Now, visitors make offerings at the shrine. A cat walks across the altar at Cat Shrine on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024. AP Photo/Hiro Komae ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Governor, Pramono Anung Wibowo, has requested that Cat Island in the Thousand Islands attract tourists and provide welfare for stray cats in Jakarta. "If we decide to ...

On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja,” or Cat Shrine, mythologizes cats as guardian ...

Japan is famous for its cat islands, with close to a dozen small landmasses earning the moniker due to their large stray cat populations. However, one of the most famous, Aoshima, located a 30-minute ...

By Hiro Komae | Associated Press TASHIROJIMA, Japan—On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja ...

On a small island off Japan’s north-eastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja”, or Cat Shrine, mythologises cats as guardian ...

On a small island off Japan’s north-eastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja”, or Cat Shrine, mythologises cats as guardian angels of ...

If you consider yourself a friend to the felines, hop on a boat and visit this cat island in Japan, where there are few humans but plenty of cute kitties.

TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) — On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats. The “Neko Jinja,” or Cat Shrine… ...

A Unesco World Heritage site, Miyajima Island has one of Japan's most impressive shrine gates (above). It dates back to the late 6th century, with Lonely Planet revealing that at high tide it ...

Cat symbolizing Japan-Russia friendship has passed away By HIROAKI ABE/ Staff Writer. January 5, 2025 at 07:00 JST ...