Rescue Cat Cafe Nyanko To

Kochi · 0.7 mi / 1.1 km

moco moco is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in central Kochi, on the third floor of the building with a Sukiya restaurant, about a minute on foot from Horizume tram stop. It was set up as a place where families thinking of adopting can meet rescued cats, and visitors who simply want to spend time with cats are also welcome. Around eight or nine cats live there, from friendly ones to shy ones, and staff explain each cat's personality. Visits are charged by the hour with one drink, with a student rate, and no cat treats are sold. Up to eight people can be in the room at once. Socks are required, strong perfume or tobacco smells may mean entry is refused, preschool children cannot enter, and there is no elevator. Last entry is an hour before closing, and the cafe is closed on Mondays and Thursdays.

• Adoptable cats

Hidaka, Kochi · 12 mi / 20 km

Nyanko Merry is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in the countryside of Hidaka village, west of Kochi City. The owner works as a milk volunteer, raising unweaned kittens from the public health center that would otherwise be euthanized, so most cats here were hand-reared from a very young age, and around twenty cats are cared for at a time. The cafe feels like a home, and many of the cats will settle on visitors' laps. Visits can be booked for 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes, with self-service drinks taken outside the cat room, and up to six guests at a time. Visitors on an adoption trial enter free. Bento, cookies and cat goods are also sold. Booking by phone or LINE is recommended, especially on Saturdays and holidays. It is closed on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

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Kami, Kochi · 15 mi / 24 km

Higana Neko is an adoption-type rescue cat cafe in an old-style house in Kahoku, Kami, near the Anpanman Museum. The building is split between a cat room, Higana Neko, where rescued cats wait for new families, and a cafe space, Petit Petit Neko Neko, where visitors can sit with a drink without entering the cat room. The cats have a relaxed, independent manner, napping and playing as they please, and several have gone on to adoption trials. The cafe sells snacks made without eggs, dairy or white sugar, scones and cookies, drinks and takeout, along with local fruit, and there are discounts for children and free parking. It is closed on Wednesdays and on the first and third Tuesdays of the month, with occasional extra closures.

• Adoptable cats

Miyoshi, Tokushima · 32 mi / 51 km

Haretoke Coffee is a cafe in the wooden building of the former Deai Elementary School in the mountains of Ikeda, Miyoshi, at the gateway to the Iya Valley and best reached by car from Iyaguchi Station. The school closed in 2005 and reopened in 2014 as a cafe and guesthouse, and since August 2024 a former library room has been home to rescued cats cared for with the cat welfare group Machineko Fulness. Cafe guests can visit the cat room to play with and stroke the cats, which are mostly young, and the cats are available for adoption under the group's conditions. The cafe serves coffee roasted on site and brewed with mountain spring water, hand-kneaded pizza, canelés and cakes, with vegan options. The same building has the Yamaneko Hotel and a Finnish-style sauna, both booked through the official LINE account. The cafe is open from Saturday to Monday.

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Mitoyo, Kagawa · 44 mi / 71 km

Soramame House is a cat cafe in a renovated old farmhouse in Takase, Mitoyo, about 10 minutes by car from Chichibugahama beach. Visitors can book a contact room with about five rescued cats, charged per person per hour, or rent a private room shared with two cats for a little more, and the house also has a room for rescued cats looking for adoptive families. The tatami cafe room is open separately, with kotatsu tables in winter, a veranda where garden cats appear, a kids' corner and sweets for sale; the house cats Sora and Mame sometimes wander through. The menu is home-style cooking, led by nekomanma rice bowls topped with bonito flakes, plus toast sets, pasta and pancakes. There is also a cat goods corner and a small library. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and last entry to the cat rooms is 5 PM.

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Matsuyama, Ehime · 47 mi / 76 km

Himeneko is a rescue cat shelter-cafe in Higashino, eastern Matsuyama, run by the certified NPO Ehime Inu-Neko no Kai, an animal welfare group that rehomes dogs and cats across the prefecture. It occupies a former day-care building with a large free parking area, and volunteers look after the cats, which are all waiting for adoptive families. Despite the name, no food or drinks are served: visitors make a small donation per person to spend time with the cats, and socks and a mask are requested. The group also holds dog and cat adoption days on site. Himeneko opens only on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome