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Like Tashirojima, Aoshima island (青島), Ehime, has become one of the popular destinations for the cat lovers. The island has 15 people (between 50-80 years old) and more than 100 cats. There is neither inn, restaurant nor vending machine.
During WWII, many people escaped to the island from the main land. The island population hit the highest of 655 people in 1960. There have not been enough job so many people left the island. On 1976 the island’s only primary school shut down. In early 2000 the cat population started to grow while the human population hit then new low, 50. Today you only see 15 people( 4 fishermen and the rest retirees) on the island.
There are nos car or even a bike on the island, so there are real threats to the cats, where they live peacefully among the many abandoned houses.
Another cat island in Japan is Tashirojima Island (田代島) in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, with 86 inhabitants and more than 100 cats. On this island, the cat is enshrined. There is a cat shrine and also a cat photo competition!
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34 comments
HEAVEN
Japan is a busy country and only a retiree would have time to own and take care of that many cats daily.
pussy paradise
i never wanna go here because i cant pet all of them and i dont want them to feel left out
Cats are so lovely 😍
Are they desexed?
Imagine if an ancient Egyptian came to this place via a Time Machine or something. How would they react to this amount of cats?
If there is a place on earth that is most similar to heaven, this would be it
Incredibly adorable.❤️💜❤️💘
It sounds like all the cats are going somewhere
Beautiful animals.
genie misunderstood his wish
As a person who is allergic to cats, it would be like hell
Tho cats are cool
Poor things 😢
Grow up I want to have more cats than this many😅
Cutest island to live on earth!
you call it cat island i call it heaven
The cats
That is a lot of pussy cats ,,,
🥰🇵🇷💜💜💜💜💜
Milk
A alergy of cat belike :☠️💀
Ilovee cats
0:20 ahh yes the rare Sea Cat breed
All these pussy cats roaming around. They could spread diseases. There should be local laws to round them up and to find new owners for them. Or just to humanely dispose of them if they are too old to be retrained for human commitments.
I would go there and sit on the floor so all the cats run up to me and I hug them
AHHHH MY HEART IS BOILING WITH CUTENESS HELP ME!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I’m more surprised at the fact that all of the cats seem to get along with each other. I have exactly three cats in my entire neighborhood including my own and none of them get along.
its interesting to see this many cats in one area that aren't being insanely territorial towards eachother. Many cats I've seen are pretty territorial and it takes a long time for them to be okay with another cat. So its interesting to see so many cats in a place that've grown up having to coexist with other cats.
They appear to be asking for food, love and care. Visitors, please care for the cats!❤
"Reporting to command centre: a base in Japan has been successfully established. We'll work our way up from here to complete our ultimate mission of total world domination.
Over".
I would have to resist the urge to give them pizza.
Cause then they would be Japanese Pizza Cats.
I am not satisfied with the number of cats, there should be more cats.
Do better next time.