by Grania
Today is Cat Day, and it is (of course, where else?) in Japan.
It is celebrated on 2/22 every year, the BBC notes:
Known as “Neko no Hi”, it was chosen because the date’s numerals, 2/22 (ni ni ni), are pronounced fairly closely to the sound a cat makes in Japan (nyan nyan nyan).
Source: Maru-sama
I always thought it was mew, or in the case of a Siamese cat, ARGGGGHHHHHH! But nyan nyan is cute too.
The Beeb says there are a lot of things you can do to celebrate the day such as dressing up like a cat, pranking your cat (in a non-cruel way) or eating cat-shaped delicacies.
Hmm. How could you eat such a work of art though?
Source: Geyser of awesome.
There’s even an entire cat-themed restaurant. Bring your own necomimi headgear if you want to fit in.
Source: Kotaku.
Bear this in mind when you feed your feline companion today. Today is a Sacred Day, govern yourselves accordingly.
Hat-tip: @HStiles1
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Orson has been served some very expensive cat food today. He had a dental cleaning and is refusing his normal fare, so I must pamper him.
Somehow, I thought cat day had already past. Oh well, everyday is cat day.
Eternally Kitties.
I asked Misa. She’s not familiar with it, thinks the wait staff looks weird, and doesn’t want me to think that they’re representative of Japanese culture….
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Well, the write up does say “an entire cat-themed restaurant,” so maybe this doesn’t apply to Japanese culture writ large…
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When I was a 5 year old Navy dependent living in base housing in Yokuska, Japan, in 1968, I met my first feline companion, a Siamese we named Koko. Alas, she died of feline distemper at age 5, but she was a beautiful and very loving cat.