The Animal Cafes of Asia

In 2014, Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium made headlines by becoming the first ‘cat cafe’ in London. It’s popularity grew further after a <a href="https://www.channel4.com/news/cereal-cafe-opens-in-london-but-can-it-survive" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Channel 4 report</a> on ‘hipster cafes’ in East London, where reporter Symeon Brown took down the owners of the then new Cereal Killers Cafe. But the idea of animal cafes has long been popular across Asia. Tokyo itself has around 60 cat cafes, and across Japan you can find cafes dedicated to rabbits, hedgehogs, penguins and goats. In Bangkok, the Little Zoo Cafe is one of the few where you can find meerkats. Cambodia and Vietnam both have reptile cafes. And not to be left in the dust, South Korea has made a name for itself with its racoon cafes and — wait for it — a cafe where you can hang out with free-roaming sheep in Seoul’s trendy Hongdae district. <a href="https://medium.com/the-conscious-traveller/the-animal-cafes-of-asia-2761c3ab9dd9">Learn More</a>