{"id":51539,"date":"2026-05-11T15:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51539"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:06:36","slug":"japans-late-night-cafes-open-doors-to-help-for-mothers-of-crying-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51539","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s late-night cafes open doors to help for mothers of crying babies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n
A growing number of late-night cafes across Japan<\/span> are opening their doors to mothers struggling with babies who will not stop crying, offering a rare refuge during the most isolating hours of parenting.<\/div>\n

The idea of a \u201cnighttime crying cafe\u201d, which appeared in an online comic nearly a decade ago, first resonated with readers and is now gaining real-world traction as spaces inspired by that vision are spreading under small, community-led initiatives.<\/p>\n

The creator of the original concept said she had once doubted it could be realised, adding that it was encouraging to see people taking action.<\/p>\n

On a January night in the northern Japan town of Memuro in Hokkaido, a faint glow could be seen from a French toast speciality shop near the railway station, despite it being past 9pm on a day the shop is usually closed. Inside, a mother and child in loungewear rested quietly.<\/p>\n

The shop has been open free of charge from 9pm on Sundays until 6am the following morning since October last year, welcoming mothers coping with nighttime crying.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"People<\/div>
People walk down the street to a cafe in Tokyo at the end of the work day on Friday. Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It is run by 28-year-old owner Madoka Nozawa, who named the space Oyako no Koya<\/em>, or Parent and Child\u2019s House. With the help of female volunteer staff, she watches over children and listens to mothers\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A growing number of late-night cafes across Japan are opening their doors to mothers struggling with babies who will not stop crying, offering a rare…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[10191,738,618,16812,5422,8897,2309,3103],"class_list":["post-51539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-babies","tag-cafes","tag-crying","tag-doors","tag-japans","tag-latenight","tag-mothers","tag-open","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}