The Mipig Cafe in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. Two more are in the works for later this year.

Robot barista named "Sawyer" makes a coffee at Henn-na Cafe, Japanese meaning "Strange Cafe"in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. The cafe's robot barista brews and serves coffee as the rapidly aging ...

Goat cafes, a piglet cafe, even loneliness-curing Moomin cafes. The world of the weird cafe has moved on from cats. And yet, while some of these obscure cafes grab headlines for a few days and ...

TRAVEL TRENDS, JAPAN Created : Dec 27, 2023, 00:00 IST 9 weird, yet extraordinary, things you will find only in Japan! Japan is a popular tourist destination that is known for its rich cultural ...

Across Japan, owl cafes are experiencing a boom in popularity. In Harajuku, one of Tokyo’s many entertainment districts, there are over five separate owl cafes operating.

It may not be to everyone's taste, but this is just one of 300 weird and wonderful flavours flying off the shelves in Japan, which has become the world's biggest market for the four-fingered snack.

Japan has hundreds of cat cafés, establishments where customers can see and play with cats. Under new rules, the felines are now allowed to hang out two hours later than before.