Journeys for Knowledge

This day was fairly short, since my friend was leaving early the next day and needed to pack. Thus, we decided to make a short trip to Shinjuku and its gardens before meeting another friend from OIST. Although he didn’t have any plan in mind, we decided to spend an hour at a cat cafe. For those unfamiliar with the concept, we spent an hour sitting in the cafe while cats were freely roaming (or sleeping). You could buy drinks and food for yourself, or small amounts of cat food to attract their attention. It was really amusing just to see people try and fail to play with the cats, who only responded to someone with food. I hear similar places are starting to appear in the US, but in Japan there are many types of themed cafes, including cat cafes, dog cafes, rabbit cafes, and of course the various types of maid cafes.

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