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The Japanese island where cats outnumber humans – and made it a tourist destination

There is even a shrine to cats on the Japanese island of Tashirojima

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Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans

Shrine honors cats at a Japanese island where they outnumber humans
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Cats outnumber humans on this Japanese island

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 angels of Tashirojima, where cats outnumber people.

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This island has more cats than humans, it is located in

This island honours its feline inhabitants with a shrine, reflecting the deep bond between the cats and the islanders

Japan generalCat shrine

Shrine honors cats at Japanese island where they outnumber humans

Legend says island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from rodents

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