KYOTO OWL'S FOREST

Meeting the owls

It is a cute small place with ~10 owls. They sit there during the day and fly in the main place to stay active and healthy. Personnel is welcoming and informative. It feels that the owls get there as ...

please don't support this establishment

I visited this owl cafe last week and have not gone one day without thinking about it. We initially thought it was a sanctuary or some sort of owl rehab where you could see them up close, but upon ent...

Beautiful birds but they could barely move, really sad

It was an interesting idea and my dad was visiting while I study in Japan - he loves birds so we thought we would go. I don't know why I was expecting the owls to be free and flying around, maybe beca...

A fun 30 minutes

We didn’t visit the owls, but spent some time with the Bengal cats. You get thirty minutes with the cats, and a free drink is included with admission, although it’s only from a vending machine. Sittin...

Owls were beautiful, but pesky ethics

I guess I was naively expecting something like a big dark room where owls got to fly and we got to observe them from somewhere, but even though it was a really cool experience to be able to look close...