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.

The maid café is one of Japan's cultural landmarks, and one that perfectly encapsulates one of the less understood sides of ...

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 ...

Pig cafes are the latest in a series of animal-themed coffee shops that have popped up in Japan, including ones that feature owls, hedgehogs and even snakes.

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 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 ...

TOKYO — First there were cafés that allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction. The latest craze in Japan: The pig café.

Now, a new Capybara Café has opened in Japan as a tribute to this South American animal and it’s putting cat coffee shops across the world to shame.

Customers play with micro pigs at a mipig cafe, Jan. 24, 2024, in Tokyo. The Mipig Café in fashionable Harajuku is among 10 such pig cafes the operator has opened around Japan. (AP Photo) ...