Cat Cafes in Osaka

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SweetHome Uriel is a private-room rescue cat cafe in an old house in Nakazaki, Kita Ward, about 5 minutes on foot from Nakazakicho Station. Run by the team behind Cafe Uriel, it rents out two rooms, the Tail Room and the Whisker Room, each to a single group, so visitors can spend quiet time with adult rescue cats. It is aimed at people who cannot keep a cat at home yet or who want to see what living with an adult cat is like before adopting, and the cats are listed for adoption. Plans are charged per person by time, with 1-hour visits booked by phone on the day and longer 3-hour and 7-hour packs, plus a discounted plan for prospective adopters. Bookings are taken online, and the cafe is closed on Tuesdays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

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Villa Uriel is a private-room rescue cat cafe in Honjonishi, Kita Ward, about 9 to 10 minutes on foot from both Nakazakicho Station and Nakatsu Station. A sister venue of Cafe Uriel, it focuses on adult and senior rescue cats, who live in three renovated themed rooms named Calico, Tabby and Tortie, plus a room for an adoption plan. Each room is booked by a single group, and plans are charged per person by time, with 1-hour visits booked on the day by phone or LINE and discounted 3-hour and 7-hour packs. First-time visitors register with photo ID. The cats are available for adoption, and the venue publishes adoption guidelines. It is a quiet option for people who want unhurried time with older cats.

• Adoptable cats

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Cat Cafe Gurugurudo Umeda is the Nakazakicho branch of the Gurugurudo cat cafes, set in a renovated private house about 3 minutes on foot from Nakazakicho Station and 5 minutes from Umeda. The interior has an ethnic, relaxed feel, and the cats come from specialist breeders rather than rescues. Visits are charged per hour and include a cat treat, and on weekdays there is an unlimited-time plan with a cheaper rate after 5 PM. Couples and groups of women get small extras such as extended time. Ordering a drink is optional, and visitors may bring their own drinks in lidded containers. The cafe is open every day except over the New Year holidays and on occasional days when the cats' health requires a closure. It is separate from the Nishishinsaibashi branch.

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HOGOKEN CAFE Tenjinbashi is a rescue dog and cat cafe on the ground floor of a building on Tenjinbashi 3-chome in Kita Ward, near Ogimachi and Tenma stations. Opened more than ten years ago as the first Osaka branch of the HOGOKEN CAFE network run by the NPO Love Five, it works as a year-round indoor adoption centre where dogs and cats saved from shelters live while they wait for new families. Most of the floor is shared with rescued dogs, and the cats have a separate cat room at the back, where visitors can meet them as part of the same visit with one drink. Adoptions are subject to screening. Children below elementary school age cannot enter. The cafe is open every day.

• Adoptable cats

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SCAT WORKS combines a rescue cat cafe, a cat-only grooming salon and a coworking space in Higashitenma, Kita Ward, about 2 minutes on foot from Osaka Tenmangu and Minami-morimachi stations. Opened in April 2025, it keeps about 20 rescued cats, including street-born cats and cats from hoarding and breeding-facility cases, and all of them are looking for adopters. Visitors can buy a cat cafe visit by the hour, or add time in the cat area in 30-minute units to a coworking session, and drinks are free. Elementary school children may visit with a guardian, and adults register as members. Payment is cashless only. The cat area is open from noon to 8 PM, and the venue closes only over New Year and Obon.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

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Animal Cafe fuleca Fukushima is a multi-animal cafe in Fukushima Ward, about 3 minutes on foot from JR Fukushima Station. Around 40 kinds of animals live here, including Munchkin cats, fennec foxes, meerkats, owls, slow lorises, marmosets, wallabies, rabbits, chinchillas, hedgehogs, parrots and reptiles. Visitors choose the animals they want to meet and staff bring them over, and owl handling and animal snacks are available as options. Entry is sold as 1-hour or 2-hour plans with lower rates for children aged 2 to 12 and free entry for babies, plus one drink per person from age 3. Children must stay with a guardian. Reservations through LINE give priority when busy. Some animals can be taken home, and closures are irregular.

