Lizard owls are popular in Japanese "Special Animal Cafe"

In the cafe

Owls, lizards and other animals usually can only be seen in zoos, but now there are many coffee shops in Japan that can have "close contact" with these animals. Not only can you watch it in these stores, but many of them can actually touch it. These animals full of personality are sometimes unexpectedly close to people, so they are especially respected by female customers.

"Owl Shop Osaka Store" is located in Osaka Tian Shenqiao tendon Store Street. There are more than 10 owls raised here, from small owls 15 centimeters long to large owls more than 50 centimeters long, all tied with ropes and perched on the perch. Customers only need to spend 1000 yen (61 yuan) to order a drink and have free contact with the owl. However, the coffee shop adopts an one-hour rotation system and must leave after an hour, and the guests who are waiting outside will come in. It can hold up to 15 people at a time.

Whenever the owl flaps its wings, there is laughter everywhere in the shop. "I found the store on the Internet," said a male employee in Ehime Prefecture, who put the owl on his head and took pictures with his colleagues. The man who came with his wife put the owl on his hand and "always wanted to touch it." there was a sense of satisfaction in his words.

"I have devoted love to breeding, and they are used to getting in touch with people," says Ito Tung Chong, a specialist at Owl Family, which runs the coffee shop. The charm of owls is that "sometimes they close their eyes, sometimes they shake their heads, and they are so expressive that they don't get tired of watching it all day."

If you have a favorite owl, you can also buy it and go home. It is said that only a year after opening, about 40 owls have been bought.

The coffee shop does not accept telephone reservations and must go to the shop in person. At the weekend, long queues formed outside the store just to make an appointment. "Owl Store" also has stores in the central district of Tokyo and Bodo District of Fukuoka City in Japan, and is expected to open new branches in Sapporo City this summer.

The selling point for close contact with reptiles is the Yokohama subtropical teahouse in Yokohama. As long as you order a cup of green tea around 800-1000 yen, you can stay there indefinitely.

The waist-high fence surrounds a corner of the table-filled store where about 10 turtles and lizards are kept. You can touch it freely after saying hello to the shop assistant. "reptiles don't like to be lifted, so please touch them gently," said the shopkeeper, Nomo.

There are various sinks on the walls, and customers can observe salamanders and geckos while drinking tea. Most of the customers who patronize the store are women in their twenties and thirties. Nagano said, "because it is troublesome to buy bait, or because of family opposition, like but do not raise reptiles and so on." The shop is open from 11:00 to 7pm and closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. From a health point of view, pregnant women and preschoolers are refused reception.

There is a coffee shop called small Zoo Coffee (cafe little zoo) in Ishino City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where you can work with all kinds of animals, from raptors to reptiles. The coffee shop has eight owls, 15 lizards and turtles, and snakes more than 2 meters long. Eagles can only be seen on Saturdays and Sundays. Lizards and snakes are kept in the sink on the wall, and customers can take them out and touch them if necessary. Owls and eagles are tied to the perch in the store.