TASHIROJIMA, Japan (AP) — On a small island off Japan’s northeastern coast, visitors make offerings at a shrine for unlikely local guardians: cats.
A tourist takes a photographs of cats gathered at a restaurant at Nitoda Port on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024. A cat crouches by a cat-themed sign that reads, “Welcome to Tashirojima island,” near Odomari Port in Ishinomaki, northeast of Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024. A cat walks across the altar at Cat Shrine on Tashirojima island in Ishinomaki, northeastern Japan, Saturday, May 18, 2024.
Another legend says fishermen used to watch the cats’ behavior for tips on the coming weather before heading to sea.
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