Open Shelter Hogo Neko Fumifumi

Nishinomiya, Hyogo · 1.8 mi / 2.9 km

ANELLA CAFE Nishinomiya is a rescue dog and cat cafe in Naruocho, Nishinomiya, about 6 minutes on foot from Naruo-Mukogawajoshidaimae Station on the Hanshin Main Line. Part of the ANELLA chain, it combines a petting cafe with a shelter where rescued dogs and cats live while they wait for new families, and adoptions are arranged through the cafe. Visitors are welcome to simply watch or spend time with the animals without any plan to adopt. Entry is charged per 30 minutes, with lower rates for children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. An all-you-can-drink menu is available, no reservation is needed and parking in the building is free. The cafe is open every day. It is also a welfare workplace where people with disabilities or illnesses help care for the animals, and it offers dog grooming, cat grooming and an indoor dog run.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Amagasaki, Hyogo · 1.9 mi / 3.1 km

Cat Cafe Coorikuya Amagasaki is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain in Mizudocho, Amagasaki, about 12 minutes on foot from Hankyu Mukonoso Station. It sits on the ground floor of the Coo&RIKU Amagasaki pet shop, which also has grooming, a pet hotel and an animal clinic upstairs. The cafe has catwalks running along the walls and ceiling, so the cats can be watched from many angles. The chain's cats are mostly young pedigree breeds such as Munchkins, American Shorthairs, Scottish Folds, Bengals, Maine Coons and Norwegian Forest Cats. Visits are charged by 30 or 60 minutes or as free time, with an all-you-can-drink bar included, and reservations are not taken. Children under junior high school age must come with an adult relative, and children under 3 enter free. The cafe is open every day, opening earlier on weekends and holidays.

Osaka · 2.0 mi / 3.3 km

häntä is an adoption-based rescue cat cafe in Dekijima, Nishiyodogawa Ward, about three minutes on foot from Dekijima Station on the Hanshin Namba Line. It combines a cat room with a small coffee shop and cat-themed goods store. The cats are mostly Japanese street and community cats rescued by the owner, including some with special needs, and they are all looking for new homes. Visits are booked for 60, 90 or 120 minutes, with higher rates at weekends, and coffee, tea and sweets are included. Members receive lower prices. Children of elementary school age and younger must come with a guardian, and socks are required. Adoption requests are reviewed by the staff. The cafe also holds adoption meetups, cat yoga and other events. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but opens on public holidays.

• Adoptable cats

Nishinomiya, Hyogo · 2.1 mi / 3.4 km

Cat Cafe Hinatabokko is a breeder-run cat cafe in a residential street of Koshienguchi, Nishinomiya, about 3 minutes on foot from JR Koshienguchi Station. Opened in 2015 by a long-established Russian Blue cattery, it has around 30 cats of more than a dozen breeds, centred on Russian Blues alongside Scottish Folds, Persians and others, and kittens bred by the cattery are sold. Visits are charged per hour with a cat treat included, with a higher rate on weekends and holidays, a weekday free-time plan, optional drinks and private hire. Visits after 7 PM require a reservation. Children below elementary school age are not admitted, and children under high school age must come with a guardian. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays unless they are public holidays. The same business runs a cat grooming salon and cat hotel, and takes a mobile cat cafe to events where younger children can join.

• Booking recommended

Nishinomiya, Hyogo · 2.5 mi / 4.0 km

Hogo Neko Cafe Katsuo is a rescue cat cafe and shelter on the second floor above the ramen shop Men to Katsuo no Monogatari in Koshien, Nishinomiya, a short walk from Hanshin Koshien Station towards the baseball stadium. It opened in September 2024 and is run by the nonprofit Neko no Shiawase, which takes in cats from hoarding cases, cats left behind when elderly owners can no longer keep them and other cats with nowhere to go, and keeps them here until they are adopted. Profits from the ramen shop downstairs help fund the rescue work. The space now operates as a shelter with free entry. It opens to the public on weekends and holidays by reservation through the official LINE account by the day before, and on weekdays it is open only to people hoping to adopt. Volunteers are also welcome.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Amagasaki, Hyogo · 3.0 mi / 4.8 km

Cat Cafe MOFF Tsukashin is a branch of the MOFF cat cafe chain on the first floor of the Nishimachi wing of Gunze Town Center Tsukashin, a shopping centre in northern Amagasaki. It is about 300 metres from Inano Station on the Hankyu Itami Line and 400 metres from JR Inadera Station. Around 26 cats live here, including Munchkins, Minuets, American Curls, Ragdolls, Scottish Folds, Persians, Maine Coons, Norwegian Forest Cats, Russian Blues, Chartreux and British and Exotic Shorthairs. Entry covers the first 30 minutes and is then charged in 10-minute steps up to a daily cap, with a required all-you-can-drink fee. No reservation is needed. Children aged 3 and under enter free, and elementary school children and younger must come with an adult. Closing days follow those of the shopping centre.

• Walk-ins welcome