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  • #808963

    I said I would post them, and at last I have 🙂

    These were taken in the Calico Cat Café on my recent visit to Tokyo.

    Here’s a link in case the slide show doesn’t work properly on mobiles.
    http://s1265.photobucket.com/user/kittenmastertom/library/

    #808971
    AZDEBRA 5/27 & crew
    Participant

    Thanks those were beautiful cats and they all look so relaxed and enjoying the company of others 🙂

    #808973
    AV
    Participant

    awwwww…… they are beautiful! …. and like Deb said, everyone looks SO relaxed, including the hoomans! ….. Son has decided to travel to Europe this summer, so I hope he finds some cat cafes along his journey! ….. do you know of any cities in Europe that are known for them?

    #808978
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    That place looks AWESOME!! Did I spot a selfie or two? 🙂
    Just looking at how relaxed both kitties and humans are is soothing!

    #808984

    I might have slipped in to some of the photos 😀

    AV, off the top of my head I don’t know of any cat cafés in Europe, although I did here there were some either just opened or about to be opening in the UK. I’ll keep my eyes and ears open (and do a little Googling too) and see what I can find. You’ll have to let me know if your son makes it as far into Europe as Latvia.

    #808985
    Commune
    Moderator

    Lovely pictures 🙂

    #808987
    katzenjammer
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    I can’t take in so much kitty gorgeousness in one sitting – will have to come back and view entire slide show. But this is awesome!!! Tks KM! Montreal’s own cat café is slated to open this summer in trendy part of town, if this indeed manifests, I plan to be one of its first customers/admirers, cell phone camera in hand. :mrgreen:

    #808993
    katzenjammer
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    Wow!!! Tried to identify different breeds, gave up. Caught the selfie KM, as not too many Westerners on board LOL. Esp like kit in pics #21-22, so much grey floof and kit is sitting like a purrson!!! Wondering how it is that with majority of kits being ultra-longhairs the place seems spotless. And the kits look to be in top shape. Wonder who brushes/grooms them. And can customers cuddle the kitties? Lots of what seem to be regulars seem to be immersed in reading material and oblivious to kitty within pettable distance. My city’s café is supposedly being modeled after cafés in Japan, sure hope so.

    #808994

    The cat cafe was typical of Tokyo – spotless. I may have said it before, but Tokyo is one of the cleanest places I have ever been.
    Unfortunately customers are not allowed to cuddle or pick up the cats 🙁 which was a real shame as there were some kits there that were just asking to be “squooshed”. You can sit next to them and stroke them and if they come to you and climb up on your lap then that’s fine too, but “handling” is forbidden. Not sure why that is, whether its for the benefits of the cats or to protect the cafe against potential scratching/biting incidents against clientele.

    #808996
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Tks KM, Don’t know what rules will be in place here, but plan is to invite local shelters to host adoption days, which can only be a good thing. Hope they’ll allow cuddling, else I might be tempted to go “rogue” and disobey rules and get unceremoniously tossed out LOL. 😉

    #808997
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Wow, thanks for the purry awesome share KM! Will be back during lunch break to continue with the furry treat!

    #809009
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Psst….was the couple smiling on couch anyone special KM (maybe someone we already know thru TDK forum?)
    couple on bench
    This fluffer seemed to be surprised by all attention…
    tokyo fluffer

    #809012

    Joan, That would be the lovely Mrs KM and myself (still in desperate need of a haircut 😀 )

    I don’t know why I find it so amusing when cats sit like that fluffer. Fred sometimes sits like that and it has me I’m stitches 😀

    I like to think that this cat is grumpy about not getting any cuddles.

    #809014
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Ahh yes KM!!! And that’s the floofer that caught my attention. Purrhaps I anthropomorphize, but kit looks like he/she’s about to give someone a “What for!”

    #809016
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Thanks KM…thought so…Waves, HI to to a purrfect couple/TDK family! Aw, noticed kit too…sends virtual scritches…once again, thanks for the
    wonderful share!

    #809081

    ill spoil it!

    #809082

    you guys make a lovely couple!

    #809085
    Buttons
    Moderator

    Oh I love grumpy kitty!! 🙂

    Wonder who looks after them all when cafe closes for the night… I’d gladly volunteer to sleep over 🙂

    Probably many reasons for no handling.. First one that comes to my head is so no one runs out the door with one! Oh and how do they choose which cats are suitable for these cafés? Do they rescue them from shelters ? How do they make sure none bolt for the door with all the customers coming and going?!

    #809106
    prairiecat
    Participant

    Awesome photos! Buttons, I think they stay put because cats know a good thing when they see one, but you have a point about kit-napping! “Excuse me ma’am, we’ll need to look inside that backpack before you can leave”

    #809116
    katzenjammer
    Participant

    Or give all the customers a cat-scan PC! 😉

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