Cat Cafes in Yao, Osaka

Yao, Osaka

Koron is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Kitahonmachi, Yao, about a five to seven minute walk from Kintetsu Yao Station, near the Family Road shopping street and Yao Tenmangu Shrine. It opened in March 2022 and is run by Yao Neko no Kai Sakura, a volunteer group that carries out trap-neuter-return work for stray cats, cares for rescued cats and looks for adopters. Around ten cats, including kittens and adults rescued locally, live in the room at any one time, and all of them are waiting for permanent homes. Visits are charged per 30 minutes or per hour with a drink included, with reduced rates for junior high and elementary school students; elementary school children must come with a guardian. Visitors are asked to wear socks. Meetings with a specific cat can be arranged outside opening hours, and the group also holds regular adoption events.

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Yao, Osaka

Happy Tabby Room is an adoption-focused rescue cat cafe in Nakata, Yao, about 10 minutes on foot from Takayasu Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line. It shares a building with Happy Tabby, a veterinary clinic that specialises in spay and neuter surgery for cats and dogs and also acts as a cat consultation centre. All the cats in the cafe are rescues that have been treated at the clinic, many of them kittens a few months old, and each is looking for a new family. Visits are charged per 30 minutes, and visitors are asked to wear socks. The cafe opens only on Saturday and Sunday afternoons and is closed on weekdays and public holidays. Meetings with a particular cat can be arranged outside these hours, and on the first Sunday of each month entry is free for people considering adoption.

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