Ryokan is the name of Japanese hotels, where you can experience the traditional lifestyle, with a long history, often located in tourist areas with hot springs. The interior design of ryokan is usually quite simple, elegant and basic amenities.
My Cat Yugawara, a ryokan in the hot spring town of Yugawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, lets guests try out the experience of owning a cat so they can find out if they really want to adopt a permanent pet.
My Cat Yugawara Hotel offers cat adoption services with simple, elegant rooms in a traditional style.
Guests will share a room with a random cat. The cat will arrive at 5:30 pm and sleep with you until about 9 am the next morning. Of course, the purpose of arranging a cat to stay with you is not for entertainment.
Instead, you will be responsible for taking care of the cat. You will need to do the usual cat care tasks such as feeding the cat, managing the litter box using tools such as a shovel and toilet paper that the staff will provide you upon check-in.
Cat care tools that the hotel prepares for guests
For first-timers, they are required to attend at least one training session at the hotel's cat cafe, so that the staff can ensure that they are comfortable around cats and that the cats are comfortable around them.
During your time with cats, you may discover the troubles and discomforts that this animal sometimes brings. For example, the cat's meowing in the middle of the night will wake you up or the cat will leave a bad smell, hair loss in the room or sometimes the cat's naughty curiosity will upset and invade your personal belongings. Sometimes, the cat will bite and tear your clothes, damage your expensive handbags...
The hotel's adorable cat "attendants"
The experience of trying to raise a cat helps people who have never owned a pet understand the feeling and work involved and make the right choice when deciding to adopt a cat.
It is understood that My Cat Yugawara hopes to help guests realize their personal commitment to their pets. If, after spending time at the hotel with cats, they are certain they want to adopt a cat and also want to take the cat they stayed with overnight, the hotel is willing to give the pet cat away.
Guests can choose a pet cat on the hotel website.
The price for a one-night stay at My Cat Yugawara is 4,950 Yen, equivalent to about more than 1 million VND/person, and the fee for the cat adoption service is 2,200 Yen, about 480,000 VND, the prices do not include meals.
More information
Address: 244-1 Fukuura, Yugawara Town, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture 259-0311
Phone: 0465-43-8651
Website:My Cat Yugawara
