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PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center:Pig café in Japan drawing dozens of curious diners who want to snuggle with swine
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Date:2025-04-06 23:43:04
Calling someone a pig isn't really an insult in these cafés because that's exactly what its residents are.
First,PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center there were cat cafés, otter cafés and even bunny cafés. And now, pig cafés have Japan buzzing.
The Mipig Café in Harajuku is one of the spots where tourists and locals can pay to cuddle and pet one of these mini piggies
“It was wonderful," Brad Loomis, a software engineer from Pullman, Washington, told AP News. "Very relaxing and enjoyable,”
Loomis visited the café with his 21-year-old daughter, Paige. They, along with dozens of patrons, were taking selfies and "breaking into huge smiles," while the pigs walked around the room and looked for a lap to snuggle up on, writes the AP.
Customers can pay $15, or 2,200 yen, to spend time with the micropigs. Reservations are required, but once inside, guests can cuddle and pet pigs that won't grow bigger than the size of a Corgi, reports the AP.
According to the news outlet, there are 10 Mipigs Cafés opened around Japan, and two more will be opening later this year. The first one opened in Tokyo in 2019.
"If you're in Japan and don't know what to do then you need to come here," says TikToker Grace Cheng, @GracieTravels, in her video about the Mipig located in Tokyo.
Cheng says that while the café recommends customers stay for one to two hours, her party only needed an hour at the café.
"You literally just have pigs roaming around you the entire time," she says. "A lot of them will actually come up and snuggle with you, too."
What do pigs feel like?
"If I have to describe their fur, it feels like I'm touching the back of a dude's head with a buzz cut," said TikToker Anna, @baefrombay in her video.
Anna said she learned " so much" about pigs in the 30 minutes she spent at the cafe.
Pig cafés aren't just popular in Japan. The following photos are of a pig cafe in Shanghai, China.
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