Cats and Fish

On February 26, 2025 by admin With 2 Comments - Japan 2025, Travel

We visited another rescue cat cafe near our house before going to the Sumida aquarium. Half the cats were around 15 or 16 years old and were the original cats from when the place opened. The other half were quite young and available for adoption. The person who ran the place told us that over 15 years she has had 400 cats through the place that were adopted to new homes.

rescue cat cafe in Asakusa
Woman with cat at rescue cat cafe
Cat siblings at rescue cat cafe
Siblings
Sick but sweet cat at rescue cat cafe
This little guy sat in my lap the whole time. The owner told me he had cancer and wasn’t expected to live more than a few months. He was so sweet. I was very happy to meet him. Keep fighting buddy!
Rescue cat cafe in Asakusa
This rescue cat cafe in Asakusa was a heartwarming place. If you like cat cafes, check this post about another one in Tokyo.

Next stop was Sumida aquarium inside Tokyo Sky Tree.

Tokyo Skytree under blue sky
Tokyo Sky Tree: very similar to our CN Tower in Toronto…but more bones

My camera does not do a good job taking photos through glass but I like these ones from Sumida Aquarium. There were so many tanks of beautiful fish, fresh water and ocean.

orange fish at Sumida aquarium
jellyfish at Sumida Aquarium
Jellyfish
kids watching garden eels at Sumida Aquarium
Kids watching Garden Eels at Sumida Aquarium
garden eels at Sumida aquarium
Garden Eels
goldfish again blue geometric background at Sumida aquarium look like they are floating in air
These goldfish look like they are floating in midair above the geometric blue background.

If you like visiting aquariums, there are a few pictures of the COEX aquarium in Seoul in this post.

2 Comments

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    Keiko February 26, 2025

    I love the rescue cat cafe! I know long time ago they open up “cat cafe” but it was just random cats for human to enjoy. I hated it so much. But these rescue cat cafe is an amazing!!!! I am so happy to hear and see Japanese people are doing nice things to animals ❤️

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      admin February 26, 2025

      Yes. Theses places take good care of the cats. You have to wash and sanitize hands and feet before you go in. No camera flash allowed. No disturbing sleeping cats. Lots of rules. They have humidifiers running and they are warm. It is not even a cafe. There is no food and drinks. Just cats and toys.I think there are some fancy cat cafes with food and coffee menus but we didn’t go there.

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