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IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. BENTO BOX LUNCH, CUTE FACE CHARACTER BENTOS RECIPES & TECHNIQUES.


BENTO BOX LUNCH, CUTE FACE CHARACTER BENTOS RECIPES & TECHNIQUES. IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

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Filming for TV shows is fun, but the all-day-and-all-night schedule can be taxing. Especially on travel shows, which try to cram as many locations as possible into a single day. The Canal Plus French crew took a much-needed break for a bento lunch. Famous host Antoine de Caunes holds up his box.

BENTO BOX LUNCH, CUTE FACE CHARACTER BENTOS RECIPES & TECHNIQUES. IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

Every time I open up a bento box, a sense of calm washes over me. Everything is so beautifully compartmentalized: the salmon, veggies, rice. Ahh.

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

Once we were fed, we piled back into the TV crew van. Onwards, to a cat cafe in Ikebukuro.

Every Tokyo neko cafe has a resident Scottish Fold, but this one isn’t nearly as round or earless as my Basil Farrow…

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

Antoine did a hilarious ad lib gag with the black cat. He pretended to sneeze and wipe his snotty hand on the kitty’s fur!

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

My Lolita cake hat, gifted from Agent Lover, is not edible. But I brought Antoine some cute food…

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

After he was through with them, the kawaii faces were destroyed!

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

Cat cafes are pretty amazing. Felines roam around the establishment, and visitors can pet and play with them, while sipping on cafe lattes.

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

Antoine also did an impromptu speech with the cats that had us cracking up.

IKEBUKURO CAT CAFE, NEKOROBI NEKO CATS IN TOKYO, JAPAN. ねころび 東京都池袋にある猫カフェです。猫と戯れる癒しの FUNNY JAPANESE FAD, TREND, THEME RESTAURANT. FRANCE JAPAN TRAVEL TV SHOW, TOQUE DE TOKYO DOCUMENTARY. cosplay outfits, ANTOINE DE CAUNES JAPON DOCUMENTAIRE: CANAL PLUS. FRENCH TRAVEL TV SHOW, CO-HOSTED BY LA CARMINA. CANAL + DOCUMENTARY WITH Eurotrash host, peter stuart, tv programmes, tour à Tokyo, rapido television, japanese fashion style, pop culture, weird japan, tv show, documentaire, tv host, CUTE models GIRLS lolita dress. travel show host, coolhunting, consultant

I’ll post video clips from Toque de Tokyo, the Canal Plus French documentary, soon. Til then, you can see behind-the-scenes coverage here on my blog.

Intrigued by Japanese cat cafes? There are more stories and color photos in my Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo book.

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38 Comments

  1. Jrockonhigh
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 11:25 pm | Permalink

    I’ve heard about them before but I think I have my own cat cafe at home (I have four cats).

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:58 am | Permalink

      hahah true! You can charge people to visit your home and play with them XD

  2. Yume
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 11:25 pm | Permalink

    cute!

  3. Jrockonhigh
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 11:25 pm | Permalink

    I’ve heard about them before but I think I have my own cat cafe at home (I have four cats).

  4. Teknicolor Dahlia
    Posted December 29, 2010 at 11:52 pm | Permalink

    I’ve always wanted to visit a cat cafe, but my boyfriend always points out that I live in a cat cafe XD

    But those cats seem to be so much more well-behaved! They’re not trying to sit on your face like mine do.

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:58 am | Permalink

      These cats are always special breeds (like American Curls, Scottish Folds) and very well socialized. The cafes are nice places to hang out.

  5. マリアちゃん
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 12:05 am | Permalink

    kawaii the food! *¬*
    I’m starting to be hungry xD.

  6. Rash_boug
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 2:39 am | Permalink

    Wow!! I love it *・゜゚・*:.。..。.:*・'(*゚▽゚*)’・*:.。. .。.:*・゜゚・* food looks adorable!!!!

  7. Lauren
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:10 am | Permalink

    cute. cute. cute.
    i want to visit one someday.

  8. Christina
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:17 am | Permalink

    Aww! Cute blog, looks like you had fun! : )

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:59 am | Permalink

      It was a very funny scene… Antoine is brilliant at ad-libbing jokes. So so fun.

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:59 am | Permalink

      It was a very funny scene… Antoine is brilliant at ad-libbing jokes. So so fun.

  9. Glitch
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:49 am | Permalink

    That cat cafe looks so cool. I could chill with a beverage while petting some cats.
    That foods looks so good too. That means now I have to buy your bento book. XD

  10. Katherine
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:12 am | Permalink

    Ummm sounds fun, but sumhow I think unsanitary. Teehee :)

  11. Katherine
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:12 am | Permalink

    Ummm sounds fun, but sumhow I think unsanitary. Teehee :)

  12. Juliana
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:14 am | Permalink

    wooow cat cafes seem like real fun!!

  13. Juliana
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:14 am | Permalink

    wooow cat cafes seem like real fun!!

  14. Hege
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:14 am | Permalink

    Yeah, I have..! Wanna visit one ^^

  15. Hege
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:14 am | Permalink

    Yeah, I have..! Wanna visit one ^^

  16. Leanne
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:15 am | Permalink

    I went looking for a dog cafe, as I much prefer puppies, but the one near Shinjuku Park was only a cafe for ppl w their own dogs.

  17. Leanne
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 4:15 am | Permalink

    I went looking for a dog cafe, as I much prefer puppies, but the one near Shinjuku Park was only a cafe for ppl w their own dogs.

  18. Barbarella Buchner
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 11:12 am | Permalink

    When I was in Tokyo in April I managed to go to two cat cafés, the Nekobukuro and the Calico Cat Café. They were amazing. I was in heaven there. :)

    Here is my video from the Calico:
    http://goo.gl/w55DV

    And the Nekobukuro photos and video:
    http://goo.gl/VGqfe

  19. Kimengumisan
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 11:52 am | Permalink

    “Toqué de Tokyo” is very funny ^^

  20. Udom19
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 12:06 pm | Permalink
  21. ☆ Parangnabi ☆
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 12:39 pm | Permalink

    loving that place *_* cats all around *_*

  22. Leda
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 12:57 pm | Permalink

    I went to a cat cafe with friends in Ichikijouji this past August. It was a really neat cafe that served organic food/drinks and some of the cats were rescues. Really sweet cats. One kept playing with our friend (or rather chewing playfully on him). I would definitely go to a cat cafe again.

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 11:17 pm | Permalink

      That’s really nice… usually the cats are purebreds, so it’s awesome to hear about a place that has rescues.

  23. Magnales
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 1:08 pm | Permalink

    I ordered my copy of the theme restaurant book a few days ago, it should arrive tomorrow! Can’t wait. I’d love to go to a catcafe but I’ll need to own a cat for a year or so to come over my slightly allergy for cats >.<

    • lacarmina
      Posted December 30, 2010 at 11:20 pm | Permalink

      You are amazing. Thanks so much for your support! Let me know what you think of the book ;)

  24. Toni
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

    Nice food!

  25. Calixa
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

    This TV show was awesome ^^

  26. Lucy
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 3:30 pm | Permalink

    Oh yeah, I can’t wait for watching thic documentary! >w< You're svery lucky, Antoine de Caunes is so funny! <3

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