Monday, November 14, 2011

Neko No Mise (Shop of Cats)

I kind of hope the newest coffee trend in Japan catches on here in the states.  In the past five years, 79 Cat Cafes have popped up all over Japan.  Yes, it's what you think... coffee and cats.  Since most people in Japan live in apartments that don't allow pets, the overstressed and lonely residents have to go to a Cat Cafes to get some unconditional love and purrrfect companionship.  The cats in the cafes are just normal kitties, alley cats.  While the lonely folks sip their mochas, they can have a cat sit in their lap or purr at their feet.  The second a cat cafe opens hear our house, Chip is taking a permanent field trip.  Tierney has a loaner kitty her house.  The second you walk up to her front door, the cat rams your legs to try and get in.  She just borrows the cat and it goes back home after he visits.