Hanya Ingin Tau: Tashirojima - The Cat Island of Japan

Cat Island, secara resmi disebut Tashirojima, adalah sebuah pulau kecil di Kota Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefektur, Jepang, yang dihuni oleh kucing lebih banyak dari orang yg tinggal dipulau itu. Pulau ini telahdikenal sebagai "Cat Island" karena populasi kucing liar besar yang tumbuh subur sebagai akibat dari kepercayaan lokal yang memberi makan kucing akan membawa kekayaan dan keberuntungan. Populasi kucing sekarang lebih besar dari populasi manusia di pulau itu.

But Tashirojima doesn’t have too many humans to begin with. There are approximately 100 residents on Cat Island, and most of them are over 70. One person is 37, and everybody else is over 60 years old. With more than 50% of the population being over 65 years of age, the survival of the island is threatened. It won’t be long before the four footed animal end up being the only living being on the Cat island.
From Wikipedia,

In the past, the islanders raised silkworms for silk, and cats were kept in order to keep the mouse population down (because mice are a natural predator of silkworms). Fixed-net fishing was popular on the island after the Edo Period and fishermen from other areas would come and stay on the island overnight. The cats would go to the inns where the fishermen were staying and beg for scraps. Over time, the fishermen developed a fondness for the cats and would observe the cats closely, interpreting their actions as predictions of the weather and fish patterns. One day, when the fishermen were collecting rocks to use with the fixed-nets, a stray rock fell and killed one of the cats. The fishermen, feeling sorry for the loss of the cat, buried it and enshrined it at this location on the island.