Rent-a-friend in Japan

[formercia]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7818140.stm



In Japan, now back in recession, the economic situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent months. But the Japanese still like to use their money to have fun, as Duncan Bartlett has been finding out.

Lola - or Rora - to give her a slightly more Japanese pronounciation - is a beauty and she knows it.

Customers pay by the hour for her company. Usually they just want to stroke her, but as a special treat for favoured clients, she will lie back in a chair, close her eyes and pose for photographs.

Lola is a Persian cat who works at the Ja La La Cafe in Tokyo's bustling Akihabara district. It is one of a growing number of Cat Cafes in the city which provide visitors with short but intimate encounters with professional pets.

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Interesting psychology.

[Ian David]

1. First, you must pay The Madame...

[Stevenmarc]

2. Saucer of milk,..... love you long time

[Demeter]

3. How Incredibly Sad

[silverweb]

4. And here I was thinking of hiring a cat sitter.

I've got four cats and being gone for more than a weekend is a problem.

I was thinking of looking for someone to house/cat sit in June, but now maybe I should charge for the pleasure of using my home/felines instead of paying.... :P