The cat cafe didn't originate in Japan, but it's taken hold in a country where many houses are too small to keep a pet. A cat joins its owner reading a book at a Tokyo cafe. (AP Photo/Katsumi ...

Get up close and personal with these capybaras (Picture: Supplied) Elsewhere, the Capy Neko Cafe combines cats and ... ‘There’s a capybara café in Japan where you can hang out with and ...

Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second ... The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019.