Main Highlight: Hedgehog Cafe
Animals Cafe! It is a kind of cafe where you can actually interact directly with cute animals while enjoying your afternoon coffee. One of the most popular cafes in Japan is the Hedgehog Cafe (Harry Hedgehog Cafe website). Ouch~! No need to worry about those needles, you will be provided with gloves as well as the hedgehogs’ little snacks in these cafe. Of course, there will be refreshments in the cafe but trust me, you will be so busy handling these cute little creatures and trying to capture smiles with them that there will be hardly any time for refreshments.
Honestly, their spikes can get be really scary especially when they are not in a good mood. Try not to irritate them too much! But when you hold them, stroke them in your hands, you just can’t stop adoring their cute expressions.
Unlike a usual cafe, there was no tables and chairs, I was seated around a “bucket bed” housing many tiny hedgehogs. There may be times that you will be asked to share the same “bucket” with others especially during weekends where there will be alot of customers. If you are alone or prefer more privacy, bar counter seats are available too.
Where:
Operating Hours: 11 am – 7pm (last entrance is usually 1hour before the closing time)
Basic cost: 1500yen for 30 mins, inclusive of hedgehog’s snack
Other Animal Cafes (reservations are recommended)
Cats Cafe
Name: Cat Cafe Mocha (website)
Locations: 7 branches in Tokyo, Other areas including Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto. Image on the left – Tokyo IKEBUKURO (map)
Check out the list of stores here: http://catmocha.jp/shoplist/
Operating Hours: 10AM – 10PM (last entrance at 9:30pm)
Entrance fee: from 200yen/10min~
Penguin Bar Ikebukuro
Name: Penguin Bar Ikebukuro (website)
Location: 〒170-0014 Tōkyō-to, Toshima-ku, Ikebukuro, 2 Chome−38−2, COSMY (map)
Operating Hours: 6pm – 4am (next day), age restriction for entry after 10pm
Cost: drinks & food 4500 yen onwards~
Take a peak here! Live video: Click here!
Owl Cafe
Name: Owl Forest
Location: Kamakura! 2 Chome-10-24 Komachi, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0006 (map)
Kamukura is a popular tourist spot famous for shrines and huge buddha statues. This owl cafe is located right in the center of the shoten (streets with many gourmets stores and japanese art crafts and souvenirs).
Basic cost: entrance less than 700yen
Falcon Cafe
Name: Falconer’s Cafe (website)
Location: Chome-11 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Tōkyō-to 181-0013 (map)
Operating Hours: 1pm – 7pm (closed on Monday and Tuesday)
Basic cost: from 1000yen~
The hedgehog is so cute! Never heard about a cafe with Hedgehog, thanks for sharing 🙂 Love your blog!