Why You Shouldn’t Go to an Animal Cafe in Japan blog.gaijinpot.com

Visiting a cat cafe in Japan is a bucket list item for many tourists, but the animal cruelty that goes on behind closed doors should give you pause.
By Aaron Baggett May 6, 2020 5 min readIt’s hard to understand why anyone would visit an animal cafe in Japan.
Hundreds of animal cafes exploiting rabbits, penguins, otters, pigs, reptiles, and more are spread all over the country.
Cruelty-free alternatives to animal cafesIf you just cannot stop yourself from experiencing an animal cafe but have the decency not to support the cruelty, there are alternatives.
For example, Cat Guardian in Otsuka and Neco Republic in Tokyo and Osaka act as a sort of cat cafe and shelter hybrid.