Cat Cafes in Japan

Kanzaki, Saga

Nyankuru ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌⁠Naisa is a rescue cat adoption facility in Kanzaki, run by the local welfare company Mirai Care Group. It opened in January 2026 and doubles as a workplace where people with disabilities, and others looking for a way back into work, help care for the cats. The name plays on the Okinawan phrase for "it will work out". Around ten rescued cats live in the room, and up to seven visitors can come in per hour. Entry is free, and visitors are asked for a voluntary contribution per hour towards food and medical care, with reduced amounts for visitors with disabilities. Visitors sign a waiver before going in, and children must stay with their parents and keep quiet. Adoption involves at least three visits, an application, a review and a trial period. The facility opens on weekdays only, with last entry at 4:30 PM.

• Adoptable cats

Karatsu, Saga

Meow&me ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​⁠Karatsu is a rescue cat cafe and casual restaurant in Choda, Karatsu, about 15 minutes on foot from Watada Station. It opened in May 2026 on the ground floor of a building shared with a hair salon, and a small street-side window lets passers-by see the cats sunbathing. Many of the cats are waiting for new homes, though a few are resident cats that are not up for adoption. Visits to the cat area are charged by time, cat treats can be bought on site, and the restaurant side serves lunch and evening meals. Socks are required, outside food and cat toys are not allowed, and children of elementary school age and younger need an adult with them. Adopters visit a cat at least twice, then have an interview and a one to two week home trial. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

• Adoptable cats

Kashima, Saga

Neko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌⁠no Kura is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in a renovated house more than 100 years old on the Hizen Hamashuku sake brewery street in Kashima, about 6 minutes on foot from Hizen-Hama Station. It opened in December 2023 and is run alongside local trap-neuter-return work, with a cat goods shop called Nyantotoya and a cat-only pet hotel on the same premises. The cats are rescued strays and surrendered cats looking for permanent homes, and the cafe also takes part in adoption events around the prefecture. Entry to the cat room is charged per hour with a drink included, with extensions when there is space. Online booking is optional but gets priority. Socks are required, children under three cannot enter the cat room, and children up to junior high school need an adult. The cafe is closed on Wednesdays, Thursdays and the third Saturday and Sunday of each month.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Karatsu, Saga

Mii ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠HOUSE is a rescue cat room and temporary shelter on the second floor of Cafe Tsumugu in Hamatama, Karatsu, near the Niji no Matsubara pine forest. The ground-floor cafe serves lunches, karaage and sweets, and its takings go towards the cats, while upstairs visitors can spend time with cats rescued through local trap-neuter-return work, including former strays and shrine cats. There is no entry fee: visitors order one drink and then stay with the cats, no booking needed, and children are welcome. All the cats are up for adoption, with a meeting, a home trial and formal adoption, and the team will take a cat back if an adopter can no longer keep it. Opening days can change from month to month and are posted on Instagram, so it is worth checking before a visit.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Nagasaki

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​⁠Cafe Coorikuya Nagasaki Hamamachi is a branch of the Coorikuya cat cafe chain inside the Hamamachi shopping arcade in central Nagasaki, about a minute on foot from Shianbashi tram stop. The cat room is upstairs from the chain's Coo&RIKU pet shop, which sells puppies and kittens and handles reception for the cafe. The resident cats are mostly pedigree breeds, many of them long-haired, and visitors can buy treats to feed them. Visits are charged by time, with 30-minute, 60-minute and free-time options, and a drink bar has been part of the charge. The room is small and simply furnished, with tatami flooring. The cafe is open every day until 8 PM, opening an hour earlier on weekends and holidays, and last entry is 30 minutes before closing.

Sasebo, Nagasaki

Cafe ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌⁠Mofumofusha (Shiawase no Tane Seizojo) is a rescue cat cafe in Kasugacho, Sasebo, run by the Nagasaki Neko no Kai association, which takes in cats that would otherwise be put down at the public health centre. All the cats in the room are looking for new homes, and adoption is arranged with the staff under set conditions; visitors who only want to spend time with the cats are also welcome. Visits are by reservation only, with a charge for the first 30 minutes and 30-minute extensions, and drinks in the separate cafeteria are included. Visitors must be junior high school age or older, with minors accompanied by a guardian, and men visiting alone are not accepted. Closing days are irregular and shown on the booking calendar. Parking is limited to four cars.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Sasebo, Nagasaki

