This is heaven!

天国だ〜

Hey guys! Guess where we are right now~

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！

Chris (Abroad in Japan)

クリスです！チャンネル名はAbroad in Japanだよ〜

Jun and Rachel

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〜

CAT ISLAND

田代島！！！

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

さっきこの船に乗ったけど

Go watch my vlog videos on my 2nd channel

ぎりぎり乗れて本当よかったw

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）

But yeah! We're headed to Cat Island!

田代島に行くよー！夢見たい

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

and I think it's gonna be amazing

絶対楽しい

The weather is perfect, so we are really lucky

今日の天気が良くて、ラッキーだね★

Oh my god we're almost there!

あと少しで着くよー！！

Is this it?

これ田代島？

I think so yeah

そうだと思うよ

Oh!

おー！

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

着くよー♪ 着くよー♪ 着くよー♪

Almost.

あと少しねw

5 minutes!

５分ぐらいかな？

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

船から下りた途端に猫が

as soon as we get off the boat

群がってきたらいいなー

I really hope that happens

そうなるといいねw

Let's just come out with handfuls of food

手に餌を持って行こうか？

We have taped it to our clothing!

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!?

よーし！猫見つけよーっと！

I don't see any cats yet

まだ一匹も見てないんだよね

Heh, it's a lie!

すべて嘘かも

It's all a publicity stunt

PRのためだったかも

They call it Cat Island to lure us here

「猫の島」と呼べば絶対みんな見に来るからね

But actually, there aren't any!

でも実は．．．猫がいない！がーーん。

But there were!

いたいた！良かったー！

Tashirojima (Cat Island) is located in the Pacific Ocean

田代島は太平洋にあります

Off the coast of Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture

宮城県石巻市の近くです

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

But there are several hundred cats

猫ちゃんは数百匹もいます

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

which you can board from Ishinomaki

フェリーに乗ります

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

私たちは南の方で降りました

We are venturing deeper into the island now

よーし！冒険始まるよー

in search of more cats

猫ちゃんを探しに行きましょう！

We already saw 3, yay!

もう３匹見たよん♪

Wowww

すごーい！

Awww

かわいい〜

He's so friendly

フレンドリーだね！

OMG YES FOOD PLZ

「ご飯くれー」

What a cutie

可愛いな〜

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

高いやつだよ〜

Aww

可愛いー！

It's my favourite one

この猫ちゃん一番好き♥︎

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

みんな来るー！

This place is heaven, I'm never going home

天国だー 帰りたくない！

FUN FACT: Nobody owns a dog on Cat Island

田代島は犬禁止だよ〜

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

猫の安全のためにね

It's probably his first cat toy ever

人生初めてのおもちゃかも！

Aww they're so happy~

喜んでるね

Oh my god that grey one is so cute!

グレー色の猫ちょー可愛い！

Aww I wanna bring him home~

持って帰りた〜い

There is one store on the island

田代島には一つの店しかない

where you can buy drinks and snacks

飲み物とお菓子が売ってます

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

So if you would like to feed the cats

猫ちゃんに餌あげたかったら

I recommend bringing your own food and snacks for them

自分で餌を持ってきた方が

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

いいかもしれないね

My recommendation would be to bring some cans of wet food

ネコ缶が一番いいと思います

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！

This is paradise

ここはパラダイスだ〜

It's a chocolate cat!

チョコキャット！

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

We are now in search of the Cat Shrine

今ネコ神社に向かっています

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!

クリスから教えてもらおう！

So it's said...

約１００年前

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

And then, shit went down.

でも、大変な事が起こった

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？

All the rats were eating it

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

So, they brought the cats along

この島に持ってきました

The cats killed and ate all the rats

猫たちがそのネズミを殺して

And they saved the economy of the island!

島の経済を救ったのです！

So to thank the cats, they made a Cat Shrine

ネコちゃんに感謝をするため

And lived happily ever after, the end.

ネコ神社を作りました

And now we're looking for that shrine...

