Hi everyone,
During our stop in Onomichi we certainly met the largest population of cats in all the parts of Japan that we have been to! A lot of this is down to the fact that Onomichi is famous for its Neko no Hosomichi (Cat Trail) which we will be posting about as well in due time!
These cats were very happy with the food that they received from one of the locals.
There were two benches and one of the cats was constantly on lookout to ensure that no one else would interfere with their feeding time!
There were many beautiful cats in this park and I wish I could have taken them all home but once again I don’t think my two would have appreciated an army of cats that speak Japanese. ;0
I especially loved this little ginger and white kitty. 🙂
And here at last a picture showing the nice local that feeds the cats of this park! 😀
And got to say I was very impressed how well all of these cats interacted with each other.
Thanks,
Marc
I know the feeling of just wanting to take them all home. ?
It’s soooo difficult to resist… did you see the kitten in our previous post? That was the hardest to walk away from EVER! 🙁
🙁
I should have said! Those were owned by someone :0! So really couldn’t take them. XD
That would have been a bit awkward then ?
Haha indeed! XD. That was in Nagasaki btw. 🙂
:'(
Don’t worry those kittens actually had an owner! They lived at he house of the park caretaker and he was like DONT take them. They belong to me XD
I love the fact that they look so well fed and content. God bless th local who feeds them.
Yes the locals really do look after the roaming kitties in Japan. 🙂
I just wish they all had a forever home. 🙁 But when I guess they quite enjoy the freedom of the park and all the locals feeding them?
They are very pretty! Their eyes look like the Japanese people no?!…..
My cat does not stand any one else except me….in a way it’s rather good as I’ll have, honestly an army of cats 😀
Haha – tell me about it! :O
I would adopt them all xD
A friend of mine has around 40 cats and few dogs as well. I’m always impressed to see that they can all live together and that she doesn’t “smell” like having lots of pets at her home
Wow. That’s a lot of fur friends!
Well she has some without fur, you know it’s a special breed. Personally I am not found of them! but she does like them.
Sphinx. I met one of them once. 🙂
Awww… they are so cute. Can I take them home?
I want to do the same haha 🙂
Ah they all look gorgeous! I actually watched a TV show about the cats of Japan, they have a heirarchy system that they use with regards to feeding times, they always have a watcher for any predators and even take turns to babysit kittens so mothers can get the food needed too! It is all so fascinating, i would want to take them all too 🙂
Yeah. The cats in Japan seem to live very different to our western cats as they have happy colonies without any obvious signs of fights. :0
I would if they are all spayed/neutered and vaccinated? I thought I saw one of the ears notched/tipped (that is the International sign that they are fixed).
Oh! I knew Japan does do that to reduce cat population but didn’t realise that the tipped ears mean that they are! 🙂
What a wonderful trip you had!!
Thank you Erica. :). I really want to go back too haha
Adorable cats!!!
Thank you 🙂
He resembles my George Bailey cat.
:). They were all very cute but I liked that one the most!
There is a sense of royalty among them.
All cats are royal 😀
Yes! Someone who believes!
🙂
That sounds like a place my human would love! (But she’d better not bring home any kats)!?
Not even cute tomcats? ^^
Well, I’d be willing to make an exception for the RIGHT tomcat!!MOL!?
Hehe 🙂
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I am glad they are fed, but I wish every cat could have a forever home.
That is true indeed :(. Should have seen my partner EVERYTIME I went can we take this one home??? Lol 😉
Amazing cats 🙂 Nice to know they’re fed well and taken care of.
Thank you 🙂
Waaah! Certainly a paradise for people like me.
Hehe same for me. 🙂
Wow … what a dreamy place. Now I understand why ‘Hello Kitty’ was such a hit! 😀
Yep 🙂
So glad to see you stopped by Onomichi 🙂 My ‘cat count’ in the area I live constantly grows – there are just so many cute cats around. Hope you enjoyed your time here!
We did 😀 and there are many more photo stories coming haha 🙂
Lovely <3 Now Marc-André did your Japanese Miauwing improve during travel? I find it quiet a difficult miauwing when I'm traveling there
It’s hard! But Nubia briefed us on how to make nya nya. Though her attempt at japanese meows sounds more like a sheepy or goat 😮
Awwwww, so cuttteeeeee !??????
Thank you ^^
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