Owl Cafe

[cajeko]

I want to visit the owl cafe during my trip on a Sunday ><

Anyone know what time are they opened for reservations?? I know the official cafe opens at 12noon, will they open earlier just for reservations?


Thanks!

 

[dreamcloud]

no reservation walk in to get a slot

 

[Lafiel]

where is it

 

[JetFixation]

This is pretty interesting!

 

[lcpteck]

Cool, is there such a cafe in Osaka or it's only in Tokyo?

 

[Vina1010]

I want to visit the owl cafe during my trip on a Sunday ><

Anyone know what time are they opened for reservations?? I know the official cafe opens at 12noon, will they open earlier just for reservations?


Thanks!

where is the cafe?
i wanna visit when i m going tokyo next mth ^^

 

[hgkiaboon]

where is the cafe?
i wanna visit when i m going tokyo next mth ^^

near tsukishima station.

 

[bryando]

Anyone has experience with the cafe to share? Very interested but scared due to language....cant speak japanese

 

[travbling]

Also cannot speak or read japanese. So how?

 

[hgkiaboon]

You guys know a bit of Googling would have answered all your questions yeah?
Japan isn't a sub-Saharan farming community. Most of the younger generation would have a basic knowledge of English.

Outside the cafe there is a signboard with the timeslots available for the day and whether they are filled or not. Just let the cafe know which available slot you would like to have, then go off and walk around until it's your appointed time. No phone reservations; no prior reservations. Only same-day reservations are entertained.

The owl cafe works +- the same as a cat cafe. Go in, buy a drink (a sort of cover charge, if you will) and enjoy your time with the owls. No flash photography and no behaving like an obnoxious Chinese tourist (I mean talking loudly and being a total ass).

Opening hours are:

Mon/Tues - Closed
Wed/Thurs - 2pm - 6pm
Friday - 2pm - 9pm
Sat - 12pm - 9pm
Sun - 12pm - 6pm

Directions: Gate 10 of Tsukishima Station, Tokyo Metro Yurakucho/Toei Oedo Line

You're welcome.

 

[cajeko]

I guess my question probably isn't clear enough, sorry

I have all that information from googling, it's really useful!!..Yes i know same day reservations/booking of slots but I would actually just want to find out what time does the cafe staff start taking slots/reservations before the opening hours stated.

My friends went an hour earlier and at 1pm and they gotten a slot at 7pm. Hence, I was wondering, how early should i reach there to get an earlier slot.

Thank you, if anyone has the reply to my question!


P.S. They have it in Osaka too and even in Tokyo, its not just the one in Tsukishima.

I think a helpful link with super cute owl photos and how it's like inside is Who Thinks Japan's Owl Cafes Are a Hoot?

 

[JetFixation]

So I visited recently


And to sum it up it was an awesome experience. I went at 3:10 PM and managed to get slots for 4PM. (If i had been 20 mins earlier I would have likely been able to join the 4PM slot.

Paid 2000 Yen and it came with a coffee. If you prefer a beer it costs 200 Yen more.

There are about 10+ owls you can play with, some will be on rest days so you can only look at them.

From those you can play with, they range from little baby ones to some that are quite big. You are allowed to sit them on your hand or shoulder or even your head. But the owls will poop at any times so you there is a risk that they may poop on you.
When they poop it is a quite huge splash lol.


The owls are absolutely majestic and magnificent. When you hold them you really get to appreciate their beauty.
When I first walked up to a few of them, I thought they were fake as it looks completely inanimate when they don’t move.

Their feathers were really soft when you pet them and they have brilliant eyes that lock on to whatever they are focused on - when you move their bodies you can see their heads will move so they can still see what they are focused on.

No problems at all with biting / claws. The owls were very tame and had no issues with you touching them on their heads.

Overall it was completely worth it to me, I think I may even come back to visit it or try the ones in Osaka. If you are planning to visit, check out the webpage as different days have different opening hours. Also weekends will likely be harder as more locals will visit.

Thanks to the OP for sharing this =)

If you guys have any questions let me know and I’ll try to answer them!

 

[kifo]

I just went to google about the Osaka Owl cafe and found the information on this blogpost:

https://wildheartwithasoftspot.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/owl-cafes-in-osaka-are-a-hoot/
There is a map on the blogpost and the opening times.

But I think the most important information on that blogpost is this opinion at the end of the post:

My brother Matt, his friend Tim, and I upon sitting down in the cafe and seeing the actual setting immediately felt guilty and very sad for the animals. Yes they are kept clean, healthy and fed and it’s obvious to anyone that the birds are very well cared for…..but they are also kept leashed at all times, are never free to fly, spend their days in a tiny little cubicle on a shelf if off-duty, are kept awake during the day when they would rather be sleeping being nocturnal animals, and forced to endure noisy hours being entertainment for camera-happy people. That doesn’t sound like a happy life to me, does it to you?

I sense with the gaining popularity of owl cafes that soon many more will open. I feel a bit guilty adding fuel to a craze that I cannot support whole-heartedly out of concern for the well-being of the owls. It was too late for us to change our minds when we got there as we had invested a lot of time and effort to get there (and I’ll admit we didn’t leave because we were excited)…but a big part of me did want to leave when I first sat down. I wonder now if I had hit the pause button on my excitement when I first found out about the existence of owl cafes, and really stopped to think about the ethics of what I was suggesting to my travel companions, if I would have gone? I promised myself if I blogged about this experience I would also mention and question the ethics of it too, so as to bring greater awareness to the situation.

 

[samtcy]

We visited the owl cafe in Tsukishima where the awesome never ends

Cafe's official website:
http://ameblo.jp/fukurounomise/

I assume this is the owl cafe you are referring to, TS?

 

[droozy]

use iphone able to take pic clear ?

 

[kenchi]

use iphone able to take pic clear ?

depend on your iphone is which model
and best go for a real camera

 

[gundamhamtaro]

use iphone able to take pic clear ?

Why not? I guess that will depend on your camera capabilities and your skills.

 

[agony2]

But I think the most important information on that blogpost is this opinion at the end of the post:

Pretty much why I decided not to go... A bit too cruel. Now, rabbit cafe tho...

 

[JetFixation]

use iphone able to take pic clear ?

Here are two pictures I took with my iPhone 6 P. The lighting conditions are quite low but you should still be able to get some nice shots.

The owls are brought up by the owners since hatching from eggs so they treat humans like family and are completely comfortable with us petting them on their heads.

Sure they do get chained up during the owl visiting periods but they also do get to fly as the cafe staff did mentioned that some of the bigger ones are flight trained so they will fly to the staff when they are called.

I will not get into the ethics regarding the perceived cruelty towards the owls.
I've always felt owls were intriguing and mysterious creatures. All I will say is that I thoroughly loved the experience and if anything it has left me with even more fondness for them.

 

[xtwis7]

I saw a baby owl online and would have wanted to visit it. But looking at the sheer number of visitors, I also feel quite sad that the owls have to entertain so many visitors everyday where they can be quite tired. I'm sure the staff takes good care of them but the owls might feel stressed still.

It looked pretty dark inside too so wondering if the lighting was intentional to not make it too bright for the owls.