Japan Cat Cafes in Numbers

A data-driven overview of the cat cafes across Japan listed on Nyanko Database. You are welcome to cite these figures in media and blogs (please link back as the source).

425 Listed cat cafes
47 Prefectures covered
173 Rescue cat cafes (41% of total)

Nyanko Database currently lists 425 cat cafes across 47 prefectures. Of these, 173 (41% of the total) are rescue cat cafes that help cats find new homes.

Cat Cafes by Prefecture

Rank Prefecture Cafes
1 Tokyo 54
2 Osaka 28
3 Fukuoka 22
4 Hyogo 22
5 Kanagawa 21
6 Aichi 16
7 Chiba 14
8 Shizuoka 13
9 Kyoto 13
10 Hokkaido 11
11 Hiroshima 11
12 Nara 10
13 Mie 10
14 Gifu 9
15 Ibaraki 8
16 Kumamoto 8
17 Wakayama 7
18 Okayama 7
19 Shiga 7
20 Okinawa 7
21 Aomori 7
22 Nagano 7
23 Gunma 7
24 Saga 6
25 Miyagi 6
26 Ehime 6
27 Tokushima 6
28 Oita 6
29 Saitama 6
30 Toyama 6
31 Fukushima 5
32 Miyazaki 5
33 Niigata 5
34 Yamaguchi 5
35 Ishikawa 5
36 Kagoshima 5
37 Tochigi 4
38 Tottori 4
39 Nagasaki 4
40 Iwate 3
41 Akita 3
42 Yamagata 3
43 Fukui 3
44 Kochi 2
45 Kagawa 2
46 Shimane 2
47 Yamanashi 1

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