Late in the afternoon of our first full day in Tokyo, having seen how big and modern Tokyo can be, we headed to a small district that retains much of the texture of pre-WWII Tokyo–smaller houses, narrower streets, no high rises. And its own pedestrian shopping street.
It is . . . the Little Street of Unbearable Cuteness. And a notable feature of this street is . . . cats!
On the signs . . . cats!
Prominent among the merchandise . . . cats!
On the rooftops . . . cats!
In the windows . . . cats!
Wait a minute! Let’s look at that last one again!
Is that, “No cat, no life”?
And yet, and yet, we saw no live cats on the Little Street of Unbearable Cuteness.