Picture Day – Nekobukuro
Posted May 4th, 2010 by MitsuThere’s some irony to this post since I just got called a cat lady, which amuses me. I am such a cat lady, I do love my cat to pieces. She’s amazing! 
I thought of bringing in a picture day each week or every so often, mostly of Japan travels. Although most of the time I was in Japan I hated holding a camera. Being a resident, it just irked me to be thought of as some just-off-the-plane tourist. So I was always hesitant to be the shutterbug I really am. 
Before there were several cat cafes, Nekobukuro in the Ikebukuro Tokyu Hands (website) [map] was the place that cat loving people went to get their feline fix. Not seeing my cat for months at a time, this was a nice reprieve. 
On the website there’s also links to other cat cafes that have popped up so you can get your fix anywhere in Japan. :sparkle2:
The 8th floor sign for Nekobukuro
This one looks like a Hitler cat!
So gorgeous!
Couples on dates and photo hogs :sparkle2:
About as much action as you’ll get from a cat 
I love cats getting comfy.
The price is around 800 yen, but cheaper if you go as a couple. I went first with my friend who’s a girl in 2007 and we still got the couple discount :sparkle2:
♥Bonus♥ Me & the man in 2008 taking post-Nekobukuro puri ❤
Tags: japan, purikura, tokyo guide
The camera thing doesn’t bother me because I see so many Japanese people taking pictures of…well, everything. I don’t get mistaken for a tourist usually unless I’m going to old Japan touristy spots, unlike in Hawaii where being white guarantees you’ll be mistaken for one most of the time.
I’ve been to a cat cafe in Osaka, and was very happy when I found one in Kobe the other weekend though I haven’t been yet. I need to save up and get my own.
I was oddly okay with being a shutterbug everywhere but Tokyo. I am always amazed by the no picture rule so many places have in Japan, especially Tokyo
It seems a bit ironic since when I was in Las Vegas one visit a couple was videotapping their food. Like not even at a nice place. LOL
Kitty cafe!!! Hitler kitty looks so cranky and cuddly at the same time :D I haven’t been to a cat cafe yet but it’s totally on my list for next time :D
You’d have a fabulous time in one
LOL I agree he looks like a good grumpy cuddler 
Ahhhh!! Kitties!! my friend has a cat just like that grey one! >w<
Wow how lucky, it’s so gorgeous!!
Aww so cute!
I also have a cat and I think I’ll miss her very very much when I’m in Japan
Yeah I’m pathetic. I’m always telling my man to take pics of the animals while I’m in Japan. Even though they do the same things all the time
I love cats too! They are amazing :peer:
I agree, cats rule the world and their owners are just warming their seats
I don’t care about looking like a tourist, I understand what you mean tho. I just figure, they are going to assume I am a tourist by my skin color anyway. …well I am, but I come here so often I feel like something between a resident and tourist.
Have you been to any other cat cafes, would you recommend this one most? I plan to visit on during this trip. I love how cute those kitties are, and cats have such sassy attitudes hehe
I haven’t been to others, but I really want to go. I keep putting it off to go shopping or do something else silly.
I got sick of the assumptions. After being there almost 3 years it’s just like ohhh come on. Not all whiteys are tourists.
Surprisingly I was late at night yesterday watching the tokyo kawaii tv show and this was a special about kitty chan and they talk about this places nekobururo wich I find them amazing, cause I really love cats, and my friends really know how I cherish this animals, especially my boyfriend, he one day told me that he was jealous of not being a cat he told me, that sometimes I really can give the look that I love cats more than humans and he!!hahah poor man…
by the way, I´m sure that if I go one day to Japan, I will go to one of this places for sure! :peer: so baby thanks one more time for sharing so interesting information! yeay!!
bye!
LOL we’re the same then! My man always tells me I love him because he takes care of my cat while I’m in Japan.
Though I just have such a high respect (maybe the right word) for animals. They’re so amazing, even the domesticated ones
Duh! I post nekobururo instead of nekobukuro by mistake!!
OMG! I have always wanted to go to a cat cafe! XD
The black and white kitty reminds me of my cat the thin version LOL! I like the Hitler looking cat
hAHAHAHAHAA oh I laugh because my cats are fatties, too. God it’s so hard to get them to lose weight, yanno. If only kitty treadmills worked
I think you know my feelings on cats, cat ladies:D!! So I love this postXD!!!If I ever get to Japan,I am definitely visiting a cat cafe!
Hahah Hitler cat,have you seen this site?~ http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl
I’ve got a few other silly cat related sites in my bookmarks~http://www.stuffonmycat.com/ and http://www.infinitecat.com/
I’d like to point out that I only found one of those,the rest where sent to me,hahaha
lol I love cat sites. I’ve been to all of those and Icanhas is always a weekly visit. LOL Cat ladies of the world unite!
I wish I could like cats but I’m too allergic