Animeal — Attraction in Tokyo

Located inside the Dex Tokyo Beach shopping mall in Odaiba, Animeal is a charming café perfect for animal lovers. The space is filled with friendly cats and dogs, plus some more exotic residents like meerkats, rabbits, birds, and even a capybara!

We arrived around 2:30 PM and got in after a short wait. Entry tickets are required for both adults and kids, and include a drink. You can also purchase animal food, which is highly recommended—most of the animals, especially the dogs and cats, are far more interactive when you have treats!

Be aware that at 3 PM, the section with the capybara closes for an hour, and they bring out the nocturnal animals during this break. So if you’re hoping to see the capybara, try to time your visit accordingly—we only got about 5 minutes with it.

Reservations aren’t available online, so walk-ins are the only option. It’s well worth visiting on a weekday or coming early, as weekends can get crowded.

The café itself is clean, well-organized, and very kid-friendly. Our kids had good time, and we’d recommend it for families looking for a fun animal...

ANIMAL ABUSE

Anyone who knows anything about animals would know that placing them in small crates for hours is cruelty!!

The rabbit appeared to be distressed and his bowl of hay which he eats from was also the same bowl he is expected to go toilet in

There were 5 Guinea pigs in one small crate. If you look at the images you can see that the crates are far too small and the gaps in between mean that their little paws fall through when they walk. They had no other choice but to walk in their own pee and faeces given how small the crate is.

Ducks left roaming around visibly scared while people try to avoid stepping on them with how busy it is

Some of the dogs here were stressed and just trying to find a quiet place to sleep but are forced to be surrounded by heaps of people and noise for hours

Animals are not here for your entertainment. Please go elsewhere and do your research before going to any animal place in Japan. Many do not take proper care of their animals and are...

An animal interaction place, Animeal has a good variety of animals to play with.

It has cats and dogs who are very well socialized on the whole, and 2 sets of less common animals divided into the day and night teams.

The day team's main attractions are the capybara and tortoise, supported by meerkats, rabbits, ducks, and colorful birds. The evening team's stars are its owls, ball python, anteater, supported by hedgehogs and ferrets.

Staff are trained and friendly, with good fluency in english. They were able to get some decent photos for us.

Rates are just under 2000 yen for 45 minutes, while 90 minutes costs below 2500 yen.

The location is easy to access by train or car, situated in...