“Neko-chan…” I heard one of the rickshaw guys said to me as I walked past them. I was wearing my cat ears that day (yes, I love wearing weird stuff on my head). I couldn’t understand the rest of the stuff he said, but I did turn around and smile.
When walking around Asakusa, you will definitely find plenty of rickshaws. I got a little obsessed in taking photos of these rickshaw tour guides, because they looked so cool.
You know what I mean?! ;) But anyways, we were walking around Asakusa, after our trip to Sensoji & Nakamise-dori, when we stumbled upon a cat cafe called Cafe Calaugh.
I’ve been to a cat cafe before in Ikebukuro and I totally loved the experience! Two of my friends who travelled to Japan with us last December haven’t been, so when we walked past Cafe Calaugh, we just had to enter…
Different cat cafes have different rules. The Ikebukuro joint I went to was more of a cat enclosure where we would pay an hourly fee to play with the cats (although you get free vending machine drinks and some cookies). This particular one is more of a cafe…
We walked in, they greeted us and gave us a menu. We had to have at least a drink each and we could then take our time playing with the cats!
I chose this yummy yuzu soda, which I’d gladly go back for. But hey, that wasn’t the reason why we entered Cafe Calaugh, so let’s just get to the cats…
This was our cat (well, the one that was closest to us when we came in). Totes adorbs, yeah?! We patted and took photos and played with it. My hubby read magazines and manga, since he’s not a big cat person. But somehow, the cat really liked him and even jumped on him at one point! LOL.
Note: do not wear cat ears in a cat cafe. The cat seemed petrified by my cat ears. Ha!
I would gladly return to Cafe Calaugh (or any cat cafe for that matter). The cafe attendants were really friendly too.
Sadly, we couldn’t stay for too long because we have booked our Sumida River boat cruise tickets to go to Odaiba from Asakusa, at 2pm. Cafe Calaugh was literally just opposite the bridge area, so it was quick and easy for us to reach the pier.
I know most people would be interested in taking photos of the Tokyo Skytree tower, but for me, I was more intrigued by the Asahi Beer golden icon. Omoshiroiii…
We boarded our boat, but sadly there were a lot of people in front of us, and by the time we entered, all the good seats were taken. Which was pretty pointless, because the whole idea of taking the boat was to see the sceneries. I managed to find an okay seat that would allow me to still take photos, but my hubby was stuck in the middle with no view.
How cool are those old traditional fishing boats…
The view wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t that special either. So all in all, I’d say don’t bother with taking the rather expensive boat trip. Plan your Odaiba trip by taking the Yurikamone Line instead!
We arrived at Odaiba Seaside Pier and were ready for our second part of the adventure. I will of course blog about that soon…
But first, this was my favourite photo from the whole Asakusa trip:
This old man had so much swag. Fixin’ his bow tie like a boss!
Melbourne will open its first cat cafe soon. Will you be going? Why/why not? Let me know below…
Melbourne cat cafe! Of course I’ll be going! :D WHY? Cuz they’re so adorable!
Hi Julie, me and hubby are planning for our second trip to Japan this September and came across your blog while surfing for useful info for our trip. I say your blog is super cool, very comprehensive with lots of great photos! I haven’t read your entire blog yet but I get the feeling that you visited Odaiba more than once. You mentioned in here about taking Yurikamone line, but I wonder if you have ever taken the Rinkai line as well. And if you have, which one will you recommend more? Thanks before ^ ^
Hello Shu! :) It’s good to know another Japan-lover Indo-Melbournian!!! Hehe. Thanks for the kind comments. And no, I haven’t taken the Rinkai line before, so I can’t tell you which one is better. But with Japanese public transport, I believe you can’t go wrong either way – it just depends on where you start your journey and where you want to go in Odaiba! Seems like Yurikamone covers more Odaiba touristy areas, making it more convenient. Plus the awesome views from the front of the train (since it’s electric so there’s no driver at the front of the train to obstruct your views!) Hope that helps. Let me know if you have more questions… I’m so jealous of your trip in September.