Name: 日本の猫島の一日：田代島 (A Day on Japan's CAT ISLAND: TASHIROJIMA)
Uploaded: 2021-04-02T18:15:33.000Z
Duration: 9 min 31 s

はろー♪ 今日は特別な場所に行くよ♥︎

Well first of all, let me introduce who I'm with

でもその前に、友達を紹介するね！

クリスです！チャンネル名はAbroad in Japanだよ〜

そして、JunとRachel! チャンネル名はRachel and Junね

And we are headed to, the best place in Japan!

今日は日本のベストスポットに行くよ〜

And we're on the boat, we just made the boat

Go watch my vlog videos on my 2nd channel

if you wanna see our whole adventure getting here

そのアドベンチャーが見たかったらサブチャンネルに動画をアップしたよ♥︎（日本語の字幕なくてごめんね）

I've wanted to go here for probably 2 years now

ずっと前から行きたかったからね〜

I think I first heard about it 2 years ago

２年前に田代島のことを聞いて、ずーっと行きたいと思った

The weather is perfect, so we are really lucky

今日の天気が良くて、ラッキーだね★

We're there we're there we're there we're there

着くよー♪ 着くよー♪ 着くよー♪

I'm just picturing the cats to come swarming to us

Let's just come out with handfuls of food

テープで服に付ければ良かったかもw

We're here!! Look at this place, it's gorgeous!!

着いたー！なんと素敵な島だね！

Alright guys, it's time to go find some cats, where are the cats!?

「猫の島」と呼べば絶対みんな見に来るからね

でも実は．．．猫がいない！がーーん。

Tashirojima (Cat Island) is located in the Pacific Ocean

Off the coast of Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture

Tashirojima is inhabited by more cats than humans

田代島は人間より猫の方が多いので

Which is where it gets it's nickname of Cat Island

近年は「ネコの島」として知られる

There are less than 100 people living on the island

田代島の人口は１００人以下だけど

In order to get to Tashirojima you need to take a 1 hour long ferry ride

田代島に行くには石巻市から出発する

The boat will stop at both of the island's settled areas

田代島には二つの町があって、このフェリーは両方に止まります

A tiny village near the North, and a more developed village in the South

北の方に一つと、南の方にもう一つ

We decided to get off at the stop in the South

We are venturing deeper into the island now

猫ちゃんを探しに行きましょう！

It's the good stuff, it's not the cheap stuff

Ahh they're all coming, they're all coming! OMG

This place is heaven, I'm never going home

FUN FACT: Nobody owns a dog on Cat Island

In order to protect the cats it's actually not allowed to bring a dog onto the island at all

But surprisingly they didn't have a very good selection of cat food

意外に猫の餌あんまり売っていなかったので

I recommend bringing your own food and snacks for them

just in case there isn't any you can buy in the store

My recommendation would be to bring some cans of wet food

Or some bottles of water and bowls you can give them the water in

それかペットボトルの水と入れ物

We saw a few people feeding them dry food

ドライフードをあげてる人が多かったけど

But we didn't really see any bowls of water anywhere

水とか全然置いてなかったから

So I was kinda worried that the cats were dehydrated

水分足りないんじゃないかな〜とちょっと心配です

So that would probably be a really good idea

ダから、ネコ缶は喜ぶと思います！

The tsunami is 2011 partially flooded Tashirojima

2011年に発生した東日本大震災によって田代島は地盤が約130cm沈下し

and both the villages had several buildings that were destroyed

沿岸部の家屋や漁業施設が大きな被害を受けた

Luckily, the island is located behind a peninsula

田代島は牡鹿半島の先端近くにあるので

which helped protect it from more severe damage

津波からちょっと保護されました

Which Chris has been telling us stories about

クリスがよくネコ神社のことを知ってるらしいから

Tell us the background story Chris, with your best accent!

About 100 years ago, this island had a thriving textiles industry

この島では織物が生産されていました

There were load of rats, and they were eating all the textiles

島内にはネズミ多く、織物が食い荒らされる被害が絶えませんでした

I can't remember what it was, silk or cotton or something?

シルクかコットンだったかな？

ネズミがそれを食べてて大変なことになってたので

So they were like, I know what we can do! CATS!

ある人がいっぱいのネコちゃんを

And they saved the economy of the island!

So to thank the cats, they made a Cat Shrine

今その神社に向かっています！

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日本の猫島の一日：田代島 (A Day on Japan's CAT ISLAND: TASHIROJIMA)

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