Cafe Capyba in Tokyo lets customers enjoy a coffee alongside two large capybaras named Kohaku and Pisuke. The giant rodents roam freely, giving visitors a chance to view them up close.

Tokyo is famous for its many animal cafés. The original concept started with cat cafés, but has slowly expanded to accommodate a wide range of pets and other animals. It’s reasonable to have ...

The cat cafe didn't originate in Japan, but it's taken hold in a country where many houses are too small to keep a pet. A cat joins its owner reading a book at a Tokyo cafe. (AP Photo/Katsumi ...

Elsewhere, there's the Cat Cafe Temari no Ouchi in Tokyo Japan, which has been designed to give a forest feel. There are "tree-shaped beds", one commentator said on Tripadvisor, and "the music is ...

The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019. Two more are in the works for later this year.

Penny, a 12-year-old calico, makes her big move to Japan. She had been looking forward to experiencing Tokyo’s cat cafe scene. (Michelle Ye Hee Lee/The Washington Post) ...

TOKYO (AP) — First some cafés allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café. “It was wonderful. Very ...

Customers play with a micro pig at a mipig cafe, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 pig cafés that have opened around Japan.