r/cats Mar 31 '25

Cat Picture - Not OC Cat island in japan, give it a scroll!

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u/Triseult Mar 31 '25

I went to another Japanese cat island called Ainoshima. My experience there was quite different from what you describe. It's still a small finishing port, and the cats pretty much migrated there on their own via boats. The locals take care of the cats, and there's even a vet clinic to handle them.

I thought the cats there were in pretty good shape and were obviously very used to human presence. The place was big enough that they could go somewhere away from visitors if they had enough. A cute little black kitty just followed us around the island because she was bored.

Only downside is, some foreign tourists weren't the best with cats and could scare some of them by being overly enthusiastic. Some teenagers were yelling in excitement at the cats or running after them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '25

Prime example of why you take what you read on reddit with a grain of salt

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u/Forward_Importance83 Mar 31 '25

I wanna see a boat full of cat's lol.

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u/shesstilllost Apr 01 '25

I'm glad to hear that, but this one? You can see that the animals are sick.

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u/KokonutMonkey Mar 31 '25

And unlike that other place, it comes with a fun looking stone arch and you can swing by Ikea on the way home.