required

Hasami, Nagasaki · 69 mi / 111 km

Cafe Chipie is a rescue cat cafe in the hills of Nakaogo, Hasami, set in an old-style building that once housed a pottery kiln workshop. The cafe side, the larger of the two rooms, has antiques and cat goods and serves coffee with homemade cookies, and can be used without visiting the cats. A door separates it from a cat room of about six tatami mats with a large number of friendly rescued cats, sometimes including kittens, and the cafe rehomes its cats. Cat visits are a two-hour package with two drinks, visitors can move freely between the rooms, socks are required, and cat treats are sold. The owner also keeps snakes and other reptiles that visitors can sometimes handle. It opens from noon to 6 PM five days a week. The access road is narrow and parking is hard to find.

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