What to do if you love cats but work long hours, have a no-pets-allowed apartment, or are constantly traveling? In Japan, you'd go to Calico, a cafe in Tokyo that lets customers have a cup of tea and play with the feline staff. According to a writer at globalpost.com, when Calico first opened in March 2007 it was "an oddity and the preserve of lonely women and cat fanciers. It is now staggeringly popular. This March it opened a second branch in the high-rent Shinjuku business and shopping district. Last October it published a glossy coffee table book featuring its "feline staff." The original branch is so packed that reservations are recommended on weekends." The cafe charges about $9 for an hour of fur-fueled catisfaction.
--AndreaLeigh
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