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Betty & Kitty is a small cat cafe combined with a pet salon in Ohiraki, Fukushima Ward, near Noda-Hanshin and the Yodogawa side of the ward. It reopened at its current address after a move and renovation. The cafe space is home to pedigree cats and kittens, with breeds such as Exotic Shorthairs, Ragdolls, Maine Coons and Scottish Folds, and a few dogs also live at the shop. Visits are charged by the hour with one drink included, and extensions are possible. The business is registered to sell cats and dogs, so some kittens are offered for sale. Opening days are irregular, so it is best to call before visiting.

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maren is a small cat cafe in Mikunihonmachi, Yodogawa Ward, near Hankyu Mikuni Station, that specialises in Exotic Shorthairs. The owner, who was not a cat person until an Exotic Shorthair changed that, set it up as a calm space that feels like visiting a friend's home, with round-faced, easygoing cats as the hosts. After pre-opening sessions in early October 2026, the cafe's grand opening is on October 15, 2026. It opens from 11 AM to 4 PM and works on a full reservation basis, with bookings taken through its official LINE account. Details of days and prices are posted on its website and Instagram.

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Neko no Yochien (Cat Kindergarten) is a certified NPO rescue shelter in an apartment in Miyahara, Yodogawa Ward, about 3 minutes on foot from JR Higashi-Yodogawa Station and 8 minutes from Shin-Osaka. Founded as a volunteer group in 2004, it cares for abandoned cats and kittens until they find homes. On its open days, visitors can join a session it calls class observation, where they play with the cats, help at snack time and sometimes bottle-feed kittens; it is not a cat cafe, and a modest per-visit fee for adults and children funds the shelter. No reservation is needed, though adoption meetings get priority in the early afternoon. Adoption is by application and screening. It opens on weekends, public holidays and holiday periods.

• Adoptable cats

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Mori no Cafe Shippoppo is a rescue cat cafe on the fourth floor of a small building in Shinmori, Asahi Ward, right by the east exit of Keihan Morishoji Station. It is part of Wakaba to Sora to Morishoji, a welfare workplace where people with disabilities care for the cats and make cat-themed handmade goods on the floors below, and the ground floor is a cafe where dogs are welcome. Visitors spend time with rescued cats for a charge per 30 minutes. The cafe opens on weekdays from 10 AM to 3 PM and on the second and fourth Saturdays, and is otherwise closed on weekends and public holidays. Its handmade goods are also sold at a shop on the Senbayashi shopping street.

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Anifa Animal Cafe is a small exotic animal cafe in Nakazakicho, Kita Ward, a short walk from Nakazakicho Station and Umeda. Opened in April 2024, it is home to animals such as owls, fennec foxes, skunks, a kinkajou, a bush baby, a honey badger, parrots, guinea pigs and reptiles, and it also runs a small cattery with several cats in the cafe. The cattery breeds Ragdolls, Minuets, Devon Rexes and British Shorthairs, and kittens are sold directly to new owners, with viewings by appointment. Staff introduce visitors to one animal after another, and English is spoken. The cafe opens in the afternoon.

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Tansoku Home is a dog and cat cafe dedicated to short-legged breeds, tucked into a small alley off the Friendly shopping street in Jusohonmachi, Yodogawa Ward, about 5 minutes on foot from the west exit of Hankyu Juso Station. The resident cats include a Scottish Fold, a Munchkin and American Shorthairs, and they share the space with Miniature Dachshunds and a Welsh Corgi. Visits are charged per 30 or 60 minutes with unlimited drinks, with student discounts and an unlimited-time rate for children aged 4 to 12, who must come with an adult. Snacks for the animals and toys can be added. Reservations are taken by phone or Instagram message. The cafe is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

• Booking recommended