![]() There are now a slew of cat cafes in London, including one where guests can partake in high tea with the furry creatures. The United States has more than 125 cat cafes, and some of them serve more than coffee and cat cuddles. You could say the concept is cat-ching on. Since the 1998 opening of the first cat cafe, there’s been a storm of cat cafe opening around the world. Today, there are more cat cafes in Japan than anywhere else in the world – around 150 at the last count. Started in Taiwan over 20 years ago with a cafe called Cat Flower Garden (now called Café Dogs & Cats), the concept was most enthusiastically embraced in Japan. German philosopher Albert Schweitzer reportedly once said: “The only escape from the miseries of life is music and cats.” But if seeing the live action adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical doesn’t sound like a welcome escape, might we suggest a cat cafe visit? ![]() With the “Cats” movie trailer horrifying the internet, it’s safe to say our beloved felines are trending yet again. ![]() The world of the weird cafe has moved on from cats.Īnd yet, while some of these obscure cafes grab headlines for a few days and then vanish, cat cafes have proliferated around the world, to become if not the most novel, certainly the most enduring craze when it comes to themed coffee houses. Goat cafes, a piglet cafe, even loneliness-curing Moomin cafes. ![]()
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