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Manager Fuwa Maria says the shop has a casual, at-home environment that’s relaxing for customers and rabbits alike.
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Andressa, a Brazilian-born rabbit lover from the United States, pets a Jersey wooly.
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A mini rex nibbles on a vegetable treat. Ra.A.G.F. keeps seven different breeds of rabbit, including the droopy eared French lop and the Netherland dwarf of Peter Rabbit fame.
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Customers can sit back and relax with a cup of coffee or other drink and admire the serpents on display.
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Many customers choose to handle one or more of the snakes on staff. The Snake Center also assists patrons interested in purchasing their own pet serpent.
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The café keeps an array of nonvenomous snakes from around the world, including the brightly colored corn snake and several species of kingsnake. There is also a rare albino snake on display.
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Shop owner Tsuchiya Yukiko (right) started out breeding beagles but gradually moved into the dog café business. The shop’s puppy staff includes beagles, golden retrievers, and toy poodles.
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Many customers want to keep a dog but are unable to due to busy work or school schedules, or living arrangements that prevent it. Spending time at the shop allows dog fans to fulfill their longing for canine companionship.
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Surrounded by faithful pups, customers invariably burst out in satisfied grins.
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Sasaki Kaoru, a falconer for close to five decades, started the shop as a way for people to become more familiar with birds of prey.
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Kaoru’s wife (right) shows one of the shop’s birds. The Sasakis encourage fellow predatory bird owners to bring in their pet raptors.
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During hunting season the Sasakis take their birds on excursions to catch game birds like duck, partridge, and pheasant.
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