WATCH: Meet Akane and Satsuki who often draw curious looks from passersby as they trot down sidewalks past shops and temples before heading back to their home at an indoor petting zoo, 'Alpaca Fureai Land', in Tokyo, Japan.
The quiet of early morning streets in one downtown Tokyo neighbourhood is broken by joggers, parents with children in strollers — and a pair of alpacas, out for their daily constitutional walk.
After a round of brushing and combing, the woolly natives of South America are ready for their day: Spending time with visitors who pay 1,000 yen for 30 minutes petting them, hugging them and burying faces in their fleece. Manager Shinya Ide says the secret to the five-year-old alpacas' appeal is that looking at them is comforting, and petting them even more soothing.
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