Japanese cat cafés feature strict rules to ensure cleanliness and animal welfare, in particular seeking to ensure that the cats are not disturbed by excessive and unwanted attention, such as by young children or when sleeping. Every cat café in Japan is required to obtain a license and comply with the strict requirements and regulations of the nation's Animal Treatment and Protection Law. Some feature specific categories of cat such as black cats, fat cats, rare breed cats or ex- stray cats. There are various types of cat cafés in Japan. Other forms of pet rental, such as rabbit cafés, are also common in Japan. The popularity of cat cafés in Japan is attributed to many apartments forbidding pets, and to cats providing relaxing companionship in what may otherwise be a stressful and lonesome urban life. The first was Cat's Store ( 猫の店, Neko no Mise), by Norimasa Hanada, which opened in 2005. Asia Japan Ĭat cafés are quite popular in Japan, with Tokyo being home to 58 cat cafés as of 2015. International Cat Care takes a more positive view, saying, "It is a difficult environment to get right but it's not impossible by any means." However, all the charities agree that cat cafés need to be properly regulated. In the United Kingdom animal charities disagree on whether cat cafés are a suitable environment for cats, with the RSPCA, Cats Protection and the Celia Hammond Animal Trust criticizing them for keeping large numbers of cats in a confined space with a revolving population of people. From 2005 to 2010, seventy-nine cat cafés opened across the country. After this, the popularity of cat cafés boomed in Japan. Tokyo's first cat café, named "Neko no mise" (Cat's Store), opened in 2005. Due to Japan's land size and population, many residents live in small apartments or condominiums which do not allow pets, making a cat café a very popular destination for young workers looking for the companionship and comfort offered.
"Cat's Time") was opened in Osaka in 2004. The concept blossomed in Japan, where the first one named "Neko no Jikan" (lit. The world's first cat café, "Cat Flower Garden" (貓花園 ), opened in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1998 and eventually became a global tourist destination.
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