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Complete set of bedroom, living room furniture for cats created by Japanese woodworking companies
- Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2017 - Tweet
Videos show off nicer bed and sofa than we have in our human homes.
You’re so cute when you’re angry. Shiba Inu gets angry at mocking mini-me toy【Video】
- Richard Simmonds
Oct 19, 2017
Nobody likes a copy-cat, or even, it seems, a copy Shiba Inu dog.
Heartbroken visitors leave tributes to Japan’s anime-loving penguin Grape-kun at new memorial
- Oona McGee
Oct 14, 2017
The artist who created the penguin’s 2-D anime crush has even left a beautiful illustration in honour of their memory.
Japan’s anime-loving penguin Grape-kun passes away at Tobu Zoo
- Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2017
The cardboard cut-out he fell in love with was moved from the enclosure to be with the penguin as he passed away.
Is that you, Godzilla? Tokyo zoo’s huge reptile is a dead-ringer for the kaiju when yawning
- Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2017
Carnivorous kaiju-lookalike doesn’t yawn because it’s sleepy, though.
- Japan
- (animals • cool • giant salamander • Godzilla • Inokashira park • kaiju • lizards • reptiles • zoos)
Heart-meltingly adorable kitten twins share bed, and Internet’s love【Videos】
- Richard Simmonds
Sep 25, 2017
There were two in the bed, and the little one said… “Meow”, or perhaps “Nyah”.
Japan’s anime-loving penguin loses his 2-D waifu temporarily, breaks our hearts with sad photos
- Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2017
Human otaku offer their sympathies and encouragement during the animal’s difficult time.
Cat cafe train in Japan makes its inaugural run with rescue cats on board【Photos】
- Oona McGee
Sep 14, 2017
Fans of trains and felines enjoyed a trip with rescue cats recently, all for a good cause.
- Japan
- (animals • cat cafes • cats • Gifu • rescue cat cafe • rescue cats • trains)
Shrine cat takes a nap in a Zen garden【Photos】
- Shannon McNaught
Sep 14, 2017
We’ve said it once, and we’ll say it again: cats rule the world. Maybe that even includes the spiritual world?
Japanese kitty picks a crazy spot for its daily catnap, becomes local celebrity【Video, photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2017
Weird sleeping position baffles the mind, defies gravity and warms the heart.
“Feeling the seasons through cats” manga warms the heart by showing how pet kitty warms itself
- Casey Baseel
Sep 11, 2017
This artist’s pet cat marks the changes of the seasons as surely as the flowering of the cherry blossoms.
New Japanese cat cafe is so stylish it’d be worth a visit even if it was feline-free
- Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2017
Cat cafe chain Mocha brings ample ambiance to a new city with the opening of its newest location.
- Japan
- (animal cafes • animals • cafes • cat cafes • cats • Nagoya • restaurants • themed restaurants)
Give some Japanese schoolgirl style to your pet with the adorable schoolcat collar
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2017
Cats may not be crazy about water, but that doesn’t mean they don’t look unbelievably cute wearing sailor suit fashion.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • cosplay • crossplay • cute • pets • sailor suits • School Uniforms • schoolgirls)
Japan’s cuddly kitty pouches will fill your heart with love as you fill them with other stuff
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2017
Designers claim heart-meltingly cute zippered pouches are as soft as marshmallows.
Japanese cat gets the ultimate playhouse: a giant cardboard robot hand-made by its owners【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 12, 2017
We wish there was space for us inside too.
Stingray devours tank-mate squid at Japanese aquarium, shows what nature is really like 【Video】
- Scott Wilson
Aug 10, 2017
And you thought living with your roommate was awkward.
Japan’s first cat cafe train announced, receives overwhelming response from feline and rail fans
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2017
Could this be the future of rail travel?
- Japan
- (animals • cat cafes • cats • rescue cats • restaurants • trains)
Nara, Japanese city famous for its streets of tame deer, begins culling program within city
- Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2017
The animals, revered as messengers of the Shinto gods, have been damaging Nara farmers’ crops.
- Japan
- (agriculture • animals • controversy • culling • deer • Nara)
“He’s too cute, I can’t give him back.” Missing cat case makes fur fly on Twitter
- Evie Nyan
Aug 5, 2017
When Motsu the cat went missing, his owners received a cruel letter from someone claiming to be his new owner.
68-year-old karate master fights off bear…if you take his word for it
- Master Blaster
Aug 3, 2017
After using his martial art skills to survive a bear attack, Hiroto Miyagawa’s real nightmare has just begun.
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