Cat Cafes in Japan

Togane, Chiba

Nekonos ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠Animal Shelter Togane is the main building of the Nekonos private animal shelter, a rescue cat cafe in central Togane about 10 to 15 minutes from JR Togane Station. Opened as a combined shelter and cafe in 2019, it cares for more than 200 rescued cats, including elderly cats and cats with chronic illnesses that are unlikely to be adopted and stay on as permanent residents. Visitors spend time with the cats in the ground-floor cafe, and an upper floor holds a separate area for other rescued animals that opens in the afternoon. Visits are charged per 10 minutes plus an entry fee that includes a drink bar, with no further time charge after two hours. People interested in adopting also pay the visit fee, meet the cats in person and go through a screening process. The facility is open every day and has free parking.

• Adoptable cats

Sanmu, Chiba

ANELLA ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌⁠CAFE MEGA Don Quijote Naruto is a rescue dog and cat cafe on the ground floor of Building A at the MEGA Don Quijote store in Naruto, Sanmu, about four minutes by car or 25 minutes on foot from JR Naruto Station, with the Naruto Koko-mae bus stop four minutes away. Opened in October 2025 as the ANELLA chain's first branch inside a commercial complex, it lets visitors relax with rescued dogs and cats, hold and photograph them, and apply to adopt through ANELLA's screening process. Visits are charged per 30 minutes with 15-minute extensions, with reduced rates for elementary school children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. The cafe is open every day, opening earlier on weekends and holidays, and uses the store's shared parking. It also offers grooming and is a welfare workplace where staff with disabilities help care for the animals.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Mobara, Chiba

Aoineko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​⁠is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Machibo, Mobara, about five minutes on foot from the east exit of JR Mobara Station and marked by a blue sign. The cafe takes in cats that have lost their homes or come from difficult circumstances, and they live in the ground-floor cat room, kittens included, while they wait for new families. Visitors can apply to adopt the cats they meet. Visits are charged per 10 minutes up to a two-hour cap, and an all-you-can-drink option is available. The cafe opens in the afternoon on weekdays and from the morning on weekends and public holidays, and it is closed on Thursdays.

• Adoptable cats

Shiroi, Chiba

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

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Tsukineko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​⁠Cafe is a rescue cat shelter and adoption cafe in Kita 6 Jo Nishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, within walking distance of Nishi-28-chome Station on the Tozai Line. Opened in September 2010 as Sapporo's first rescue cat cafe, it is run by the NPO Tsukineko Hokkaido, which cares for several hundred cats waiting for new homes and also operates a lifelong-care home for cats in Teine Ward. Today the cafe works mainly as a shelter, and visits to the cat room are by phone reservation only, in one-hour slots with no extensions and a limit of a few groups per hour. Admission is by suggested donation, which goes toward facility and veterinary costs. Children of any age may visit with a guardian, and socks are required. Adoption is the main purpose of the cafe. It is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and over New Year.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Nekotamago ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌⁠+ Cafe is a rescue cat cafe in Kita 23 Jo Higashi, Higashi Ward, Sapporo, about 5 minutes on foot from Motomachi Station on the Toho Line. It is run by the non-profit association Nekotamago, which takes in adult cats and kittens from the Sapporo City Animal Management Center and other sources and finds them new homes; kittens make up most of its rescues. The cafe space, which serves hand-dripped coffee and sells goods by local artists, is separated from the cat room by a window, so visitors who cannot touch cats can still watch them. Time in the cat room is charged per 30 minutes, with longer packages and a weekday day pass, and young children enter free with the day pass. Adoptions follow the association's own conditions. The cafe is closed on Mondays and has parking for three cars.

• Adoptable cats

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Kitanekoya ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌⁠is a small cat cafe on the second floor of the Umezawa Building in Minami 1 Jo Nishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, above a Seicomart convenience store. It is about 4 minutes on foot from Nishi-11-chome Station on the Tozai Line and 3 minutes from the Nishi-8-chome tram stop. Opened in 2011, it calls itself a resting place with cats, and its resident cats are calm adults and seniors, including a Maine Coon, a Scottish Fold, a Norwegian Forest Cat, a Minuet and a British Shorthair. Visits are charged by the hour with 30-minute extensions, and there is a weekday three-hour package. A self-service drink bar is included, and beer, wine and spirits are available for an extra charge. Preschool children are not admitted, and elementary school children must come with a guardian. The cafe is closed on Wednesdays, except on public holidays.

