Cat Cafe Kitanekoya — Restaurant in Sapporo

Only 500 yen per half hour, comes with free drink with paid drinks available (I had hand ground coffee which was very good). A lot of reviews complain that the cats arent very social but those people mist not be around a lot of cats because these cats are very socialized: they may not want to cuddle all over you but they're very comfortable around guests and they don't scratch or bite. Even if they dont want to be pet they're adorable and are fun to watch, I should say most of them were ok being pet and two of them enjoyed it. Some people say some of them look sickly, there was one with a cyst on his cheek but that's pretty normal with cats and he seemed healthy otherwise. All of the cats seem to be in good health including emotionally. The owner was very nice and speaks english well. The space is cozy. We had...

Not for tourists who cannot speak Japanese. Came here with my parents and had some trouble communicating through the language barrier. Shopkeeper seemed unfriendly and impatient, and shooed us away while we were still deciding whether to enter (this was barely half a minute into standing at the doorway of the cafe and trying to communicate). It's understandable that the shopkeeper has the right to refuse customers, but it definitely put a damper on our day, especially when we had been looking forward to the visit so much. Throughout our trip, this was our first taste of Japanese xenophobia, though we didn't expect that it would come...

Owner was very nice and takes good care of the cats. Most of the cats are long haired - most of them are not quite close to people but it's healing to just be surrounded by the cats. 500 yen per person for 30 mins.

One thing to note though, there's strong smell of smoke at the door front and out side of the cats' room (the place with cats are alright ). Perhaps it's because the owner is smoking inside... It bothers me a little but overall a great experience with...