Coffee and poison: Snake cafe opens in Tokyo's fashion district
Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table.
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A snake at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo’s Harajuku shopping district. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Reuters/Toru Hanai
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Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). Reuters/Toru Hanai
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Customers take photos of a snake at the Tokyo Snake Center. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Reuters/Toru Hanai
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By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. Reuters/Toru Hanai


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