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Tashiro village is known in Japan as "Cat Island '. But now that most of the residents are elderly expecting another thing that the arrival of new residents. Inhabited 100 residents, on average over 70 years, Tashiro community hope the cats can be a magnet to attract tourists campaign and ultimately increase the number of rural dwellers.
"If you see this village seemed so peaceful. But if for example there is a fire, no one could help us. I hope many young people to move here. In Tashiro many people who want to teach them how to fish," said Yutaka Hama, 49, as head of the Tashiro tourism promotion agency.
Hama moved to Tashiro a few years ago and now also earn a living as a manager of an inn and fishermen. His wife, Aiko, is by far the youngest woman in his village at the age of 37 years. Besides Aiko, most women Tashiro was aged over 60 years.
Tashiro is not inhabited a dog. In addition, a common sight seen in modern cities in Japan were also absent. Call it like a department store, the traffic lights to children. The human population there has declined tenfold since 1960, as many residents moved to another city.
But a few years ago, Tashiro became famous as the 'Island of the Cats'. At that time a television station to make a show about Jack the Lop Ear, a male cat striped black-and-white. Now Jack is a major attraction in the city. Her movements were slow compared to other cats even make popularity skyrocketed.
"I'm so glad to see him. After retirement, I want to stay here alone," said Shiho Amano, 18, who like cats. Amano specifically came from Nagoya to Tashiro to witness the photo exhibition held tourism promotion agency. His cell phone is already full by the pictures of the famous cat.
Jack is not the first cat who became a national idol in Japan. Nor were first able to bring good luck to a region. Last year a cat named Tama was appointed "leaders" Kinokawa railway station in Wakayama prefecture.
A hat was given to her station. The presence of lead Tama tourists had come to the small town.
Tashiro fishermen often give the fish to the cat. The presence of cats to be easily detected in the island area of 3.14 square kilometers and is located 20 kilometers from the port of Ishinomaki in northern Japan's.
The ferry link to the island usually only carry 10-20 passengers per day after the summer. However, since last September, that number has doubled in the weekdays and more than tripled on the weekend
"We see more and more that came with the camera and the food, instead of a fishing rod," said an employee of the ferry Ajishima. He added that the tourists still come despite the imminent winter.
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