What a beautiful day guys
I am now in a sakura park in Matsuyama.
And...why am I using a microphone?
Cuz even though the city, Matsuyama, is really clean, really beautiful and really really peaceful,
the wind is roaring strongly here now
So, if I didn't use the microphone,
You guys might hear much noise
So, what are we doing today?
Today, we're going to a cat island guys!
Generally speaking, there're about 10 famous cat islands in Japan,
one of which is called Muzuki Island
This island is very interesting, cuz it abounds with domestic cats with orange fur
and I looked up some information online about why there're so many "orange cats" on this island
It is said that cuz this island is rich in citrus...
So...there are lots of "orange cats"
Err...being rich in citrus? Why is it related to "orange cats"?
The "orange cats" never eat the citrus... Could it be that their fur turned orange after eating oranges????
There is another island called Kakara-shima
There are plenty of cats there, but it prohibits keeping the dogs.
Wherever they are, the doggies can never defeats the citizens in Meow Star~LOL~~~
So today, the cat island that we are going to is called Aoga-shima
This island is indeed worthy of the name 'cat island'
Cuz the population over here are only one-sixth as that of cats.
It's said the reason is that many young people left here seeking for a job or making a living after Wolrd War 2.
Only some people who already retired stayed on the island.
While the number of cats didn't decrease.
thus the great disparity comes
Now, the first thing is...
if we want to go to the cat island, we should take a train to the Lyo-Nagahama first
There're two regular ferries to the cat island.
The first one sailes at 8 a.m.
and the second one is at 2 p.m.
If I took the 2 p.m. one,
I can only petting cats for two hours because I have take the ferry at 5 p.m. to come back, which is the last one
so that's why I have to take the 8a.m. one
Therefore, I could play with cats a whole day:)
As the saying goes "Petting the cat for 1 hour could make you satisfied for the whole 24 "
So, our problem is...
if we go from here
even if I could take the first train,
I would reach Lyo-Nagahama at least at 8 a.m.
In no case could I catch the ferry on time.
Meanwhile, in the town next to the port in the cats island,
there is only one hostel in which, the rooms have already been fully booked.
So how can we catch the first ferry to Cat Island?
Ok, I looked up a little bit
Actually we could stay at another town called Lyo-ōzu eki next to the cat island
from where we need only half an hour to get to the cat island
We only need to get up at 6 a.m. to catch the first train.
and then get there before 8 a.m.
That's perfect!
So now~ let's go!
This is the train I took. Really cute, right?
We have already reached the Lyo-ōzu eki, guys!
I suddenly find out that the hostel I booked is so f**king far away
I have to walk for 20 mins from the station
It's fine...actually
but I was supposed to get up at 6 a.m. tomorrow...
now I have to get up even 20 mins earlier,
and walk to the station.
It's still dark outside.
Uhhh...
I don't know why I got up.
Oops, gotta go to the cat island....So...
All right guys, this is the ship that we will take to the Aoga-shima.
I did a very very silly thing...
I took my stabilizer with me delibrately,
so that I could shoot better videos for you.
However, as you know, there is a screw on the stabilizer to fix the camera
But I forgot it in the hostel.
So......uhhh....
But fortunately, we're giong to petting the cats, so...
I'm still really happy~~~
An uncle just told me recently many visitors couldn't land on the island due to the strong wind and waves
But I only tried once and made it. It's so lucky :)
There's no convenient store, restaurant and shops on the island
So if you guys have chance to get here, don't forget to bring some food and water.
You should take warning from my example.
I brought nothing so I'm starved really much!!!
Basically, the houses on the island are old
but it's peaceful and harmonious as a whole.
Some abondaned houses are... just like the paradise of the cats
They shuttle back and forth freely through the houses.
The majority of the people here are the elderly, who have already reached the age of retirement on the island.
But you still can see some of them are weaving the fishing nets on the seaside.
So, the elderly here are still try their best to live more delicately.
There are two main areas to feed the cats on the island.
The first one is for the villagers to feed
the other is for visitors
Feeding cats in other areas is not suggested.
But I still can see many visitors bring some unknown food with themselves and feed them anywhere they like.
Actually it's not good cuz it might bring some troubles to the villager.
They have their own management systems.
So if you have the chance to be here, plz feed the cats at the feeding areas.
Kids waiting for mom's food
Most of the cats are healthy on the island.
But as you can see, some cats' eyes are in inflammation
So either some of them, their eyes look pretty red, or some even couldn't see things clearly.
But after all, they all live and depend on their own rather than being raised.
They are already really lucky to have enough food and water to drink on the island
So compared with some cats who usually get starved,
they can get fed and get drunk.....
(wait) got drunk??
They are already so lucky..
So we can't expect too much that the villagers can take care of every cat and hlep them keep healthy all time.
I didn't expect the villagers could have been so enthusiastic
because there are always so many tourists.
And we may got annoyed if there are always many tourists
But the villagers here actually are pretty enthusiastic
I looked for a restroom just now and asked an old grandmother where it is
To my surprise, she led me to the restroom all the way.
So I am really moved.
Most of the cats here are willing to be close to people.
But not every cat is like that cuz some cats are tsundere, you konw
The cats here are various through all kinds of shapes.
The solid, the liquid and the gas(no no no)
some of them lay on the floor and rub pleasedly, some bask in the cosy sunshine,
some hug and kiss their partners, some enjoy the cool, some fight with each other
Whatever behaviors you could imagine of cats, you could find it somewhere on this island.
It's worthy of the name 'cat island'
Now today's part of journey to the cat island is over,
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At last, I'd like to tell to my cat 'ADe'
I did nothing betray you.
So, see you next time, peace!