Paying for Petting Time in Japan's Cat Cafés [video]

Time Video ^

[Slings and Arrows]

In Osaka, Japan, where many apartment dwellers aren't allowed to keep pets, cat fanciers spend time with their favorite felines at the Cats' Time Café

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Kawaii!!!

[Thanks to Gefn for the link!]

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[JRandomFreeper]

My catz so want to be involved in this scam.

/johnny

[livius]

Very nice! I’m not a cat fanatic but I would like to have one, except that I travel a lot and it’s hard to make arrangements for kitty. It’s nice to see how this entrepreneurial Japanese cat lady has managed to find a niche. (Beautiful cats, too...does she audition them?)

[CatherineofAragon]

I love this concept, and I wish it would catch on here in America. The result would be more cats with a place to live, and more people with lower blood pressure. Win-win. :)

[SpaceBar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzgxQd83vFk

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Brings to mind Angie Dickinson on Johnny Carson oh so many years ago.

[gaijin]

If they were a tad younger, I would want very badly to play with their...kitty.

Ahem.

[9YearLurker]

We Americans should appreciate how fortunate we are—more spacious housing AND we get to have our own cats!

(Though I think they’d be a nice addition to any cafe...)

[CatherineofAragon]

Very, very true.

[GraceG]

So what would one name such a place?

The Heavy Petting Cafe

Rent a Pussycat Emporium

StarKatz

etc ... etc...

[9YearLurker]

I believe the Pussycat Lounge has already been used.

[Slings and Arrows]

Addictive, aren’t they?

[SpaceBar]

I failed to put the title of that youtube for those who hate clicking random links. It’s Sheldon Cooper and his cats from The Big Bang Theory.

[Gefn]

The Soft Kitteh lounge works for me.

[EinNYC]

I saw that a LOT of the cats featured in her cafe were Maine Coons, and very nice specimens they were, too. They are known for their gentle and loving nature, as well as their gigantic size and beautiful luxuriant coat. GOOOOOO Coons!

(Guess what kind of cat I have...)

[DFG]

Pussy Galore

[Viking2002]

My wife now has five.

Want one?

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