*All pictures are mine! Taken with iPhone 5s camera*
Hi everyone!
So a couple weeks ago I got the chance to visit my very first cat cafe! Temarinoouchi! (link is to their website~). This adorable cat cafe is located in Tokyo and it wasn't too hard to find at all for it being upstairs in a shared building. Upon arriving, we found ourselves outside of what felt like a house in Studio Ghibli! It had a real garden theme to it. I was really loving the cute cat shaped doors!
don't mind my extremely excited face hehe :^) |
As soon as we walked inside we were greeted by the waitresses who wore maid-like outfits, so cute! I wish I could have gotten a picture with one of them without feeling like such a creep haha. At this cafe, you pay one price for an admission fee and you are welcome to stay as long as you want, this may be different at other cafes, where you are asked to pay by the hour! Luckily, we had someone who spoke Japenese/English so she was able to translate the rules for us, such as don't pick up the cats or feed them non-cat food.
Entering the actual cafe/cat room was so magical! It is such a peaceful place and the lighting was amazing - it made me a little sleepy actually, haha! I love their chandeliers and the adorable little hut. There were some Japanese students doing their homework inside while enjoying some tasty looking drinks! There were also cute kitties crawling everywhere, of course~ :)
We stayed and played with some kitties for about two hours. To be honest, the cats were so chill but they didn't seem to want to be touched unless you had food! They knew what was up, they really make you work for that attention! But there were cats that were so sleepy and let people pet them and it was so cute :3
They had so many different types of cats, of course I'm not familiar with the specific names. But I notice they did have a "munchkin cat"! You know, the one with the short little legs! He was too cute, if I was a really mean person I would have taken that cat...
They had so many different types of cats, of course I'm not familiar with the specific names. But I notice they did have a "munchkin cat"! You know, the one with the short little legs! He was too cute, if I was a really mean person I would have taken that cat...
Munchkin kitty! So hard to get a picture of him being still. |
This cat was my absolute favorite! I just love his smashed face look, I promise he wasn't angry at me haha! (Well, maybe. I was all over him...). He seemed to be the most popular, but how can he not be!? He's too cute. I don't remember his name but I'm sure you can find it on the website if you were really interested. All the cats had a profile on them in their own little biography book, it was so funny and adorable. They're all famous!
Here are some more cats that I loved! The white/brown fluffy cat (right top picture) slept the whole time, but he/she would occasionally look up with these big sweet eyes, my heart melted! All of these cats (including the ones not in the pictures) were so funny. Sometimes we would catch them trying to eat off people's plates or playing with their plastic bags.
Unfortunately I did not try the drinks or food because we had planned on grabbing lunch somewhere else after shopping, but I did check out the menu and it was reasonably priced! Some food ranged from curry with rice to chicken tenders and fries. The drinks were coffees or juice, and you could get a variety of sweets, such as cake! You can find the list of foods on their website and click on the strawberry short cake on the left hand side :^)
Finally, in a small nook of the cafe, we noticed a basket full of notebooks that were filled with cute pictures or "diary" entries from customers. Obviously I couldn't exactly read, but there were some English entries and they wrote how much they enjoyed the cafe! Pretty cool :)
Here's some pictures that I found HILARIOUS/adorable in the notebooks!
Unfortunately I did not try the drinks or food because we had planned on grabbing lunch somewhere else after shopping, but I did check out the menu and it was reasonably priced! Some food ranged from curry with rice to chicken tenders and fries. The drinks were coffees or juice, and you could get a variety of sweets, such as cake! You can find the list of foods on their website and click on the strawberry short cake on the left hand side :^)
Finally, in a small nook of the cafe, we noticed a basket full of notebooks that were filled with cute pictures or "diary" entries from customers. Obviously I couldn't exactly read, but there were some English entries and they wrote how much they enjoyed the cafe! Pretty cool :)
Here's some pictures that I found HILARIOUS/adorable in the notebooks!
Overall, I would give this place a 10/10 just based on my experience with the cats. I had so much fun just relaxing with my friends and playing with the cats, occasionally catching them up to no good!
Thank you for reading! Feel free to ask any questions!
Until next time...
Thank you for reading! Feel free to ask any questions!
Until next time...