Posted on 11/04/2013 10:18:27 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Three years ago, wooden toy wholesaler Yutaka Katayama picked up a camera and started taking pictures of ordinary life in Kyōto, Japan. Since then photography has become an obsession.
"It's my life's work," he wrote over email.
Katayama has taken thousands of pictures of the legendary ancient city that once was the imperial capital of Japan. He has also found a favorite theme: the stray cats that are found all over Kyoto.
"I feel the strength to live from a stray cat," Katayama wrote. "They seem to live a quiet life always looking for food and a place to live while keeping well their distance to the human."
Katayama prefers to take photos early in the morning when there are fewer tourists around (Kyoto has an incredible 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites). Like many cats, the photographer visits the same places over and over, where he hopes he will experience a new feeling every time.
Check out some of the cats of Kyoto:
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Kitty City
Oooh, that didn't go over so well.
Oh sure.... It’s all good fun until one gets run over by a skateboard.
Really interesting pics. I’d love to see Kyoto, a fascinating city chock full of history.
The island of Enoshima, on the coast about 40 miles south of Tokyo, is another kitty haven. People visiting the shrines on the island often bring along food for the cats, and some also bring in cats and let them go. And among the offering boxes are some that collect donations for spaying the cats.
Or eaten by Godzilla.
I’ve never really liked chocks.
How do the cats manage to evade the s’kiyaki pot?
By pointing to the dog.
Or, "cat" fish farm for chinese restaurants
Love those black and white mock tuxedo alley cats...I have one of those...or rather, he has me.
Jerusalem is another Big Kitty City.
And Rome as I recall.
Lol. Kitty Cloverfield. That was fairly weird.
I have never been to Rome, but there were so many cats in Jerusalem in 1984 when I visited there that I wrote a song about it!
One of these days I will get to Rome.
Cats eat mice and rats, so I like ‘em.
I guess Googling “Japanese Pussys” would get the same kind of pictures...yes?
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