i went to a different cafe in tokyo, called the curl-up cafe last week. AWESOME. lets you take as many pictures as you want and they give let you take home a trading card with your favorite cat on it. can’t wait to go again.

The Berkeley store mentioned above is called “The Other Change of Hobbit”, if you want to look it up.

BEST IDEA, EVER.

Hey! I see little pink tongue-age on that schnozzle! I demand X-treme close-up!

Totally going to be in Tokyo for New Years, totally going to be in that cafe during that time. OMG I love CuteOverload. Thank you Meg, I send many fluffy, kind, loving thoughts in your direction. ^_^

zOMG I am leaving Tokyo on Wednesday so this post comes just in time! Thanks CO!

There’s also a place called Nekobukuro that is on the 8th floor of the Tokyu Hands building in Ikebukuro.

Check out this link for a whole bunch of Tokyo-cute-catness! http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200711240040.html

Also, if you’re in the San Francisco area, there’s a scifi bookstore in Berkeley that has two cats that you can play with (and their selection of scifi books can’t be beat). I forget what it’s called- I know the name has something to do with Hobbits- but if you get off at the Berkeley BART station, in one direction Shattuck forks into two roads. Take the left fork (you’ll see a Wells Fargo) and it’s a block or two down on your left.

I’m the original sender-inner, and I’m a veterinarian. If you think this is cruel to cats then you don’t know much about cats or animal cruelty. I sincerely hope those comments were facetious.

At any rate, I can’t wait for the full report from our Tokyo Cuteologists!

“There’s a cat on the table and nobody seems to care!”

Okay so .. Like I was so enamored of the idea of a real kitty cat cafe that I totally didn’t even see the little cute adorable kitten up there. peaking over the edge of the couch or bed saying Peek-A-Boo… Silly Me.. Reaches out and scratches adorable little moppet behind the ears.

This is great! It would be awesome if someone could open something like that here…or at least have a cafe with a few kittehs to snuggle with. I could just see it. Sitting on the couch with a cup of tea and a book with cats sitting with me. Oh wait…I get that at home. But if I did live in Japan, I’d be a regular!
About shop kitties, I was at the local Uhaul office the other day, renting a truck, when the shop kitty came up to say hello. She was all purrs. Some inconsiderate soul had left the cat in one of trucks when it was returned and no one came to claim the cat. I’m glad the guys at UHaul took her in, but I really hate it when people abandon their animals like that. Cafes like Calico provide a nice alternative to the pound.