Bird Cafe is popular 80% of the customers in Japan are women

BEIJING, May 11 (Xinhua) According to Japan's Kyodo News Agency, with parrot, parrot in Japan among young women popularity surge. "Birdie Cafe" has been opened one after another in various places, and in addition to this, goods and food based on parrot have also appeared one after another. The reasons why women like parrot include "the touch and song are relaxing", and its unique "smell" similar to flowers and food is also the secret of popularity.

Birdie Cafe Omotesando (Tokyo), which opened in February last year, houses 25 birds of eight species, including budgerigars and white cockatoos, in a large bird cage. The concept of the store is "coffee time with birds."

About 80% of customers come to the store to be women, especially popular is the pet parrot project. There is a charge, and Thursday is a free experience day once a week. After the store opened on Thursday, young female customers poured in. Miki Aoki, a 30-year-old employee at a company in Sozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, who claims to keep budgies at home, smiles and says,"They are very smart and their every move is very interesting." I'm satisfied just looking at it. Since we couldn't keep large parrots at home, we came here to relax."

"Birdie Cafe" President Shiho Kawabe said: "Cafe in the bird lovers membership system on social networking sites became a hot topic, the response was unexpected." In addition, colorful bird stationery and tableware and other commodities are also very popular.

In addition to the Birdie Cafe, which plans to open a second store in Tokyo, similar cafes have been opened in various places since last year. It was a cafe in Kobe that set off the craze. Umekawa Chihiro, the store manager, believes that the reason why it is so popular is that "parrots are close to people, and their songs can also relax people." The needs of the times." And there is another fascinating little secret. Mei Chuan revealed that "parrot smell similar to flowers and nuts, in fact, many bird lovers prefer parrot smell."

Taiaki Hoshino, general manager of a pet store specializing in parrots in Tokyo, said that the popularity of birds as pets had plummeted due to bird flu and began to recover gradually two or three years ago. Hoshino said,"Parrots are beautiful and intelligent, and they don't need to walk. They are the most suitable pets for professional women and the elderly." (Zhongxin. com Life Channel)