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Cat Cafes in Japan
There are 948 cat cafes in Japan.
Coorikuya Asahikawa
Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Coorikuya Asahikawa is a branch of the Neko Kissa Coorikuya cat cafe chain, set inside the Coo&RIKU pet shop in the Asahikawa Powers shopping complex in Nagayama, about six minutes on foot from JR Minami-Nagayama Station. The cafe is a small room where visitors sit close to the resident cats, which are of various breeds. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes or as free time, and the price includes a self-service drink bar; free Wi-Fi and power outlets are available. No reservation is needed, and children of elementary school age and younger must come with a guardian. The cafe is open every day, with earlier opening on weekends and holidays, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing. The surrounding pet shop sells puppies and kittens, which are separate from the cafe cats.
Maaru Cat Cafe
Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Maaru is a cats-only business in a house in a quiet residential part of Chuwa, Asahikawa, about five minutes by car from AEON Mall Asahikawa Nishi, combining a cat cafe with a cat hotel, pet sitting and cat photography. The cafe is run as a private session: each booking is for a single group of one to five people, so visitors have the room and its calm, easygoing cats to themselves. Bookings are made in advance through the online calendar. The first 30 minutes are charged per person and time then extends automatically in 30-minute blocks, with a cat treat included at each extension. Bottled drinks are free, and outside food and drink are not allowed. Visitors must be elementary school age or older, and children up to junior high school need a guardian. Payment is cash only and parking is limited to two cars.
- Booking required
Cat Cafe Wish
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Cat Cafe Wish is a rescue cat cafe in central Obihiro, about 20 minutes on foot from Obihiro Station. Opened in December 2008, it was the first rescue cat cafe in Hokkaido and is run by the Tokachi Wish Association for Protecting Cats, which takes in cats mainly from the Obihiro public health centre. All the cats are rescues; cats carrying FIV live on the ground floor and sociable, active cats on the upper floor, and some with illnesses or disabilities have stayed for years. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes with no reservation needed, and winter rates are slightly higher. Children may enter from the first year of elementary school with a guardian. The cafe is a meeting place for adopters, and the association also holds joint adoption events and charity bazaars. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, but opens on public holidays.
- Adoptable cats
Catwings
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Catwings is a cat cafe and cat goods shop in a white three-storey house marked by a cat weathervane, one street off Shicho-dori in Obihiro and about 14 minutes on foot from the south exit of Obihiro Station. The cafe has three themed rooms with a spiral cat staircase, tunnels and other play features, and its six resident cats include Norwegian Forest and Maine Coon mixes. Visits are charged per 30 minutes, or per hour with one drink, with extensions in 15-minute steps and lower rates for children; preschoolers may enter with a responsible guardian. Since December 2025 the cafe has taken visitors in order of arrival rather than by reservation, though groups can book an early hour before opening. The owners also run a cattery for Munchkins, American Curls and Birmans, with kitten viewings and consultations. It is closed on Wednesdays.
Cat Caffee MAO
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Cat Caffee MAO is a cat cafe in western Obihiro that opened on 1 August 2026, reached by driving west along Denshin-dori or Hakurindai-dori, with parking for about three cars. Its cats are mainly Siberians and Ragamuffins, plus a Munchkin and Siberian-Ragamuffin mixes; the room has a six-metre catwalk, a wooden climbing tree and a warm stone resting spot. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes with extensions in 15-minute steps, and include free seasonal tea or one canned drink; a two-hour pack and a group rate are also offered. Reservations are not taken, so visitors are asked to phone about crowding. The owner is also a registered breeder, and kittens are sold and can sometimes be played with in the cafe. It opens on Fridays, weekends and holidays with a midday break, and on Tuesday afternoons from November 2026.
- Walk-ins welcome
Nijinohashi Cat Cafe at Taisho Animal Cemetery
Obihiro, Hokkaido
Nijinohashi is a small cat cafe on the grounds of Taisho Animal Cemetery, a pet cemetery and crematorium beside National Route 236 in the Taisho area south of central Obihiro. Opened in July 2023 in a renovated old house, it was created as a place where people who have lost a pet, or who feel too old to take on a new one, can sit with cats over a cup of tea. Two friendly resident cats live here. Entry is charged per person per hour, and people waiting for a cremation can stay longer for the same fee. Drinks such as canned coffee, tea, juice and instant coffee are self-service and paid for at an honesty box. The cafe is open to the public as well as to cemetery visitors, and the cemetery operates year-round.
