Tokyo - Visiting Owl Cafe

FRIDAY JANUARY 24TH, TOKYO

The night before Henkka's birthday. Tokyo, Japan

It was Henkka's birthday morning and our couchsurfing host made all his guests sing happy bday song to Henkka. Our awesome host also gave him 1000¥ as a birthday gift. We had breakfast, packed our backpacks and headed to Tokyo city center to meet our friend Natsuka. We went to a kaiten-zushi place and ate a little before the birthday surprise the girls had planned.

Our couchsurfing host Tomo, Emmi and Henkka at Tomo's place in Tokyo.

Natsuka had made a reservation for us to visit owl cafe 'Owl No Mori' which is a place where you can see, pet and even hold living owls on your arm. There are certain times when guests are allowed to hold the owls so we were lucky to get there right on that time. The admission fee was 860¥  per person which is less than 8 euros and it includes one free soft drink, coffee or tea. There were about 30 different type of owls to admire. You can't take video but you can take as many pictures as you want without flash.

Owl Cafe's sign.

Our friend Natsuka holding Owl Cafe's rules.

Henkka petting the first owl that we saw.

Emmi holding one of the smaller owls.

Emmi petting a barn owl.

Henkka holding one of the biggest owls at the cafe.

A tawny frogmouth didn't really look like an owl.

The owls were tame and calm even though they flew away occasionally.

You could put a small hat on their head if you wanted to.

Both of us liked the the owls very much.

Countlessmilesandsmiles recommends Owl No Mori because the price is good compared to what you get out of the experience especially if you go there when they let people hold the owls. We advise visitors to call and ask when they let people to hold the owls because they only do it certain times and only for an hour at a time.

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Henkka wanted to take this little fella with us.

The staff let us hold as many owls as we wanted.

Our experience at Owl No Mori was unique and unforgettable. The place was clean and staff was friendly and hospitable and they could speak little English which is rare in Japan. Visiting Owl No Mori was awesome and it's hard to break into the top 5 experiences of our trip. We rate Owl Cafe Owl No Mori 5/5 and it goes to the top 5 among the other best experiences so far. 

They got a little sleepy after all the petting and holding.

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Thanks for reading and see you soon!

Memi & Henkka