Cat Cafes in Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Hogo Neko Cafe Lazona is a rescue cat cafe in Takagi Nishimachi, Nishinomiya, about 5 minutes on foot from the northeast exit of Hankyu Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi Station. It runs on a private-session system: each booking has the cat room to itself, so visitors never share the space with other groups, which also keeps stress on the cats low. The resident cats are rescues, mostly young mixed-breed cats, and all are looking for adoptive homes through the cafe's own trial and adoption process. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes, with 15-minute extensions, and socks are required in the cat room. The cafe room is separate, so drinks can be ordered without entering the cat room. Bookings are recommended, especially on weekends, and the cat room opens from late morning for reservations made by the day before. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Cat Cafe Hinatabokko is a breeder-run cat cafe in a residential street of Koshienguchi, Nishinomiya, about 3 minutes on foot from JR Koshienguchi Station. Opened in 2015 by a long-established Russian Blue cattery, it has around 30 cats of more than a dozen breeds, centred on Russian Blues alongside Scottish Folds, Persians and others, and kittens bred by the cattery are sold. Visits are charged per hour with a cat treat included, with a higher rate on weekends and holidays, a weekday free-time plan, optional drinks and private hire. Visits after 7 PM require a reservation. Children below elementary school age are not admitted, and children under high school age must come with a guardian. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays unless they are public holidays. The same business runs a cat grooming salon and cat hotel, and takes a mobile cat cafe to events where younger children can join.

• Booking recommended

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

ANELLA CAFE Nishinomiya is a rescue dog and cat cafe in Naruocho, Nishinomiya, about 6 minutes on foot from Naruo-Mukogawajoshidaimae Station on the Hanshin Main Line. Part of the ANELLA chain, it combines a petting cafe with a shelter where rescued dogs and cats live while they wait for new families, and adoptions are arranged through the cafe. Visitors are welcome to simply watch or spend time with the animals without any plan to adopt. Entry is charged per 30 minutes, with lower rates for children, seniors and visitors with disabilities, and preschoolers enter free. An all-you-can-drink menu is available, no reservation is needed and parking in the building is free. The cafe is open every day. It is also a welfare workplace where people with disabilities or illnesses help care for the animals, and it offers dog grooming, cat grooming and an indoor dog run.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

Hogo Neko Cafe Katsuo is a rescue cat cafe and shelter on the second floor above the ramen shop Men to Katsuo no Monogatari in Koshien, Nishinomiya, a short walk from Hanshin Koshien Station towards the baseball stadium. It opened in September 2024 and is run by the nonprofit Neko no Shiawase, which takes in cats from hoarding cases, cats left behind when elderly owners can no longer keep them and other cats with nowhere to go, and keeps them here until they are adopted. Profits from the ramen shop downstairs help fund the rescue work. The space now operates as a shelter with free entry. It opens to the public on weekends and holidays by reservation through the official LINE account by the day before, and on weekdays it is open only to people hoping to adopt. Volunteers are also welcome.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Nishinomiya, Hyogo

CAT BOUTIQUE by Breeders is a breeder-run cat cafe and cat-only pet shop on Route 2 in Tsutoinaricho, Nishinomiya, near Hanshin Kokudo Station and within walking distance of JR Nishinomiya Station. It opened in May 2026 in a renovated former church and is run by neko and, a local breeder specialising in Munchkins and Minuets, with a cat grooming salon attached. Visitors change into slippers and go upstairs, where kittens looking for families are shown at the front and the cat cafe area is at the back. The cafe cats include Munchkins and Minuets, and the kittens are sold. Visits are paid, and the cats have a midday nap break when the cafe pauses for an hour.