Usagi to Cafe (Cafe with Rabbits)

Matt with Roo, very kind and fluffy bunny.

Over Golden Week, which is a week that has three holidays in a row (Tues, Wed, Thurs), we went to Nagoya again with a few friends.  This trip's specific purpose?  To visit a rabbit cafe located in a really pretty part of the city.  We discovered it when looking up cat cafes in Nagoya after visiting one in Tokyo.  Since Matt would love to have a bunny if he could, it made sense to visit the cafe and see if we enjoyed actual bunnies as much as the concept of bunnies.

They did not disappoint.  The cafe is set up differently from a cat cafe, mostly because bunnies are a bit... dirtier.  The cats are allowed to roam around actual cafe space, but they can be trusted to hold their bodily functions until a litter box, and they're fastidious with personal hygiene.  The bunnies, while they can be trained to go in a specific place, don't mind peeing and pooping anywhere.  At one point, a very calm lop who had been chilling on my lap for some time moved off to the side.  He promptly flopped down again for more pets, and when I moved the blanket, I discovered why: he had peed on it and it was no longer comfortable.

Bon Bon, an inquisitive bunny.

   

Simba, the lion bunny.

To handle this dirty factor, the cafe was made up of two rooms: a front room with tables and merch, and a bunny room.  At the door of the bunny room is super industrial strength hand sanitizer and special shoes to wear inside.  The two rooms are kept very separate.  The bunny room itself is kept very clean as well.  All the bunnies were incredibly soft and fluffy, with healthy coats.

In this video clip, an adorably sweet and fluffy bunny doesn't want to go back in his cage.  The bunnies were rotated in and out of their cages rather quickly, so they all got plenty of chances to roam and visit.  As visitors, we were not allowed to pick up the bunnies.  They had full power of attorney and chose to climb on our laps, or dart around sniffing everything.  For example, one rabbit named Princess decided she wanted to settle between someone's back and a wall.  They were on the average a lot friendlier and a lot less scared than I thought they would be.  Matt and I decided it wouldn't be so bad to have a bunny!  

Here's Darvish, a really cute lop.  She's 5 years old, one of the calmest bunnies, and the mother of several of the other rabbits.  No wonder she's tired!

We had a really great time and definitely want to go back.  It's nice to be able to go places and pet fuzzy cute critters, when you can't have a pet.  Yay Japan!