The Island Where Cats Outnumber People

There is an island in Japan where the cats outnumber the people — and the people wouldn't have it any other way. Dogs are banned here. A shrine stands in the woods for a single cat. And when one of the worst tsunamis in history came for this island, the cats survived. In this episode: 🐱 How silk worms brought the first cats to Tashirojima — and why they never left 🎣 The fishermen who believed cats forecast the weather and the catch ⛩️ The shrine built for one cat, killed by accident 🌊 March 11, 2011 — the day the sea came for Cat Island New episodes every week. Subscribe for more places that shouldn't exist.