There are plenty of dog cafes in Japan where you can spend time with dogs that aren’t yours, but where can you bring your own pup? In October 2022, The Y’s Café underwent a major makeover to become a ...

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types of birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes. By Rachel ...

Animal cafes can be fun, offering a bonding and knowledgeable experience with beautiful animals, coupled with some delicious ...

a former Japan office director for the environmental NGO Traffic. They found there were more than 430 pet cafes across the country as of 2019, with EACs accounting for 137 of them. Tokyo topped ...

Japan is a nation of cat lovers: Cat cafes are everywhere ... (If you’re moving to Japan first without your pet, have a partner and/or friends who can take your pet to appointments for you.

By Carolyn Cowan A glut of social media videos featuring captive Asian small-clawed otters in the mid-2000s led to what ...

The urban lifestyle, small apartments, and historically demanding work culture led to Japan’s pet-cafe boom. So even if you can’t have a pet in your apartment, you’re probably not too far away from a ...

The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one ... don’t get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults.

The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one ... don't get bigger than a corgi dog, even as adults. The cafés also ...