Cafe ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​⁠Nyanko Plus is a rescue cat cafe on the second floor of Hamaguchi Animal Hospital in Kamishimacho, Sasebo. The hospital opened it in September 2016 to give a home to cats taken from the Sasebo animal welfare centre, where most surrendered cats were being put down. Some cats live there permanently as staff cats, while others are rescued and put up for adoption. The basic visit is one hour in the cat room plus one drink in the separate cafe room, which serves homemade desserts; socks are required in the cat room. The rules put the cats first: sleeping cats are not to be woken, cat toys are not allowed and treats are not sold. Visitors must be junior high school age or older, with minors accompanied by a guardian. It is closed on Tuesdays, closes an hour earlier on Wednesdays, and last entry is 75 minutes before closing.

• Adoptable cats

Sasebo, Nagasaki

Cafe ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​⁠Kujukushima Neko no Sato is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Kojimacho, Sasebo, in front of the Higashi-Kojimacho bus stop and about nine minutes by car from Sasebo-Chuo Station. It is run by the Kujukushima Neko no Sato association, which also operates a pet cremation service, to fund its rescue work. The cat room is fully separate from the cafe, which serves drip coffee, tea and juices and can be used on its own. Visits to the cat room last 60 minutes and are paid as a fixed donation per person, children included; drinks are extra; the room takes up to three groups or six people at once, so visitors may have to wait. Kittens and adult rescue cats are available for adoption after an interview and a home check. The cafe is open every day except over the New Year holidays, and there is parking for four cars.

• Adoptable cats

Hasami, Nagasaki

Cafe ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌⁠Chipie is a rescue cat cafe in the hills of Nakaogo, Hasami, set in an old-style building that once housed a pottery kiln workshop. The cafe side, the larger of the two rooms, has antiques and cat goods and serves coffee with homemade cookies, and can be used without visiting the cats. A door separates it from a cat room of about six tatami mats with a large number of friendly rescued cats, sometimes including kittens, and the cafe rehomes its cats. Cat visits are a two-hour package with two drinks, visitors can move freely between the rooms, socks are required, and cat treats are sold. The owner also keeps snakes and other reptiles that visitors can sometimes handle. It opens from noon to 6 PM five days a week. The access road is narrow and parking is hard to find.

• Adoptable cats

Goto, Nagasaki

Nyanko ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​⁠House is a rescue cat cafe in Shimosakiyama on Fukue Island in the Goto Islands, about 15 minutes by car from Fukue Airport, and the first cat cafe in Goto. The sea-view cafe serves lunches made mostly with Goto ingredients, and the cat room is fully separate from the dining area, with visits charged per 30 or 60 minutes, the longer visit including a drink. The cats are rescues, and the owner runs an adoption event on the second Sunday of each month and arranges individual meetings with cats on weekdays by request. The cats are in only during the daytime session, which runs from late morning to mid-afternoon; an evening session with irregular days serves drinks only, without cats or alcohol. It is closed on Fridays and the first Thursday of each month, and payment is cash only.

• Adoptable cats

Saikai, Nagasaki

Pet ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​⁠Animal World (PAW) is an indoor animal contact facility at Nagasaki Bio Park, the zoo and botanical park in Seihi, Saikai. Its cat room is furnished like a living room where visitors can sit and spend time with resident cats, including Russian Blues and Ragamuffins. The same building has a dog room with Border Collies and a garden, and a central tree area shared by cockatoos, an eagle owl, rabbits and guinea pigs, along with chinchillas and marmosets. PAW can be visited on its own or with a set ticket that includes Bio Park admission and one hour in PAW; extra time is charged by the hour and children under three enter free. The cats take two half-hour breaks in the early afternoon and can be visited until 4 PM, which is also last entry to PAW. Opening hours can be shortened at busy times such as Golden Week.

Kumamoto

Kagonyan ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌⁠is a rescue cat cafe and cat shelter on Pool Court Street in Shinshigai, the nightlife district at the southern end of the Shimotori arcade in central Kumamoto. Running since 2009, it is the city's oldest cat cafe. Most of its cats are former strays that the group has taken in and treated, including some with disabilities, and some are shy while others settle on visitors' laps. Visits are charged for the first 30 minutes with one drink included, then in 10-minute extensions, with a higher rate when the included drink is alcoholic. Sweets, meals and cat treats are sold. Visitors remove their shoes and must wear socks, and kittens may not be picked up. All cats are available for adoption through an interview and home trial, and cafe income pays for their food and medical care. It opens daily from noon until late, with occasional irregular closures.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended