The cat cafe didn't originate in Japan, but it's taken hold in a country ... reception area where they are expected to park their shoes and don slippers, put jackets, purses or luggage into ...

Although cat cafes are just starting to take root in America, the trend has been around in Japan for so long ... Tickets for this special one-off event sold out in a day, but who knows?

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Let's see. Japan has cat cafes, owl cafes, squirrel gardens, and penguin bars. So, of course there are bunny cafes! For many Tokyoites, an evening ...

Started in Taiwan a dozen or so years ago with a cafe called Cat Flower Garden, the concept was most enthusiastically embraced in Japan where today ... and have put some people off.

Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second ... The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019.