R.a.a.g.f Harajuku

Brilliant café concept, lovely rabbits to play with. The service was very attentive and spoke English which really helped. We stayed for an hour session and managed to have at least one of the rabbits we picked out of the cage.
They make it clear that some rabbits need to rest so each rabbit gets time out the cage and at least 15 mins.

We were actually trying to get into the cat café next door, but they were full. We ended up going to a cat café later but this was better! Much more intimate and less people makes for more comfortable and friendly animals. The bunnies were great!

This place is adorable! We almost died of cuteness. My friend, a Japanese Tokyo local recommended this place, I think he’s been before. We all bought buttons on our way out. I recommend buying the rabbit snacks. The rabbits will be more likely to hop up on your and let you pet them if they’re munching on something.

If you like rabbits and don’t own any, you should totally visit a rabbit café while in Japan! R.a.a.f.g is well-​known and has an English menu so we decided to check it out. It is located on the 3^rd floor of an apartment on a small side street in a residential part of Harajuku. It can be challenging to find but with GPS via our portable wifi device, we were able to locate it – look for the cute R.a.a.f.g. sign someone posted in the photos!
Since R.a.a.f.g is located in an apartment building, it seems like someone just had the ingenious idea of converting their apartment into a rabbit café. The café is small and only has two tables inside so it can only take two groups at a time. As such, reservations are necessary. But if you don’t have reservations and have a fairly flexible schedule, they can schedule you for a later time if you show up and they are full at the moment. We showed up without a reservation on a Monday at around 1:15 PM and they scheduled us for 2:30 PM that same day. We walked around and came upon Cat Street, which we had a hard time locating earlier so it worked out beautifully.
You must stay a minimum of 30 minutes (the time flies by!). It’s 700 yen per person for 30 minutes or 1100 yen per person for 1 hour. The cover charge includes your choice of a soft drink or tea. The cold lemon tea was very refreshing! You can purchase a little bowl of apple slices and veggies to feed the rabbits for an additional 150 yen.
There are many rabbits in cages that you can pet and feed. Some of them are polite and will daintily nibble the food you hold out for them while others are more excitable and might snatch the food out of your hand. You can also choose one rabbit to come out and play but choose wisely because you choose for the entire room! The café only allows one rabbit out at a time so that they don’t fight each other. You can change a rabbit once every 15 minutes so the other group and ours each got to choose one rabbit.
When a rabbit first comes out, it will likely head straight for the designated area to do its business for a couple minutes. It’s best not to lure the rabbit with fresh apples/​veggies at that time or the rabbit might pee around the room soon after haha.
This was a relaxing experience and offered nice reprieve from the sweltering heat of a Japanese summer’s day!

The rabbit café itself is I would say 5 stars because the rabbits are adorable and its a very interactive experience as they allow you to pat all the rabbits and take as many pictures as you like however I have ultimately rated it 3 stars.
As a rabbit lover and owner myself, just a pre warning to fellow Unilocalers going to visit… be completely aware that it is what it is. Its a rabbit café and also in a place like Tokyo where space is scarce.
The staff are very nice and welcoming and some even have pet rabbits themselves however the cages for the rabbits are tiny honestly, some on them cannot do a full stretch because the cage is just too small. This personally turned the experience into being a bittersweet one. However overall as a rabbit café it was very good just wish the bunnies had more cage space.

R.A.A.G.F. stands for Rabbit and Grow Fat (awesome name) is a nice calm and soothing departure from the very hectic Harajuku street nearby. It’s a little off the beaten path and requires you go down an alley to the 3^rd floor of a nondescript apartment. What you need to look for is the rabbit sign (photos included).
Reservations are needed here. But the good things is they can slot you in for a later time on the day of your visit if you show up the day of and forgot to reserve in advance.
The rule here is one rabbit every 15 minutes. (They clearly explain this is so they don’t fight each other or hump each other!) Which means if you reserve the minimum 30 minutes for 700 yen, you get 2 rabbits so choose wisely! Because everyone in the café shares that rabbit. Fortunately you can however take pics and pet all the over a dozen rabbits in the cages at all times.
One thing I would advise all rabbit lovers is to realize that some of these rabbits don’t get out much because they aren’t as cute or popular as the other rabbits. So if you choose the white rabbit on the bottom left corner with the red eyes, he’ll raise a ruckus once he gets out! He pawed at all the walls, tables, people and just gobble up all the rabbit food/​snacks. He even peed on one of us!
There’s a mega rabbit too that you have to ask for. He’s massive and incredibly fluffy.
If you’re super ambitious you can go here and then afterwards across the hall is the Choosy Cat Café.
There’s a pretty standard menu of hot or cold drinks you can order which are included as part of the admission fee. We ended up with teas, hot chocolate, and orange juice. But really, you’re so focused on the bunnies that you don’t even really have time to enjoy your drinks. That means you’ll be chugging away at the end of your allotted time.
Tip: Rabbit food (not included) is 150 yen.