50 Amazing Photos From Cat Heaven Island In Japan

Buzzfeed ^ | 11/25/12 | Summer Anne Burton

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Photographer Fubirai has spent the last five years documenting the lives of the semi-wild cats that roam the island in Fukuoka, Japan. The cats are fed by local fishermen and wander freely through the streets, boatyards, porches, and houses of the city. Heaven.

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Thanks to Gefn for the link!

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[KarlInOhio]

The kitties are just begging to be turned into LOL cats. Please, someone, give the poor kitties some captions.

I love hovercat from #17 and #23.

[Nik Naym]

LOL. Now the kitty ping list is triple pinging.

Ain’t technology grand?

[Norm Lenhart]

The Japanese brothers of the Viking Kitties...The Samurai Kitties. Complete with their own Navy ;)

[ansel12]

One of my favorite reactions from customers is the one where they go, ignore the cat, he/she doesn’t like strangers, and is shy, wellll, that is strange...., normally he disappears when people come over, and he never lets them pet him...

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Back in my day, we were QUADRUPLE-PINGED, and WE LIKED IT!

[Navy Patriot]

Looks like these are just community cats rather than family cats.

It's not rare for a cat that is allowed to roam, to adopt two families, and "commute".

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The Japanese brothers of the Viking Kitties...The Samurai Kitties. Complete with their own Navy ;)

And considering all the hovercats, their own Air Force.

[Nik Naym]

Well back in MY day if we wanted to triple ping we had to go get some carbon paper and make three copies with that, then we had to take them to the post office, buy 3 stamps and mail them to the same address. And we LIKED it.

[Lancey Howard]

Back in MY day we had what was called a “mimeograph” machine where you stood and hand cranked a big drum until a “copy” of your letter soemhow emerged on a sort of wet, blue-tinted piece of film.

We didn’t even THINK of triple pinging.

[Nowhere Man]

Beautiful kitties there. BTW, my uncle gives money to help take care of the cats at the Coliseum in Rome. He went there on vacation and he fed the kitties while over there. I also remember when he had a Himalayan cat, “Himmee,” he loved him so much, When Himmee passed on, he was so bummed out, he was in a funk for over a month or more. I know the feeling.

[Lancey Howard]

A mimeograph machine, like the kind I used in the school library:

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Great pics, especially the “Peeping Tom” in #45 although they are all fantastic.

I saw a cat for the first time 50 years ago and have been fascinated with these little rascals ever since then.

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Just LOVED the smell of fresh mimeographed test papers in the morning!!! ;o)

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Just LOVED the smell of fresh mimeographed test papers in the morning

Ha! That smell came involuntarily right back into my brain when I google-searched for that picture of a mimeograph.

[2010Freeper]

Some nice cat photos.....but I was not amazed.

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I will pray for your jaded soul.