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  • Tokyo's Cat Cafes: The New Cat's Meow!

    Already a city of highly diverse innovation, a new fad in dynamic Tokyo appears to be the cat caf, which has captured the hearts of animal lovers. Here, one pays for the privilege of being in the diffident company of some fabulous felines; that is, if they will tolerate you. As the name... more

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  • Rated by KoichiPrincess on Jul 11, 8:39am

    Already a city of highly diverse innovation, a new fad in dynamic Tokyo appears to be the cat caf, which has captured the hearts of animal lovers. Here, one pays for the privilege of being in the diffident company of some fabulous felines; that is, if they will tolerate you. As the name implies, the Calico is a cat caf. It opened in Tokyo in March of 2007 and was at first a place where only a few cat fanciers and lonely older people ventured inside. Now, however, that has all changed. The Calico and other cat cafs are truly in places, the real cat's meow, so to speak. Here, customers seeking human and feline companionship pay to sip tea and stroke one of the 20-odd resident cats, representing 17 different breeds. Cat cafs fill an important social void in a nation of aging and childless adults. Many patrons would be pet owners, but cannot either because of work obligations or no-pet housing facilities. These cafs have become so popular as a place for tea and social exchange that this past month a second branch of Calico opened in a very classy, high-rent district of Tokyo known as Shinjuku. The original caf is so packed that reservations are required (and some even claim that guests must be cleared with the cats)! There are some rules that all who enter must follow. Customers must wear their laminated cat-access passes around their neck at all times, no children under the 5th grade may enter, cats too young to be held have scarves around their necks, customers may not hold or stroke a cat if it resists, must let napping cats lie, and never bring cat nip or cat food to the caf. It would seem that one hour of communion with a loving fur-ball at the cost of about $9 US dollars, is a bargain that many cannot resist. (www.weirdasianews.com)

  • Rated by jonmreid on Apr 25 2009, 1:55pm

    Can't have a cat? That's OK, just visit a cat cafe. Only in Japan...

  • Rated by Tjclassic82SU on Apr 23 2009, 5:06pm

    Tokyo's Cat Cafes: The New Cat's Meow!

  • Rated by Lynxdaemonskye on Apr 23 2009, 1:24pm

    From the page: "Already a city of highly diverse innovation, a new fad in dynamic Tokyo appears to be the cat, which has captured the hearts of animal lovers. Here, one pays for the privilege of being in the diffident company of some fabulous felines; that is, if they will tolerate you."

  • Rated by dancewithshadows on Apr 23 2009, 1:16pm

    In some way, this makes me sad..