On October 12, the cat cafe "Five Cats" (Kurotaki, Hirosaki, TEL 090-1276-5326) opened in the Soma area of Hirosaki City (formerly Soma Village).

This shop sells handmade miscellaneous goods so that you can interact with 7 cats. A couple of Atsuko Sasaki and Naoki opened the business with the idea that "I want to revitalize something in the Soma area where I live." The name of the store comes from having five cats, and it's called a grocery store that started about three years ago.

Atsuko recalled, "There were many hurdles before opening the store." We had many consultations with the public health center, banks, and animal welfare center for the opening of business, and we worked together for a year and a half to reach the opening. "I often get depressed because of depression and sometimes healed by a cat. I want the cat to heal me as well."

Atsuko-san will be in charge of selling "fragrance bottles" (500 yen each) that mix Himalayan rock salt with essential oil, room sprays (500 yen), herbarium aroma reed defeather (2,000 yen and up), and accessories. .. Naoki is in charge of Tsugaru kogin sashimi items (800 yen and up) and plant dyed yarn (350 yen and up), which are handed down to the Tsugaru region. "White coffee" (1 pack = 1,080 yen), which is characterized by extremely shallow roasting, and "Apple pie" (250 yen), ordered from the "Meme Club" of women of Hirosaki apple farmers, are also on sale. To do.

The store is about 5 tsubo. A cat tower with a height of about 2 meters will be installed in the center, and playground equipment such as cats will be placed. The price is 1,000 yen for adults, 800 yen for junior high school students, and 500 yen for elementary school students (1 hour for each). With one drink. You can take photos freely.

The cats enrolled are said to be cats that have been taken over or approached from the recruitment of foster parents. Naoki says, "Hirosaki has many stray cats and abandoned cats. We want to contribute even a little to the reduction of stray cats, and we want to contribute a part of the sales to funding for castration surgery in the future."

Business hours are from 10:00 to 18:00. Closed on Tuesdays.