They also walk freely between the buildings and deal cat punches to ... from outside of Japan show up there. “I never imagined that,” said Teraoka. “Our cafe was possible because it was ...

Then came cat cafes, where lattes took second place to ... 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 ...

Across the U.S., the number of cat cafes has increased over the past five years, according to Yelp, and the establishments are becoming more mainstream. After starting in Taiwan and Japan in the ...