Coorikuya Obihiro
Otofuke, Hokkaido
Coorikuya Obihiro is a branch of the Neko Kissa Coorikuya cat cafe chain inside the Coo&RIKU Obihiro pet shop on Kino-odori in Otofuke, just north of Obihiro, near Obihiro Tokushukai Hospital and about nine minutes by car from the Otofuke-Obihiro interchange. Built around the chain's home-like concept, the cafe lets visitors sit close to a group of resident cats of various breeds. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes or as free time, and the price includes a self-service drink bar; Wi-Fi and power outlets are available. No reservation is needed, and children are welcome with a guardian. The cafe is open every day, with earlier opening on weekends and holidays, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing. A large car park is shared with the pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens separately from the cafe.
Hogoneko Fureai Cafe Mofumaru
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Mofumaru is a rescue cat cafe in Kotobuki, Kushiro, that opened on 7 March 2025 as the city's first permanent rescue cat cafe, after a crowdfunding campaign. Despite the name, it serves no food or drinks: visits are simply time spent with the cats. Many of the cats were meant to be neutered and returned to their neighbourhoods but could not go back, and many are adult cats. Finding homes for them is the main aim, and the cafe also presents itself as a place to learn about cats. No reservation is needed, and entry is charged per 30 minutes. The cafe is closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays and over the New Year, and may close at short notice if the cats are unwell. It also takes part in local events such as the Kushiro Neko Darake market.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome
Nyanyahachi 2 Rescue Cat Cafe
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Nyanyahachi 2 is a reservation-only rescue cat cafe in Chiyonoura, on the southern coast of Kushiro, run by Yawaragi, a local care and welfare company, together with the association AndWAN. Its cats are rescues looking for adopters, including adults with disabilities and mother-and-kitten pairs, and several have already gone to new homes or trial placements. Visits are booked in advance by phone, with no more than five visitors at a time; no drinks are served and extensions are not offered. Visitors must wear socks and masks. On the 22nd of each month small groups can visit for 30 minutes free of charge. The operators are converting the upper floor into a lodging where guests, including older people who cannot keep pets, can stay with the rescue cats, a project funded partly by crowdfunding.
- Adoptable cats
Ambar Drop
Kushiro, Hokkaido
Ambar Drop is a small cat cafe in the Showa Chuo shopping district of western Kushiro, which opened on 22 May 2026. Visitors spend time with the resident cats in a compact room decorated in a classic style. Visits are charged per 30 minutes or per hour, with the hourly option including one drink, and further time is added in 15-minute steps; elementary school children pay a lower rate. Cat treats can be bought to feed the cats. Children are admitted from elementary school age when accompanied by a guardian. The cafe is open from late morning to early evening, with last entry 30 minutes before closing, and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays as well as on occasional extra days, which are posted on its monthly calendar.
Aroma & Neko Cafe CORON
Koshimizu, Hokkaido
Aroma & Neko Cafe CORON is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in the centre of Koshimizu, a farming town between Abashiri and Shiretoko, and one of very few places in the Okhotsk region where visitors can spend time with cats. It is run by the general incorporated association CORON, which works to end the culling of unwanted cats and finds new homes for the cats in its care. The building combines a cat room, charged by time, with a cafe space serving coffee, cat-shaped pancakes and soft-serve ice cream, and an aromatherapy room. The cats are rescues, led by the shop cat Coron, and adoption enquiries are handled through the cafe. Parking is available beside the building. The cafe is normally closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, with occasional changes announced on Instagram.
- Adoptable cats
Hidamari Neko no Kissaten
Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido
Hidamari Neko no Kissaten is a small coffee shop with rescue cats in the Asahigaoka residential area of Nakashibetsu, in the Nemuro region. It opened in May 2024 and is run by a member of the volunteer group Wan Nyan Ikka, which works towards ending the culling of dogs and cats in Nakashibetsu and rehomes animals taken in by the local public health centre. The cafe was set up as a gathering place for people who love flowers and animals, and visitors can have a drink while spending time with the cats in its care, which have numbered well over a dozen. Cats are rehomed through the group, and adoption news is shared on the cafe's Instagram. It opens only from Thursday to Saturday, from late morning until late afternoon.
- Adoptable cats
Check each cafe's website for current hours, booking requirements and age restrictions before visiting.