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Nekototomoni ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌⁠is a coworking cafe with resident rescue cats in Hassamu, Nishi Ward, Sapporo, about 1 minute on foot from Exit 2 of Hassamu-minami Station on the Tozai Line. Rather than a hands-on cat cafe, it is a quiet place to read, study or work while the cats go about their day, with 12 seats, Wi-Fi and power outlets. It serves specialty coffee, homemade bagels made with Hokkaido wheat, and monthly homemade sweets. Visitors pay an entry fee and order one drink, with an extra charge for stays over an hour, and part of the fees is donated to rescue groups. Reservations are not taken. The cats are available for adoption, including cats fostered for the Rishiri island rescue group Shimaneko Rishiri, and staff explain the conditions on request. The cafe is closed on Mondays and on the first and third Tuesdays of the month.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Petland ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌⁠Factory Cat Cafe is a cat cafe corner inside the Petland pet shop on the first floor of the 1-jo-kan building at Sapporo Factory, in Kita 1 Jo Higashi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo. It is about 5 minutes on foot from Bus Center-mae Station on the Tozai Line. The store also sells puppies and kittens, pet supplies and small animals, and offers grooming and a pet hotel. In the cat room, visitors spend time with the shop's resident cats, which have included Scottish Folds, American Curls and British Shorthairs. Visits are charged per 30 minutes, with a lower rate for children, and a small canned drink is included; staff hand out a time card to wear during the visit. Feeding the cats is not allowed, but toys are provided. Free parking is available at Sapporo Factory for a limited time.

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Puchi ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​⁠Marry Lasora Sapporo is a cat cafe on the second floor of the Lasora Sapporo shopping complex in Higashi-Sapporo, Shiroishi Ward, about three minutes on foot from Higashi-Sapporo Station on the Tozai Line. It is the Hokkaido branch of the Puchi Marry chain, which runs cat cafes in Japan and Malaysia. The bright room has a large glass wall and an athletic climbing area that both cats and people can use, and more than ten pedigree cats live here, Munchkins among them. Visits are charged by time, starting with a 30-minute session and extended in 10-minute steps, and every visit includes an unlimited drink bar. Weekday and weekend free-time passes are also available. Free Wi-Fi, power outlets and mall parking are on hand. The cafe opens daily and follows the shopping centre's schedule, with last entry 30 minutes before closing.

Sapporo, Hokkaido

Neko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌⁠Sun Cafe is a rescue cat cafe on the Hongo shopping street in Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, about five minutes on foot from Nango-7-chome Station on the Tozai Line. It opened in 2016 and is run by the NPO Nyapan Cat Rescue, which takes in cats from multi-cat hoarding cases and the city animal management centre and puts the cafe's income toward their food and medical care. The converted two-storey building has an adoption and rescue desk on the ground floor and the cat room upstairs, where a group of people-friendly rescue cats, including Scottish Folds, Minuets and Japanese mixes, act as staff while they wait for new homes. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes with short extensions, and a weekday free-time plan is offered. Drinks are bought separately and socks are required. The group also holds adoption events at its own shelter nearby.

• Adoptable cats

Sapporo, Hokkaido

ANELLA ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠CAFE Sapporo Kiyota is a rescue dog and cat cafe in Hiraoka, Kiyota Ward, Sapporo, one minute on foot from the Kitano 4-jo 5-chome stop on the Chuo Bus Hiraoka New Town line, with free parking. Opened on 30 October 2025, it was the ANELLA chain's first branch in Hokkaido. Visitors spend time with rescued dogs and cats in a room with the brand's blue walls and sofa seating, and staff introduce each animal's personality. Cats and dogs that visitors bond with can be adopted through ANELLA's own process. Visits are charged per 30 minutes with 15-minute extensions, with lower rates for elementary school children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. The cafe is open every day. It is also a welfare workplace where people with disabilities help care for the animals, and grooming is offered on site.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome