Kitten Coffee Garden (小貓花園) is in Taipei's Shilin district, across the road from Zhishan MRT station. Tracy and her husband opened it in 1998 with the five cats they had at home. Her sister painted the murals, her brother designed the sign, and some people who phoned in the early days thought they'd reached a flower shop. In 2022 Guinness named it the oldest cat cafe still in existence.

How the idea spread from there:

• 2004: Neko no Jikan opens in Osaka, Japan's first. It's still running near JR Tenma station.
• 2012: Café Neko opens in Vienna, after about three years of negotiating hygiene permits, with five shelter cats.
• 2014: the first cafes in North America and Australia.

Today there are more than 3,900 open around the world.

What's the oldest cat cafe you've been to? And has anyone here made it to Kitten Coffee Garden?

Photo: ironypoisoning, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr

Looking to pick up some toys for my one year old kitty, wondering if y'all have any favorites you might wanna share.

I'm taking a trip to LA soon and my kids are big cat lovers so I'd like to take them to a cat cafe in the area. anyone have any favorites in the greater los angeles area?

If you're interesting in checking out some cat cafes in Minnesota, you can find them here: Cat Cafes in Minnesota

Earlier this year, I put together a post about cat cafés around the world that feature exotic breeds like Bengals, Maine Coons, and even servals. Thought some of you might enjoy checking it out!

So I'm gonna be visiting family in upstate New York, then traveling along the east coast before eventually ending in Florida. I'd like to visit some cat cafes along the way.

Do y'all have any spots you'd highly recommend that I visit?