Is Can Be Kitteh Tiem Nao, Plz?

On Sunday we went to a place in Amerika Mura called Cafe With Many Cats. Yup, pretty much does what it says on the can. For 650 yen, you can sit and play with cats for an hour. The place is customised for feline comfort, with a variety of floor cushions, cat-sized shelves and climbing equipment, a cat-sized drinking fountain and capacious and private litter trays. It was all very clean, not smelly or hairy. There were a few other people in there when we went. It seems like a pretty popular place to go on a date.

The cats were pretty laid-back. Most of the time they just cat-nap, and are completely disinterested in you, whether you are patting them or not.

They were also pretty friendly to each other, which was a novelty to me. My experience of cats is that they will tolerate each other, at best. But in the cafe they would curl up with each other. Mecha kawaii ~~

There were one or two scraps while we were there, though - all involving this cat (who clearly thinks she's pretty good):

Her name appeared to be Connie. She was the alpha cat of the bunch - the most outgoing and friendly towards humans. Also, weirdly friendly towards the other cats, grooming them and such, until they got the shits with her, and it turned into a fight. I sort of imagine it like this:

Connie: Tut, tut. Look at you. You're so unprofessional. You need to take better care of yourself.
Other cat: Oh, fuck off, Connie. It's just a bloody cafe.

It doesn't sound all that exciting, and I suppose it wasn't really, but it was very relaxing. The atmosphere was very chilled out. And they have air con, so I'll probably go back again.


kthxbai