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

Aoshima is a tiny island in Japan's Ehime prefecture where cats outnumber people eight-to-one. The so-called cat island is a tourist destination in the summer, but in the dead of winter the number ...

Sanagijima, a 50-minute ferry ride from Tadotsu Port in Kagawa Prefecture, is one of several islands in the Seto Inland Sea known as “cat islands.” The felines seemingly make themselves at ...

One look at Japanese art, literature, or media, and you’ll see just how true this is. From cat-human hybrids in manga and anime to cat cafes and islands filled with cats, the feline influence is ...