Wafu Neko Honpo

Funabashi, Chiba · 1.9 mi / 3.1 km

Shin Neko no Mori House is the shelter of the NPO Neko no Mori in Yakuendai, Funabashi, about 15 minutes on foot from Keisei Narashino Station, with buses from Kita-Narashino and JR Tsudanuma stopping nearby. The group moved here from Narashinodai and opened the purpose-built facility to the public in spring 2025 after a crowdfunding campaign. Around 80 cats live in the house, many of them elderly or receiving medical care, with a similar number in foster homes. Visits are by advance online booking in one-hour sessions for small groups, on Tuesdays, Fridays, weekends and holidays, and the per-person fee includes one drink. Cats are rehomed through the group's application and meeting process, and it also holds regular adoption events at pet stores in Funabashi, Yachiyo and Makuhari. A parking area is available near the house.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Shiroi, Chiba · 2.6 mi / 4.2 km

Necokan is a small rescue cat house in a detached home in Fuji, Shiroi, run by a certified companion animal caretaker who also chairs a local welfare NPO. Visitors spend time with the resident rescued cats in a homely setting, with a charge for the first hour and then per 30 minutes. Visits must be booked by the day before through the website, the house opens only on scheduled days and is closed on Wednesdays, and children of junior high school age or younger must come with a guardian. Necokan holds irregular adoption sessions for its rescued cats, with a trial period of about a week before an adoption is finalised. It also offers cat boarding and cat-sitting. The nearest stop is Shiroi Rojuman-mae, reached by bus from Kamagaya-Daibutsu Station, and parking is available.

• Adoptable cats

Funabashi, Chiba · 2.7 mi / 4.3 km

Cat Cafe Coorikuya Higashi-Funabashi is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain in Maebaranishi, Funabashi, about 13 minutes on foot from both JR Tsudanuma and JR Higashi-Funabashi stations. Opened in August 2020, it is attached to the Coo&RIKU Higashi-Funabashi pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens. The room follows a Japanese home concept, with wooden catwalks running the length of the walls and cat towers. Visits are charged by time in 30 and 60 minute blocks, with an all-day free-time option, and unlimited soft drinks are included. Free Wi-Fi and power outlets are available for longer stays. The cafe is open every day, opening an hour earlier on weekends and public holidays, with last entry 30 minutes before closing.

Narashino, Chiba · 3.5 mi / 5.6 km

Neko Cafe Juunyan Toiro is a small family-run cat cafe in a residential area of Higashi-Narashino, Narashino, about 12 to 15 minutes on foot from the west exit of Keisei Yachiyodai Station, with a bus stop in front of the building. Opened in September 2020 by a married couple, it has a separate dining area with about a dozen seats and a dedicated space where visitors spend time with more than ten house cats, sometimes including kittens. The cats are used to people and will often sit on laps. Food and drinks are served, and a capsule toy machine dispenses cat treats. Children are welcome. The cafe is usually closed on one or two weekdays and stays open later on weekends, so checking its Instagram before visiting is advisable.

Funabashi, Chiba · 3.7 mi / 5.9 km

Hogo Neko Cafe Kanon is a rescue cat cafe on the ground floor of a house in a residential part of Kaijin, Funabashi, about five minutes on foot from Keisei Kaijin Station. It opened in June 2025, run by the team behind the former Totonomori rescue cat cafe in Narashinodai. The space is split into Cafe Kanon, which serves curry, desserts, coffee and alcohol, and Kanon no Mori, a room where visitors spend time with a small group of rescued cats. Time in the cat room is charged per 30 or 60 minutes, with a surcharge on weekends and holidays, and booking ahead is preferred while cafe-only visits need no reservation. Children under two are not admitted. It closes for a midday break so the cats can rest, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Adoption enquiries are handled by the partner shelter, Feline Totonomori.

• Booking recommended

Kamagaya, Chiba · 3.8 mi / 6.1 km

Cat Cafe Coorikuya plus Across Mall Shin-Kamagaya is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain on the second floor of the Across Mall shopping centre, about three minutes on foot from the east exit of Shin-Kamagaya Station on the Keisei and Hokuso lines. It opened in November 2020 inside the Coo&RIKU pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens and also runs a pet hotel, grooming salon and veterinary clinic on site. The cat room has a white, fairy-tale interior and is home to mostly pedigree cats. The first 30 minutes carry a fixed charge, after which time is billed in 10-minute steps, with an all-day free-time option, and the drink bar is charged separately. Free Wi-Fi, power outlets and manga are available. The cafe is open every day until 9 PM, with last entry at 8:30 PM.