Watch A Cat's-Eye View of Japan (2022) Online!
Globe-trotting wildlife photographer and filmmaker, Iwago Mitsuaki, offers the best of a vast collection of cat footage he took in Japan. On this unique trip around the country, discover the lesser-known charms and customs of regions through the eyes of cats!
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Episode 1 - Autumn Colors in Kyoto
Release Date: 2022-02-11Kyoto Prefecture offers amazing seasonal views. Visit different temples to enjoy autumn colors on a morning walk with a black cat and his beloved priest, see a rare calico cat, and watch an avid tree climber!
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Episode 2 - Tsugaru, Where Life Begins
Release Date: 2022-02-23Mt. Iwaki in Aomori Prefecture overlooks an apple orchard where 5 kitties are born in spring. By summer, they've grown big and strong! Pay them a visit and attend the area's special summer festival!
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Episode 3 - Tokyo: Lucky Cats
Release Date: 2022-04-10Tokyo is home to many lucky cats called Maneki-neko! Get your kitty fix at a public bath, a lantern shop and a classical theater. Then, meet them after hours in Shinjuku's Golden Gai bar district!
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Episode 4 - Mt. Fuji: Countryside Cats
Release Date: 2022-04-17At the foot of the sacred Mt. Fuji, have breakfast with dairy farm kitties, fish with hungry kitties at a port, and dance at a unique summer festival held by a temple dedicated to cats.
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Episode 5 - Okinawa/Kudaka: A Spiritual Paradise
Release Date: 2022-04-24A sacred island with an emerald sea and tropical trees is pure kitty heaven. Scale a wall with rare white kitties, and relax to the sounds of traditional Okinawan music with a black kitty.
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Episode 6 - Noto: A Winter Wonderland
Release Date: 2022-05-01Snow piles up in winter along the Sea of Japan. Visit a morning seafood market, play in the snow, admire traditional lacquerware, and enjoy warm mochi rice cake with cute kitties.
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Episode 7 - Sanuki: A Kitty's Favorite Udon
Release Date: 2022-05-08Visit the Sanuki region to try a local delicacy loved by cats. Watch a kitty's owner make traditional roof tiles, and stroll around a famous shrine with another kitty.
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Episode 8 - Kamakura: An Ancient Seaside City
Release Date: 2022-05-15Visit the city known for its giant Buddha statue to watch a kitty play in the Meigetsu-in Temple garden, then have a nap with kittens on a priest's cushion at another temple along a train line.
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Episode 9 - Shimanto River: A Clear Stream
Release Date: 2022-05-22Along Japan's famous, clear river, cute kitties are living their best lives. Join 1 kitty on a unique bridge leading to his canoe shop, and take in a lovely sunset with the other cuties.
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Episode 10 - Karuizawa: A Cool Breeze on a Plateau
Release Date: 2022-05-29Visit Japan's popular summer getaway to join a church kitty on his morning stroll through the woods, watch a kitty help make souvenir candles, and play with another in a guest house garden.
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Episode 11 - Kumano Kodo: Pilgrimage Trails
Release Date: 2022-06-05On a pilgrimage down sacred trails, follow a kitty through a majestic forest. Meet a hunting master at a 1,300-year-old temple, and wait patiently for homemade bread at a seaside café.
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Episode 12 - Aizu: A Quaint Castle Town
Release Date: 2022-06-12Near Aizu's symbolic Tsuruga Castle, visit a kitty at an old post station, and feast with another at a quaint Aizu lacquerware shop. One more kitty awaits your offering at a 1,400-year-old temple.
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Episode 13 - Kagoshima: Volcano Blessings
Release Date: 2022-06-19Active volcanos bless Kagoshima Prefecture with natural hot springs. Visit a boss cat near an "ashiyu" foot bath, help kitties guard a brewery, and relax with a bath house kitty.
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Episode 14 - Chiba: Refreshing Sea Breeze and Sunlight
Release Date: 2022-06-26A black kitty sits at a picturesque spot near the beach. Two other kitties are busy greeting people at an old train station, but they always find time to play with the station staff.
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Episode 15 - Nara: An Ancient Capital Awaits Spring
Release Date: 2022-07-03Head to the famous Todai-ji Temple before visiting a nun's kitty at the 1,300-year-old Chugu-ji Temple. Visit a Japanese washi paper factory and a plum tree grove for more kitty fun.
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Episode 16 - Hakodate: A Hilly Port Town
Release Date: 2022-07-10Kitties enjoy a Western atmosphere in a port town that's prospered for centuries. Meanwhile, mommies are busy raising rambunctious kittens while another kitty gets spoiled by sea urchin fishers.
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Episode 17 - Aichi: Lead by Beckoning Cats
Release Date: 2022-07-24A famous pottery town makes cat figurines, but there are real kitties too! Head to Nagoya to visit a coffee shop kitty, then to a mountain town to check out traditional dolls with another cat.
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Episode 18 - Iwate: Traditional Country Living
Release Date: 2022-07-31Take in a view of "the Mt. Fuji of Iwate" with a farmer and her kitty, and visit an egg-loving mamma cat that's busy raising kittens in a repurposed traditional home.
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Episode 19 - Nagasaki: Kitties in a City of Peace
Release Date: 2022-08-07Meet kitties in an alleyway in hilly Nagasaki, see a white kitty relax and hunt around Peace Park, and enjoy kitty heaven at Unzen Jigoku hot springs before noisy humans arrive.
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Episode 20 - Nikko: Sleeping Kitty, Door Kitty
Release Date: 2022-08-14See the famous Sleeping Cat carving at Tosho-gu Shrine. A painter's kitty has a special talent! Watch a scaredy cat creep around at another lovely shrine.
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Episode 21 - Yamagata: A Caring Producer
Release Date: 2022-08-21A unique trip around the country of Japan with photographer and filmmaker Iwago Mitsuaki, discovering the uncharted charms and customs of regions, all seen through the eyes of cats.
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Episode 22 - Fukuoka: Small Remote Islands
Release Date: 2022-08-28On this unique trip around Japan, discover the lesser-known charms and customs of regions through the eyes of cats! Filmed by wildlife photographe,Iwago Mitsuaki.
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Episode 23 - Tochigi: Kitty Guides
Release Date: 2022-10-09Visit kitties and their favorite spots. Relax in an old hot spring tied to a folk character, hide in a limestone cave formed by volcanic activity, and take in the natural surroundings on a plateau.
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Episode 24 - Ibaraki: Sporty Kitties
Release Date: 2022-10-16Kitties in Ibaraki Prefecture know how to have fun. Admire incoming paragliders with one, meet another that's unfazed by swinging golf clubs, and play ball with a territorial kitty.