Cat Cafes in Chiba

Funabashi, Chiba

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

Funabashi, Chiba

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.

Kamagaya, Chiba

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.

Narashino, Chiba

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.

Ichikawa, Chiba

Iyashi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​⁠Biyori Gyotoku is a rescue cat cafe combined with a massage salon on the third floor of a building about one minute on foot from Gyotoku Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line in Ichikawa. Its cats include strays rescued in Chiba City and Funabashi, former community cats from Gyotoku and cats from an elderly owner's multi-cat household. The shop is a registered volunteer adoption partner of the Funabashi public health centre, and adoptions are arranged with staff after a meeting to discuss conditions. Visits are charged per 30 minutes or per hour, with a small weekend surcharge, 10-minute extensions and a weekday free-time option. No food or drinks are served, but water is available. No reservation is needed, the room holds up to six people, and children of elementary school age and older may visit with a guardian. The cat cafe is closed on Tuesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Kashiwa, Chiba

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​⁠Café MOFF Seven Park Ario Kashiwa is a cat cafe on the third floor of the Seven Park Ario Kashiwa shopping mall in Oshimata, Kashiwa, reached by bus from the east exit of Kashiwa Station followed by a short walk. Opened in April 2023 as part of the MOFF chain, it has around 30 cats of many pedigree breeds, among them American Shorthairs, Scottish Folds, Munchkins, Persians, Bengals, Siberians, a Maine Coon and a Ragdoll. Entry is charged for the first 30 minutes with one drink order per person, then in 10-minute extensions, with a daily cap that is higher on weekends and holidays. Reservations are not needed, children aged three and under enter free, and children of elementary school age or younger must come with an adult. The cafe follows the mall's opening days, and the cats are fed at set times twice a day.

• Walk-ins welcome

Kashiwa, Chiba

Nekonote ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​⁠is a combined cat cafe and cat goods shop on the fourth floor of the Shiina Building in central Kashiwa, about five minutes on foot from the east exit of Kashiwa Station. It is run by a cat breeder, so kittens and rare and short-legged breeds are usually in residence, and kittens bred by the shop are offered for sale. The cats are raised to be handled and many will sit on visitors' laps. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes with 10-minute extensions, and set menus combine cat time with drinks, cat treats or food such as cat-shaped omurice and pancakes. The first part of the day on weekends and holidays is priority time for children and students. Shoes are removed at the entrance. The shop also sells more than 2,500 cat-themed goods, including a large range of umbrellas, and closes on irregular days.

Kashiwa, Chiba

Coorikuya ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌⁠Plus Minamikashiwa is a cat cafe on the second floor of the Coo&RIKU Minamikashiwa pet store building, about eight minutes on foot from Minami-Kashiwa Station on the JR Joban Line. It opened in September 2021 as part of the Coorikuya chain, which runs more than 70 cat cafes across Japan. As a Plus branch, it has staff stationed in the cat room at all times. Visits are charged for the first 30 minutes and then in 10-minute extensions, and a flat free-time rate is also available. Reservations are not taken and guests are seated in order of arrival. Children under junior high school age must come with an adult relative, and children under three enter free. Cat treats can be bought, and flash photography is not allowed. The same building houses a pet shop selling dogs and cats, a grooming salon, an animal clinic and a pet hotel.

Nagareyama, Chiba

ANELLA ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌⁠CAFE Minami-Nagareyama is a rescue dog and cat cafe on the ground floor of a building in Minaminagareyama, Nagareyama, about six minutes on foot from Minami-Nagareyama Station on the Tsukuba Express and JR Musashino Line. Part of the nationwide ANELLA chain, it lets visitors spend time with rescued dogs and cats that move freely around the room while they wait for new families, and adoptions are arranged through ANELLA's own process. Staff explain how to handle the animals, some of which are still getting used to people. Visits are charged per 30 minutes with 15-minute extensions and drinks included, with lower rates for elementary school children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. Reservations are not required and the cafe is open every day. It is also a welfare workplace where people with disabilities help care for the animals, and it offers grooming and a pet hotel.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Matsudo, Chiba

Hogoneko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌⁠House Rokuneko is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Shinmatsudo, Matsudo, about 15 minutes on foot from Shin-Matsudo Station, with a bus stop directly outside. It opened in February 2025 and is run as a community project by Ishiyama Production Medicine, a veterinary practice that specialises in farm animals. The cats come from the Chiba Prefectural Animal Welfare Center, where the cafe is registered as an adoption volunteer, and are socialised in a home-like room of about 66 square metres before rehoming. Visits are charged per 40 minutes with a daily cap, with lower rates for students and children and free entry for children under two. Online booking is available for the six places, and walk-ins are accepted when there is space. No food or drinks are served. Adoption events are held monthly, and adopters attend a class and receive home visits. The cafe opens four days a week.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Kashiwa, Chiba

Neko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​⁠no Hitai is a cat cafe in a detached house in the countryside of Fujigaya, in the former Shonan town area of eastern Kashiwa. It is reached by Rainbow Bus from Takayanagi Station on the Tobu Urban Park Line to the Yanohashi stop, then about eight minutes on foot, and has a small car park. Opened in May 2018, it has a home-like setting with around 11 cats, including a Ragdoll, and two goats that can be seen from the window. Visitors pay an entry fee plus at least one food or drink order, and a private-time option is also offered. Visitors must be ten or older, socks are required, and reservations can be made by phone. The cafe opens four days a week, from late morning to late afternoon, and holds a monthly evening live event called Neko Shukai.

• Booking recommended

Kashiwa, Chiba

Animal ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌⁠Cafe Kedama is a rescue dog and cat cafe in a house in a residential area of Minamimasuo, Kashiwa, about 19 minutes on foot from the east exit of Goko Station on the Keisei Matsudo Line. Rescued dogs, including large breeds, and rescued cats share a room that is separate from the cafe seating, so food and drinks are not taken in with the animals. Visits are booked as timed courses, ranging from a touch-only option to courses that add drinks or a meal. Reservations by phone are required and walk-ins are not admitted, and the animal room is open to members holding a membership card. The cafe opens from late morning, closes on Mondays and also sells takeout bento.

• Booking required