Animal Room Ikemofu — Attraction in Tokyo

This place is terrible!! DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY!!! I've been to a few pet cafes, and this was the worst! The animals were all in cramped cages. The poor fox could barely turn around. Some cages in the back of the incredibly small room were stacked on top of each other, hidden in the cold, dark corner. I wanted to cry. These animals are not loved, only there for profit. This place charges you by the half-hour. And charges you for food to give to the animals, and it's only a very small amount of food. There are some safety rules there, but they should have them posted before you pay to get in. I would not have wasted my money if I had known I could only feed certain animals, and most animals have to stay in their cages at all times. Also, they only let out one animal at a time. So if you paid to be there for 30 minutes, you might not ever get to interact with an animal if another person already requested one for themselves. I've been to better cafes, where the animals have a lot more room to move around, and you can tell they are loved by their trainers....who are actually knowledgeable about the animal's needs. And want the guests AND the animals...

I will be honest. We ignored some red flags — like someone advertising on the street and there being no need for a reservation (we were running out of time and felt quite lucky about this). But once inside, we felt absolutely horrible for having supported the business. The cages are tiny and do not have the proper floor for the animals to walk on. The owls are sitting in a row, tied down. Snakes kept in what I can only describe as plastic boxes. The most heart breaking was certainly the Fennec. It was constantly pacing around in its small space, visibly stressed.

I don't know how much of it is a difference in culture, I'm not sure what the laws regarding animals look like, but this was certainly our first culture shock in Japan. The staff was very nice and helpful, but they did continue to let more and more people in which continously made the experience so much worse.

For us, this was a learning lesson. "Animal cafés" or what we thought animal treatment in Japan would be like was not what we found here. Deeply regret going, feel...

This place is horrible. The animals are kept in tint cages and many of them are not allowed out, touched or held. Which is horrible since many or these animals are very social and need physical contact. During our short visit we witnessed many animals in distress. Two in particular stood out to me; Timon a meercat who was so desperte for attention he begged me for my hand to pet him and a fennec name Teto. We paid 3000 yen to have our hearts crushed at the sad sight of these animals.

The animals were all crammed into tiny cages in a hot environment with no food and littlw water.

If you are ever in tokyo avoid this place...