But hundreds of years before Hachiko, was a very loyal cat, which inspired a cat temple in Japan. The Unrinji Temple in west Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a temple dedicated to cats and also ...

The former head priest began providing care for abandoned cats, and today, the temple is visited by many cat lovers from near and far. Among the visitors was a man who comes to get away from the ...

BEIJING: A domesticated feline at a temple in China has been dubbed the "high-five cat" because of the manner in which it ...

KYOTO--One stone statue of an enlightened Buddhist person here cradles a cat in its arms while another ... that stand shoulder-to-shoulder at a temple in the city’s Ukyo Ward were rarely ...

At a temple once believed to have been home to a dragon, we meet 20 playful cats. They show off their favorite spots and play together. Next, we visit Tokoname and meet a real-life beckoning cat!

Cats are seen as symbols of good luck in Japan. With their cultural significance from cat temples to cat “station attendants, ...