5 Cat Islands in Japan: Meeting Cats in Tokyo, Shikoku and Fukuoka

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Are there cat islands in Japan that you must go to?

When you travel to Japan next time, how will you decide which city to go to? What kind of itinerary will you plan? If you also like cats, have you ever thought about going to different cat islands to visit cats, so that cats can bring you a completely different new experience for your Japan travel vacation?

As a country that likes cats very much, Japan is also an island country with a very developed fishery. Especially some small islands far away from the city, and because many local residents choose to leave the small island where they originally lived and live in a big city. Therefore, there are often "more cats than people" in these small islands, and gradually become a tourist attraction.

If you also have the opportunity to visit these cat islands, you can also spend a whole day visiting cats. However, during your visit to these cat islands, don't forget to follow the local rules to avoid damaging the relationship between cats and local islanders.

Tokyo Cat Island – Enoshima

If you want to say a cat island with the most convenient transportation and the easiest to visit, it should be the one on the Shonan coast of Tokyo.Enoshima. Because starting from Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, it only takes about 1 hour to take the Odakyu Electric Railway to reach Enoshima. It is very suitable for arranging a day trip to Enoshima to visit cats, and you can also leave at the same timeKamakuraIt is a very suitable place to visit during the holidays.

Of course, compared to other cat islands far away from the city, the number of cats in Enoshima is not very large, only about a dozen or so. So if you plan to travel to Enoshima specifically to visit cats, you may need a little luck to meet cats, and you must be mentally prepared that you will not see a cat.

Recommended accommodation in Enoshima: Tokyo Tokyu Stay Shinjuku,Kamakura Prince Hotel

Shikoku Cat Island – Aoshima

If you want to have the opportunity to visit a large number of cats at the same time, and are willing to spend a lot of time in different modes of transportation, inQingdao in Ehime Prefecture, ShikokuIt is Cat Island that is very worth visiting.

Some people have said that if you want to visit cats in Qingdao successfully, everything depends on your fate with cats. Because starting from JR Matsuyama Station in Ehime Prefecture, it will take you about 2 hours to take the JR train and high-speed boat to reach Qingdao smoothly. As long as you miss the JR train in the morning, or if the weather is not suitable for taking the high-speed boat, you will have no way to visit the cat.

So if you succeed in visiting cats in Qingdao in the end, you must make good use of the time you spend with cats. Because no one can guarantee that the next time you visit Ehime Prefecture, you will be able to visit Cat Island successfully to visit cats.

Recommended accommodation in Qingdao: Terminal Hotel Matsuyama

Shikoku Cat Island – Ogi Island

In addition to departing from Matsuyama Station in Ehime Prefecture to Qingdao, you can also depart from Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture to Ogi Island to visit cats. It takes about 1 hour to get there by ferry.

Although the number of cats on Ogi Island is not as many as in Qingdao, compared to the traffic in Qingdao, the transportation to Ogi Island is more convenient, and you don’t have to worry that there will be no ferry for you to go to Ogi Island because of the bad weather that day. wooden island.

In addition to being a cat island, Ogi Island is also a small island with a lot of artwork. And there are not many residents on Ogi Island, so you can take a slow tour around Ogi Island, enjoy some meals at the coffee shop next to the pier, take pictures with cats, and then set off for the next destination land.

Recommended accommodation in Ogijima: JR Clement Takamatsu,Takamatsu Tokyu REI Hotel

Fukuoka Cat Island – Aishima

If you are traveling to Kyushu this time, and you will also arrange a few days of sightseeing in Fukuoka, Aishima, located in Shingu Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, is the most suitable cat island for you.

Basically, the transportation to Aishima is not very complicated. As long as you start from Fukuoka Hakata Station, you can get to Aishima in about 90 minutes by railway and ferry. Aishima is also a very popular scenic spot, and many local residents go to Aishima to enjoy the seaside scenery during holidays.

If you can arrange a one-day trip to Aishima, you can choose to start at 09:00 in the morning. Because when you arrive at Xiangdao Island, it is almost noon, just when the sun is the most violent, so you can have the opportunity to see the cats sleeping together.

And the area of the entire Xiangdao is not very large. Basically, it takes about 4 hours to visit the entire Xiangdao, and there is enough time for you to have lunch at the seaside cafeteria. You can arrange to leave Aishima by ferry back to Fukuoka around 16:00 in the afternoon.

Recommended Aishima accommodation: Hotel Nikko Fukuoka,Hakata Tokyu REI Hotel,Hotel Wing International – Hakata

Summarize

If you have not been to any of the Japanese cat islands, I believe that the above cat islands should allow you to add to your next itinerary plan, so that you can have the opportunity to get close to the local cats. Of course, how can there be only these few cat islands in Japan? In fact, there are Tashiro Island, Oki Island, Manabe Island, Sayanagi Island, and more different cat islands to visit. It is suitable for some tourists who have visited Japan many times, and arrange an in-depth tour mainly to experience different cat islands.

And before you travel to Japan next time, you can also check out the practical travel articles on this website. Maybe there will be more special attractions, travel itineraries, accommodation discounts, ticket discounts, etc., allowing you to plan a unique one. Japan travel experience.

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