But hundreds of years before Hachiko, was a very loyal cat, which inspired a cat temple in Japan. The Unrinji Temple in west Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a temple dedicated to cats and also ...

A Buddhist temple in Japan with more than 400 years of history has found a way to attract young followers by posting original wise mottos on Instagram. On a daily basis, the temple in Western ...

On a daily basis, the temple in Western Japan's Osaka ... and named himself "the cat monk". He told the Japanese media outlet ...

Well, oookay. Gotokuji temple, located in a quiet residential area of Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward, is said to be the birthplace of Japan’s ubiquitous luck-beckoning cat. Legend has it that Ii ...

The former head priest began providing care for abandoned cats, and today, the temple is visited by many cat lovers from near and far. Among the visitors was a man who comes to get away from the ...

Numerous myths surround the maneki neko, but one thing is certain: these wealth-magnet felines are of Japanese origin, not ...

At a temple once believed to have been home to a dragon, we meet 20 playful cats. They show off their favorite spots and play together. Next, we visit Tokoname and meet a real-life beckoning cat!

Japan's obsessive love of cats isn’t anything ... is a sanctuary for cat enthusiasts. This cat-themed “temple” in Kyoto has ...