Though it may not seem like it, Japan is actually a fairly sizable country, with a lot of ground for sightseers to cover. It’s so big, in fact, we imagine it’d be difficult to a regular tourist to see all of it.
But what if you grew up in Japan and spent all your free time traveling around the country? Well, in that case, we bet you’d get to see a whole lot more of it, and for one Japanese Internet user, that exactly describes their life—but with one very cool addition. It turns out this anonymous traveler loves to take photos of cats at their various destinations.
Check out the awesome and adorable photo album below!
The original poster apparently decided to show off all their cool photos on 2Chan late last month, putting up roughly 90 photos. It is a fun way to see some both a wide variety of locations in Japan and the many cats that roam the country.
Check out the photos, organized by prefecture, below!
▼ Osakishijmo Island, Hiroshima
▼ Onomichi, Hiroshima, which the photographer called a heaven for cat lovers!
▼ Chiran, Kagoshima
▼ Sanzenin, Kyoto
▼ Nihondaira, Shizuoka is apparently full of cats.
▼ A cat spotted at Kurokawa-onsen in Kumamoto, looking like an old man
▼ Another cat at Kurokawa-onsen, hogging the bench
▼ Mikuni-cho, Fukui
▼ Kita-kamakura, Kanagawa
▼ A cat watching house in Enoshima, Kanagawa
▼ Apparently Enoshima is overrun with cats!
▼ Chinatown, Yokohama, Kanagawa
▼ In and around Yokohama Sankeien Garden in Kanagawa
▼ Miura, Kanagawa
▼ A wild cat in Ueno Park in Tokyo
▼ Shinjuku Gyoen-mae, Tokyo
▼ Ningyou-cho, Tokyo
▼ Kasuga, Tokyo
▼ Koishikawa, Tokyo
▼ Hongou, Tokyo
▼ Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
▼ The photographer wondered if this were the “boss” of Yoyogi Park…
▼ Yanaka, Tokyo
▼ Komagome, Tokyo
▼ Gokokuji, Tokyo
▼ Yushima, Tokyo
▼ Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kyoto
▼ Gion, Kyoto
▼ This cat was found near a shrine in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki
▼ Nagasaki
▼ Taken at Setsugetsu Karo, a hotel in Hokkaido
Had enough cats yet? No, we didn’t think so!
▼ Bifuka, Hokkaido
▼ Taken at the fishing port on Rebunto Island in Hokkaido
▼ Shiogamasui-ichiba, Miyagi
▼ Taken near Obi Castle in Nichinan City, Miyagi Prefecture
▼ This cat was spotted near Kaimon Tunnel in Kagoshima.
▼ Daiozaki, Mie
▼ Yobuko, Saga
▼ Ogi Island in the Seto Inland Sea
▼ Shodo Island in the Seto Inland Sea
▼ And here’s our last photo, taken in Onomichi, a paradise for cat lovers.
Obviously, our traveling Internet user hasn’t been to every city in Japan yet, so we hope they will keep taking photos and posting them!
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