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Kyoto Entrepreneur Turned 13 Stray Kittens Into A Popular Business
Business Insider ^
| Dec 12, 2013
| Amanda Macias
Posted on 12/13/2013 6:47:17 AM PST by Innovative
Cat cafes, where patrons pay to hang out with cats, have become huge in Japan and spread around the world since the first one opened in Taiwan in 1998. Adorable felines, after all, may be the one thing that Starbucks can't match.
Case in point is Cat Cafe Nekokaigi owner Mayuko Horii, who opened Kyoto's first cat cafe in 2008 with 13 stray kittens. The ancient Japanese city happens to be full of stray cats.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: caf; catcafe; japan; kittyping
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To: Innovative; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ..
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12/13/2013 10:52:31 AM PST
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Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: PLMerite
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12/13/2013 11:39:20 AM PST
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Danette
To: struggle
How could you not feed them?
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posted on
12/13/2013 12:18:04 PM PST
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Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
To: Innovative
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posted on
12/13/2013 12:20:14 PM PST
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Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
To: John O
NO thanks...we don’t want misguided haters posting hurtful things....
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12/13/2013 12:22:13 PM PST
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Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
To: Innovative
Entrepreneur Turned 13 Stray Kittens Into A Popular Business...Hell, they did that years ago in my town. It was called HOP PO Restaurant.
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12/13/2013 12:23:08 PM PST
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Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Dr. Sivana
THASS RACIST! You holny ord codgel!
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12/13/2013 12:25:30 PM PST
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Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Dr. Sivana
No, no, no, no, no! Not “ra-ra-ra”, “la-la-la”. Like this.
Stop, stop, stop, stop! Sing something erse.
To: Safetgiver
To: Fawn
>How could you not feed them?
My wife was pregnant with our first daughter and cats cause birth defects.
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12/14/2013 11:18:16 AM PST
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struggle
To: struggle
You know that’s not true. Toxoplasmosis can be found in undercooked meats or if you handle cat feces and put it in your mouth.
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12/16/2013 1:12:56 PM PST
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Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
To: Fawn
I just don’t want stray cats near my pregnant wife, period.
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12/16/2013 4:03:38 PM PST
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struggle
To: struggle
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12/17/2013 11:22:51 AM PST
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Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
To: Fawn
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12/17/2013 7:02:21 PM PST
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struggle
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