The ‘lucky’ Japanese cats with their own fan club and shrine - In Nagasaki, the bobtail cat is more than just a pet ...

In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko ...

Past findings have indicated bobtails accounted for nearly 80% of the cats in Nagasaki, twice the occurrence of anywhere else in Japan. Japanese cats are believed to have come from China in the ...