雨の日 What else are you going to do...

...on a rainy day except visit a cat cafe? Actually this one was a cat playground of sorts and nothing except for some souvenir stickers was sold here though it is attached to a pet shop on the 8th floor of a department store. I must have wondered into the cat cafe district in Ikebukuro as I saw 3 different ones within a minute's walk of each other. Basically the idea is that a lot of rental places won't allow pets of any kind so you go to these sorts of places to interact with cats without having to take care of them. Apparently some of the cats at this place are rescue cats which is good to see. The staff appear to take very good care of them and the cats obviously liked them. One of the staff girls had a Nikon DSLR and was taking photos regularly. They have what looks like a twitter feed going too...

This place had enough cats that they left some in slightly small themed enclosures where they were fed, could sleep, and avoid people. They seemed to occasionally rotate which ones were out in the main rooms. There were numerous perches, raceways, etc. where the cats could be out of reach of any of the people.

I bought my ticket back to the airport for tomorrow and will probably head back to Shibuya one more time to pay for an overpriced chai tea latte to stay out of the rain...