Austria's first cat cafe, where customers can have drinks
while playing with cats, opens in Vienna.
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| A customer watches cat 'Thomas' inspecting his basket. [LEONHARD FOEGER//Reuters] |
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| [photo; Reuters] |
This Cafe opened earlier this month in Vienna city centre. Customers can stroke
and interact with the cafe's five feline hosts, named Sonja, Thomas, Moritz,
Luca and Momo, who all came from an animal shelter and now freely roam about
the cafe and take naps. After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene
issues, Austria opened its first cat cafe last Friday. 'Cafe Neko',
"Neko" meaning cat in Japanese, was opened by Vienna resident Takako
Ishimitsu, 47, from Japan. Ishimitsu
said she decided to open a cat cafe in order to introduce some aspects of
Japanese culture to Vienna. "Showing unknown Japanese concepts is good for
Austria. I had various ideas, and the cat cafe project was the least difficult
to realize. And at the same time, I can do something good for the Vienna animal
shelter which I have been supporting for years," cafe owner Takako
Ishimitsu said. She added that the 50-seat cafe was an instant hit with locals
and tourists alike.
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| Two cats 'Thomas' and 'Sonja' strolling around.[LEONHARD FOEGER//Reuters] |
"Surprisingly, more than 99 per cent the reactions are
positive. One of our goals is to provide some happiness to people who cannot
have cats on their own, because of their jobs or family members suffering from
allergies," Ishimitsu said.
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