Would you like some NYAN with your coffee?

Japanese people love cats: Fact. 

There is even a cute sculpture known as Maneki Neko/ Lucky Cat who is beckoning with his paw for good luck and fortune to come inside.

Finding an apartment that allows pets of any kind is akin to searching for the Holy Grail: Fact.

Since most apartments are decidedly NOT pet friendly, the enigmatic Cat Café was born.

Cats will sleep where they are most disruptive: Fact

Cat Cafes are exactly what they sound like-a café filled with cats. I’ve been to several but my new favorite is in Omiya, just 5 stops down the train line. At Neko Café, you spend 1000 yen to get a beverage like juice or coffee or tea and an hour’s worth of time in the café. There are tons of books, manga, and even a computer and massage chair surrounded by fluffy comfortable couches and, oh yes, cats. There are about 15 in this particular café. Some are precious and some are so ugly they border on adorable.

So ugly he was adorable!

 I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss my cat like crazy, as nice as it is not having to be responsible for a pet over here. The past few weeks have taken a toll on my blood pressure, so petting some cute kitty-cats was almost exactly what the doctor ordered.


There is even a special package price if you want to stay 3 hours! I’m thinking that it would be a good place to go on a rainy day just to relax.


The staff was friendly, the café was clean and didn’t smell at all, and the cats were stinkin’ adorable! I mean, have you ever even seen a Munchkin Cat? They look so goofy with their tiny legs that you can’t help but laugh at them!