- Address: Japan, 171-0022 Tokyo, Minamiikebukuro
- Phone: +81 3-5904-8344
- Official website: ikefukuroucafe.com
- Working hours: 12:00 - 19:00
For a long time known cat's cafes and those institutions where you can chat with puppies or rabbits. People are happy to visit such places, their psychotherapeutic positive influence on a person has already been proven.
The only in the world owl cafe - one of the most interesting places in Tokyo , where you can look at these majestic, wise, mysterious creatures from a short distance. Visitors lose touch with reality, completely giving themselves to their emotions. Adults and children, forgetting everything in the world, are happy to communicate with these amazing birds.
What is interesting institution?
The café is located a short walk from Ikebukoro Station. The room is small, so it is better to book a place in advance. There are always a lot of visitors waiting for 14 Sov. They can be viewed, photographed, ironed, picked up. The entrance ticket allows you to spend an hour here, and this time flies by unnoticed.
At the entrance the employee gives the guest a safety instruction, written in English. The price of the ticket includes a bottle of juice or beer of your choice. Employees help pose for photoshoots with an owl on the arm or on the head.
Among the owls are the American eagle owl, motley owl, owl, tortuous owl, several species of otters and a tropical owl.
The ticket is easiest to order through the Internet. The price of entry during the week is $ 11.5, and at the weekend $ 13. However, if you place photo cafe on social networks, you get a discount of about $ 1.
Owls sit on pedestals, tied with long ropes. You can approach them, touch them, pick them up. This must be done carefully, so as not to harm the bird. Owls are adorable and it is an absolute pleasure to communicate so closely with them. To communicate with large birds with sharp claws, protective gloves are given out. It's nice to see how gently the employees of the cafe handle birds.
Owners of owls can come with their pets, and those who wish to take this or that bird can leave an order. Before leaving, you can buy a souvenir in the machine, for example, a small toy owl.
How to get there?
The cafe is located in Tokyo. Take the JR train to Ikebukuro station and walk 2 minutes on foot to the right of the exit.