Friday, November 4, 2011

..Cats in Japan & Neko cafe..

Photo taken with my iPhone in a pet store

How can you not die of cuteness with that

It was very hard not to bring the kitten home!
I'm normally not much of a cat fan (I prefer dogs)...
But in Japan people are so crazy about them that I started to find them "cute" too!

I wonder why but Japanese cats are smaller than cats in Europe...
It has probably something to do with the food: less meat and more rice-based diet

Full body picture:


My heart mealts!!

I also like how cats here are represented in comic books/manga
For example,  a random book cover found in a convenient store:


I now have a full collection of this style of plushies at home, won at UFO catchers (oh boy, I definitly need to write a blog entry about UFO catchers)

Anyway, cats can be a very lucrative business!
I saw this ad in the subway.

猫cafe ぐるぐる堂
〒542-0086
大阪市中央区西心斎橋 2-4-6
花月第１ビル4Ｆ


Basically, you buy 1 drink for 1 050 (around 13 USD) which grants you 1 hour of stay with the cats

Other neko cafe have more elaborated plans, usually typical services include:
  • Playing with the cats with cat treats
  • Taking picture of the cats with cute hat or cat clothes
  • Reading manga or magazines surrounded by cat

Some of my friends go every week-end to such Neko cafes
Posted by 【 Irié 】 at 7:55 PM
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    J'veux un café avec pleins d'animaux aussi *___* *Pyl qui craque quand y'a un chien à son resto xD*

    Peut-être aussi que la taille a été réduite naturellement lors de sélection ?
    En Suisse, les chats sont assez grands, mais on trouve des "nains" et ce sont souvent des chats semi-sauvages qui vivent dans la rue et qui sont nourris par des bénévoles.

    Mmh, sinon, tu as vu le scandale des "boîtes à rêves" ? ...

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  2. 【 Irié 】November 5, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    @Pyl: Oui, quand tu sais qu'au Japon même les mères enceintes doivent suivre un régime stricte pour avoir des bébés les plus petits possibles ^^;
    heu... boîtes à rêves? je crois en avoir entendu parler, ce sont les animaux élevés dans des bouteilles ou un truc du genre? °0°...

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  3. Albert Le VertNovember 9, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Oh, un autre Suisse sur le profil d'Irié ?
    Koruldia nous réunira tous...

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