Cats outnumber people on this mysterious ‘Cat Island’

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Cats outnumber people on this mysterious ‘Cat Island’

By Nick Kirkpatrick March 3
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Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in southern Japan on Feb. 25. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

The Internet has long had a love affair with cats — and now has cat-loving tourists flocking to a small, remote island in southern Japan where cats outnumber humans six to one. ... Take that cat cafe!

{So, how would a cafe crawling with adorable kittens pass a D.C. health inspection?}

Home to more than 120 feral cats, Aoshima Island has no stores and no cars. It has one ferry, running twice per day, carrying a limit of 34 daily visitors, as Reuters reported.

“I seldom carried tourists before,” ferry captain Nobuyuki Ninomiya told the Japan Daily Press. “Now I carry tourists every week, even though the only thing we have to offer is cats.”
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Aoshima Island is not the only cat island in Japan. Here’s a list.

[TexasProgresive]

1. I'd take the trip.

Did you notice that no matter their coloration they all have the same face. Some serious inbreeding going on.

[RKP5637]

5. Yep!!! n/t

[Warpy]

2. Store cats in Boston always got a wink and a nod

since a cat hair in the food was a lot better than rodent shit in it.

That cat population on Aoshima has probably joined their relatives in Russia and South America who have learned to fish. Either that or there was a huge supply of rodents and insects that allowed the population to explode.

Plus, they're not all feral. There's a calico kitty in the picture with an obvious collar.

It looks like a little slice of heaven to me. I really do love the company of cats.

[ND-Dem]

3. not mysterious at all; well-known.

[RKP5637]

4. I love cats!!! n/t

[VScott]

6. how about that many cats in one tiny apartment.

[dembotoz]

7. ok we have the location for the du meet up now we only need the date

[pansypoo53219]

8. does it have any birds?