Goat cafes , rabbit cafes , even loneliness-curing Moomin cafes . Cat cafes started in Taiwan , but really took off in Japan , where there are now reportedly 150 . New openings this year include cafes in London , New York and Melbourne , Australia . The first cat cafe was opened by a Taiwanese entrepreneur named Lin Hsiao-yung at the Taipei 101 shopping mall in 2005.
Cat cafes started in Taiwan , but really took off in Japan , where there are now reportedly 150 . New openings this year include cafes in London , New York and Melbourne , Australia . The first cat cafe was opened by a Taiwanese entrepreneur named Lin Hsiao-yung at the Taipei 101 shopping mall in 2005.