Friday, July 19, 2013
Japan July 2013 - Day 12 (Tokyo)
Second day of Neko cafe visting! Today we will be visiting Nekorobi in Ikebukuro and Happy Neko in Shibuya.
We started off by going to Ikebukuro. Nekorobi took a little searching as we overshot the building that it was housed it. We finally got to it and the charges atb Nekorobi are 1000 yen for the first hour and then 250 yen for each subsequent 15 mins. However, the thing about Nekorobi is that they have a vending machine with free drinks, snacks and you can use their iPad, Mac, Wii and a variety of equipment for free, so the it is a pretty 'value for money' place. It's also a lot more spacious than the Asakusa Nekoen that we had visited yesterday, but they didn't have kittens so it wasn't as crazy as it was yesterday. The cats were tamer since they were all adult cats.
After spending an hour at Nekorobi, we went over to Happy Neko at Shibuya. It's really in a happening part of town and so the charges here are higher. The minimum package is 30 mins for 525 yen plus 525 for a drink with snacks. So you have to pay 1050 for 30 mins at the very minimum. When we arrived, there was only one other lady there, but subsequently within the 30 mins that we decided to stay for, another 10 people arrived and when we were leaving another 3 were at the door! It wasn't as large as Nekorobi and was probably about the size of a 3NG flat living room, so.. I suppose we left at a good time. The cats here were also all adult, so there was none of the kitten craziness going on. It also appeared that you have to pay to use a cat toy, not very appealing.
It seems like the Asakusa Nekoen is more focused on stray rescue and adoption, but for the other two that we have visited, I think the cats are permanent residents.
After we were one withthe cat cafes, we walked around Shibuya. It would be ridiculous if we had left without at least walking around Shibuya right? Such a waste of train fare. We didn't buy anything though, we just walked around and looked at lots of stuff.
Tomorrow, my friend will be recce'ing the hotel that they intend to use for her trip to Japan in October.
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We started off by going to Ikebukuro. Nekorobi took a little searching as we overshot the building that it was housed it. We finally got to it and the charges atb Nekorobi are 1000 yen for the first hour and then 250 yen for each subsequent 15 mins. However, the thing about Nekorobi is that they have a vending machine with free drinks, snacks and you can use their iPad, Mac, Wii and a variety of equipment for free, so the it is a pretty 'value for money' place. It's also a lot more spacious than the Asakusa Nekoen that we had visited yesterday, but they didn't have kittens so it wasn't as crazy as it was yesterday. The cats were tamer since they were all adult cats.
After spending an hour at Nekorobi, we went over to Happy Neko at Shibuya. It's really in a happening part of town and so the charges here are higher. The minimum package is 30 mins for 525 yen plus 525 for a drink with snacks. So you have to pay 1050 for 30 mins at the very minimum. When we arrived, there was only one other lady there, but subsequently within the 30 mins that we decided to stay for, another 10 people arrived and when we were leaving another 3 were at the door! It wasn't as large as Nekorobi and was probably about the size of a 3NG flat living room, so.. I suppose we left at a good time. The cats here were also all adult, so there was none of the kitten craziness going on. It also appeared that you have to pay to use a cat toy, not very appealing.
It seems like the Asakusa Nekoen is more focused on stray rescue and adoption, but for the other two that we have visited, I think the cats are permanent residents.
After we were one withthe cat cafes, we walked around Shibuya. It would be ridiculous if we had left without at least walking around Shibuya right? Such a waste of train fare. We didn't buy anything though, we just walked around and looked at lots of stuff.
Tomorrow, my friend will be recce'ing the hotel that they intend to use for her trip to Japan in October.
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