One Tokyo-based cafe allows its customers to pet both cats and capybaras while enjoying a brew. Capy Neko Cafe, 'neko' being the Japanese word for cat, mixes the unique combination of animals ...

Then came cat cafés, where lattes took ... Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. Two more are in the works for later ...

Cat cafés have been popping up all over the world, from Tokyo to Paris to New York City. The concept originally started in Asia, where many apartments don't allow pets. Cat cafés presented those ...

TOKYO (SCMP): So-called Cuddle Cafes in Japan offer emotional companionship by allowing customers to hug with or gaze at strangers. The country’s strict social norms of self restraint and not ...

Aoshima is a tiny island in Japan's Ehime prefecture where cats outnumber people eight-to-one. The so-called cat island is a tourist destination in the summer, but in the dead of winter the number ...

Here is part two of the semi-detailed write-up of my trip to Japan. You can check out part one from the Jan. 21 edition of ...