Japanese Cat Island
The tiny island of Aushima resides 12km from the city of Ozo in
Japan and is totally run over by cats! only 15 people live on this
island, all retired – and share their living space with 100 cats, which
gave it its name – the Cat island.
With the absence of population monitoring, the cats have been
multiplying non stop for the last decade, but only lately did the island
became a sensation on the internet and a wanted tourist location. Even
though it has no hotels, restaurants or any other attraction but the
cats.
In the days of World War 2 the island was a place for people who ran
away from the horrors of the war. those came to the island with their
pets and made their home. in his prime this cat island had 655 people in
the 1960s, though – lots of them abandoned the island for work in other
cities. They abandoned their house and their cats, so a lot of the
domesticated cats was left in the abandoned houses and streets. the cats
multiply and filled the streets with furry families.
15 of the cat island’s residents, ages 50 to 80, most of them retired
– say that their tailed neighbors could be quite the hassle once they
enter their homes, but their number raised in such way that its
impossible to handle. due to popularity of cat photos online – lots of
people messaged the city council of Ozo asking guidance on how to reach
the “cat lovers heaven”. people from all over Japan, from Hiroshima to
Yamaguchi are planning to go to this cat’s temple.
The only way to reach the cat island is by using a shuttle that goes
once a day from Ozo to Aushima and back. “every week a lot of tourist
arrive, even though there is nothing in cats but cats”, said Lau-Yu
Nuez, who probably did not understand that the cats are the real
attraction of the place.
The residents of the place are worried from the sudden raise in
tourism to the island. They think that if Aushima will continue to be a
popular tourist location – they need to take care of order and cleaning
the place, to take care that people wont over feed the cats, and more.
Wow Great Cat Island.
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