The Kagurazaka Bakeneko Festival in Tokyo is a popular Halloween event centered around bakeneko, supernatural cats from ...

The annual Bakeneko Parade in Kagurazaka is one of the more curious Halloween-related events in Tokyo. Everyone is welcome; all you have to do is dress up as a cat and bring a feline attitude.

The same goes for cats, as there are tales of them becoming bakeneko (monster cats) if theyâ re raised by people for too long ...

People dressed as cats and supernatural cats, known as “bakeneko”, take part in a parade to celebrate Halloween during the Kagurazaka Bakeneko Festival in Tokyo yesterday.

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Participants in cat-themed costumes attend the ‘bakeneko’ or supernatural cat festival as a pre-Halloween event in the Kagurazaka district of Tokyo. AFP ...

Cats have been an ever-present part of Japanese culture for hundreds of years: sometimes cherished as devoted protectors of Buddhist scriptures, other times feared as devious yokai (supernatural ...

Researchers from the University of Montreal have created a first-of-its-kind electrode-lined crochet beanie that can be used to measure a cat’s brain activity. Aside from being adorable ...

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