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Thread started 02/22/16 5:42am

XxAxX

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Happy Cat Day !!!!

i think it's cool they have 'celebrate your cat' day in japan. wacky, but cool. see below for some of the ways people enjoy Cat Day

These are the amazing things you can do in Japan on Cat Day

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35628239

Reporting by Jordan Allen, a freelance journalist in Tokyo.

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Are you a cat person? If so, Japan is the place to be on 22 February because this is when Cat Day is celebrated.

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Now in its 30th year, Cat Day has lit up Japanese social media with endless portraits of ...cats as well as cat-themed doughnuts, cat-shaped biscuits, cat manga, cats staring soulfully out of windows, kittens mewing expectantly and so on. On this day it is Japan's hugest trend on social media.

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How did it start?

The event began in 1987 after an Executive Cat Day Committee polled cat-lovers across Japan and decided that February 22 should be Cat Day.

Other countries also have days to celebrate cats, but few marked with as much enthusiasm as Japan's.

Some of Japan's celebrity cats

A cat called Tama made headlines after becoming honorary stationmaster of a train station in Wakayama prefecture. Wearing a special cat-sized stationmaster's hat, she was a popular tourist attraction until her death in June 2015.

Tama was duly inducted into a hall of fame for the station's train line in February 2016.

What happens on Cat Day?

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).

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You can play tricks on your cat

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Picture of Twitter user RitzChan's cat

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You can dress up as a cat

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Tweet by @yancoromarch on Cat Day

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You can make food look like cats

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Tweet by @_HO_TA_TE_ on cat-shaped onigiri balls

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But what if you're not a cat person?

Fret not. This day, 22 February, is also Ninja Day in Japan (another play on 'two' being pronounced as 'ni').

Koka city in Shiga prefecture is one of the better known places to celebrate this occasion, with town hall staff dressing as elusive assassins for the day.

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Governors and mayors from Mie, Shiga, Kanagawa prefecture and former tourism agency chief Hiroshi Mizohata (first row, R) pose in ninja costumes for photos as they hold a press conference in Tokyo on 8 March 2015.

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Reply #1 posted 02/22/16 6:36am

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my MidNight

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Reply #2 posted 02/22/16 7:15am

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^ gorgeous! loooking real good

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Reply #3 posted 02/22/16 7:55am

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my MidNight

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Reply #4 posted 02/22/16 8:15am

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King Bad, your kitty scares me.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #5 posted 02/22/16 8:16am

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Nancy's the cat lady. Where she at?

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #6 posted 02/22/16 10:49am

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Kitties! biggrin

cute cat is searching the frontpage. can you help him to find the way ? he 's too cute .

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Reply #7 posted 02/22/16 12:46pm

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2freaky4church1 said:

King Bad, your kitty scares me.

is that better for ya???

lol lol lol lol lol

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Reply #8 posted 02/22/16 2:28pm

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[Edited 2/22/16 14:29pm]

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Reply #9 posted 02/22/16 5:59pm

214

Your cat is great, how your little dog gets along with the cat, grandpa?

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Reply #10 posted 02/22/16 6:15pm

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214 said:

Your cat is great, how your little dog gets along with the cat, grandpa?

i am KING BAD!!!
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Reply #11 posted 02/22/16 7:07pm

214

KingBAD said:

214 said:

Your cat is great, how your little dog gets along with the cat, grandpa?

Why don't you want to talk to me?

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214 said:

KingBAD said:

Why don't you want to talk to me?

i am KING BAD!!!
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Reply #13 posted 02/23/16 12:02pm

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Reply #14 posted 02/23/16 12:16pm

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spit and then there's always february 23, "grumpy cat day"

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Reply #15 posted 02/23/16 5:41pm

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Prince has cats eyes.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #16 posted 02/23/16 6:45pm

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2freaky4church1 said:

Prince has cats eyes.

what he do with the rest of the cats???

and how many cats eyes does he have???

why is it that rich people do these weird things

and erbody just acts like it's 'normal'???

in the movies you can kill a woman BUT

you better not kick a dog, now i guess

cats have become fair game...

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Reply #17 posted 02/23/16 6:46pm

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KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

i am KING BAD!!!
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Reply #18 posted 02/23/16 6:57pm

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falloff the secret hobbies of celebrities

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Reply #19 posted 02/23/16 8:47pm

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KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #20 posted 02/24/16 4:29am

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KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

[Edited 2/24/16 4:33am]

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Reply #21 posted 02/24/16 6:07am

Guitarhero

kpowers said:

KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

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Reply #22 posted 02/24/16 3:29pm

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giggle if you blur your eyes a little bit those bits of hair start to look like cat's ears.

purplethunder3121 said:

KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

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Reply #23 posted 02/24/16 3:37pm

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KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

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lol

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Reply #24 posted 02/24/16 4:27pm

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KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

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biggrin biggrin biggrin

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KingBAD said:

KEEP PRINCE AWAY FROM MY CAT'S EYES!!!

[Edited 2/24/16 4:33am]

lol lol

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Reply #26 posted 02/24/16 5:37pm

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The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. - Doug Larson


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[Edited 2/24/16 18:09pm]

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Reply #29 posted 02/24/16 6:13pm

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[Edited 2/24/16 18:18pm]

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