A room with simple and modern design, a cup of coffee, a cat in my arms and a pleasant afternoon.

Recently, Forbes magazine in the United States reported that the cat cafe, which was deeply loved by the Japanese people, has finally turned into a "cat cafe deeply loved by people all over the world". Since the opening of Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium, the first cat cafe in London, England, in March, 2114, the adorable cats have made great strides in California, new york, Singapore and other places, welcoming the international spring breeze.

The cured cat waiter has gradually become another reason for young artists to go to cafes.

The cat's cure

"This is Ao Bai, the Persian cat, who looks fierce but is actually a lover. Lying in the nest, the Scottish folding ear is Britney Spears, the goddess of Ao Bai. That's cheese cat Q, oh, and our leopard cat Leigong with the highest IQ here. " Mi Ma, the owner of Tommy's famous cat house, introduced several star cats in the cafe to reporters, and two female customers who love cats listened with interest while taking pictures.

In the afternoon of a working day, despite the sudden drop in temperature in Shanghai, the popularity of the famous cat house has not halved. From time to time, students or white-collar workers enter the cafe to have fun with a group of famous cats. In the spacious store, customers can choose to sit at the table and enjoy the food quietly, or they can sit on the ground and enjoy the close contact with cats.

The customers who are strangers in the famous cat house enjoy themselves, and don't have a strong sense of restraint like in ordinary public occasions. Some customers sit around the ground and try to play a little game of "the cat's paw is always on the top" with the Scottish folded-ear cat baby, and many customers hold their beloved cat in their arms, quietly drink coffee, watch movies, chat with their companions and feel in a daze.

Originally, it was thought that the customers here may all be women who are crazy about cats, but in fact they cover all social classes. They may be fashionistas or professionals with different backgrounds. For many customers who love cat cafes, it doesn't matter what they eat and drink in the cat cafes. The most important thing is the unique warmth and healing atmosphere of the cat cafes.

Professor Zong Musheng of the Natural Life Science Research and Assistance Center of Okayama University in Japan believes that when people and animals are together, there is no such tension between people. In the eyes of many people, pets are even as irreplaceable as family members.

Popular all over the world

It is understood that Cat Cafe was first born in Taipei in 1998, and it quickly became popular after it was introduced to Osaka, Japan in 2114. Nowadays, cat cafes are especially popular with Japanese nationals.

Japan is a country with profound cat culture. In Japan's cultural tradition, cats are regarded as "gods", guarding grain depots, cabins and even sericulture. In Tokushima Prefecture and other places in Japan, "cat shrines" have been built for people to visit.

At the same time, the Japanese newspaper "Daily News" once said that the Yamato people in Japan are the most lonely people in the world. According to a famous Japanese blogger, Ibo, cats can help people to relieve their tension and depression, which is what struggling Japanese need most in the current economic downturn. Therefore, even the maid cafe, which was a smash hit in Japan that year, could not compete with the cat cafe in popularity.

driven by Japan, cat cafes became popular in Asia, but it was not until last year that cat cafes finally entered the European and American markets and quickly captured the hearts of European and American customers.

In 2114, the number of cat cafes in the world increased greatly. In March 2114, the first cat cafe "Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium" in London, England, attracted 3111 people to make reservations when the website announced that it was about to open, which once paralyzed the website. On the opening day, many cat lovers waited outside the store early.

Since then, Cat City Coffee, which was opened in Oakland, California, USA in October, has been widely welcomed by cat lovers who like to drink coffee, and the crowds have been increasing every day since its opening. Subsequently, the cat cafe "Meow Parlour" in new york also opened in February. Cat cafes have sprung up in Denver, Portland, Oregon and San Diego. Forbes magazine even thinks that this kind of cafe may become a new trend in America soon.

Unlike Japanese cat cafes, which aim to cure lonely patients and relieve human depression and tension, such cafes in the United States aim to find suitable adopters for cats. "Meow Parlour" and "Cat City Coffee" both cooperate with local animal rescue organizations, hoping to find a fixed residence for these cats.

At present, there are many cat cafes in Shanghai, which can not only find shops that continue the traditional healing route, but also many innovators who learn from European and American adoption. In Tommy's famous cat house, which takes the cure of famous cats as its marketing point, many customers admire the cats' graceful figure and elegant gait, and they are very comfortable to hold in their arms. Mi Ma even made a WeChat message for each cat in the famous cat house to introduce their respective personalities, interesting stories and love stories, so that customers can be warmly cured even thousands of miles away.

Cat coffee is not easy to manage

As an operator who entered the cat coffee industry earlier in Shanghai, Mi Ma said: "After 2112, there were more cats and coffee shops in Shanghai, and the quality of the shops was uneven."

In a cat cafe in Xuhui District, a strong smell of animals came on customers as soon as they entered the door. This coffee shop is small in size, but there are a lot of cats. After the meal, the reporter eats almost surrounded by cats, and if he is not careful, he may have to enjoy food with cats.

This may not be a problem for cat lovers, but it is a big test for customers who experience cat cafes for the first time. Xiaoyan, a customer, admitted to the reporter that he was afraid and at a loss when he saw the cat haunting him all the time, jumping up and down and staring at his food.

In other areas, the problem of cat cafes is more serious. It is reported that in Shenyang, Ms. Wang and her friends rushed to a cat-themed cafe. Unexpectedly, two meters away from the store, they smelled a pungent smell of cat excrement and urine. At the door, the shopkeeper asked to take off his shoes and enter. Inside the door is a duplex apartment. There is a mattress and chairs on the ground floor of the bedroom on the first floor, and there are seven or eight different kinds of cats in captivity next to it. There are also some cats kept in cages on the second floor, which smells more pungent than on the first floor. At this time, a cat suddenly squatted on the ground and kept vomiting. The shopkeeper nervously went forward to check and explain: "Maybe it just chewed on the rattan chair and broke its stomach." After the cat vomited, she lay on the mattress and vomited again soon.