Cat Cafes in Okayama

Okayama

Ferret & Cafe Skip is a small animal cafe in Fukuyoshicho, Minami Ward, Okayama, where ferrets are the main attraction but several friendly cats also roam freely around the dining room. Ferrets are brought out in turn for visitors to hold inside a pen, and the cafe has also kept a fennec fox, guinea pigs and rabbits. Unlike most animal cafes there is no time charge: visitors order food and drinks at ordinary prices, such as fried chicken, cake sets and coffee, and spend time with the animals while they eat. The owner explains how to handle the ferrets, which are also sold. The cafe opens only a few days a week, mainly at weekends.

• Adoptable cats

Tsuyama, Okayama

Animal House PRAMEE is a reservation-only animal petting house in Kamo, in the hills north of central Tsuyama, run by a couple who moved to the area in 2022. More than ten kinds of animals live in the house and garden, including meerkats, prairie dogs, chinchillas, hedgehogs, a goat, a cockatoo and a barn owl, and several friendly cats roam among visitors, among them a cat with dichroic eyes. Visits are booked for one group at a time, and private hire is possible. The one-hour session is charged at adult and child rates, and treats for the animals can be bought separately. Same-day bookings are not accepted on weekdays. The house is closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with some irregular closures.

• Booking required