今その神社に向かっています！

This Cat Shrine is located at the centre of the island between the 2 ports

ネコ神社は島のほぼ中央にあるので

So if you get off at either one, and venture in towards the middle of the island

どこから出発しても、中央の方に歩けば

You should be able to find it

神社に着くはず！

It was a good half-hour walk to reach the shrine

徒歩で３０分ぐらいかかって

And it was really hot, there wasn't much shade around

すごく暑くて、日陰あんまりなかったから

So definitely bring enough liquids!

絶対水を持ってた方が良い

We found the shrine!

ネコ神社発見！

We made it to the Cat Shrine and this cat is so happy to see us

このネコちゃんすごく喜んでくれた♪

FINALLY PEOPLE

「やっと誰か会いに来たー」

Hey~

はろー

DID YOU BRING FOOD?

「ご飯は？」

We brought food!

ご飯持ってきたよー

ANYTHING GOOD?

「美味しいやつ？」

Hey~

はろ〜

HURRY UP LADY

「ご飯はやくくれよ〜」

He's so happy, he's like "No one ever makes it all the way up here!"

人あんまりこっち来ないから喜んでるのかな？

This is pretty awesome

それすごいね！

Look at all the... Oh my god there's cat toys!

ネコのおもちゃがあるんだ！

That's so cute!

かわいいー

This shrine was built in dedication to a cat that was accidentally killed by a falling rock

この神社は崩れた岩で死んでしまったネコちゃんの為に建てられた

After visiting the Cat Shrine, we decided to head out to the North side of the island

猫神社を見てから、北の方に向かう事にした

to see if there were any more cats to find over there

そっちにも猫ちゃんがいるのかな〜？

There weren't as many cats as there were over on the South side

南の方に比べて猫ちゃんは少なかったけど

But the cats that were there, all came flocking towards us

着いた途端、猫たちが私たちの方に歩いてきて

and they all looked really happy to see us

とても喜んでくれたみたいだよ♪

So if you get a chance, definitely go visit them

時間あれば北の方にある猫たちにも会いに行ってね！

So far we have seen more cats than people, definitely

人間より猫ちゃんが多いね！

How many people have we seen so far? Maybe...

今まで何人見たのかな〜

6?

６人？

Yeah, maybe 10 at the most

多くても１０人ぐらいかな

Lots of them were tourists, at least half of them were tourists

ほぼ観光客だしね

And we've probably seen at least 30 cats

でも猫は３０匹以上見たよ！

I would say. Probably about 30 cats.

うん、３０匹ぐらい

So that's awesome!

すごい

Obviously we came to Tashirojima for the cats

猫ちゃんを見るためにこの島に来たけど

But look at this view! We had a wonderful time

この島の魅力は猫だけじゃない！この景色見て〜

just relaxing down by the water here

海の近くでリラックスできて

It's a really gorgeous place

とても素敵な場所だ♥︎

As you're exploring the island

この島を歩くと

You'll probably notice that there aren't any restaurants around

レストラン全然見かけないけど

But after a quick Google search

グーグルで検索したら

we discovered that there is one

なんと一つのレストランがあるんだって！

And we head off to find it!

さっそくそこに向かうことにした

Aww there's a cat coming to welcome us!

猫ちゃんが挨拶しに来た〜

And Chris terrifies it.

クリス怖いから

It flees into the bushes

逃げちゃった（涙）

So we have discovered probably the only place to eat on the island

この島でご飯食べたいんだったらここしかないのかな？

It's a house actually, it's someone's home and they have a little cafe

誰かの家みたいです

And it looks like there's only one thing on the menu

メニューは一つだけ！

Probably each day they change it

それが毎日変わるのかな？

Today is... Octopus Tomato Sauce Pasta

今日のメニューは「たこトマトソースパスタ」

It was nice to be able to just come in and wash our hands

ここで手を洗ったり

And use the washroom, they have a really nice washroom here

トイレを使ったりすることができる

So if you're looking for somewhere to do that this is probably the only place on the island

それ出来るところはここだけかもしれない

Otherwise you'd have to use an outhouse, those were the only other washrooms that we saw

ビーチの方にもトイレあったけど、ちゃんとしたトイレではない

He's following us home!

ついてきてる！

Aww what a cutie

かわいいー

It's time to get back on the boat and go home :(

もう帰らなきゃ（涙）

I don't wanna leave, this place is really nice

帰りたくないなー この島気に入った

We're on the ferry now

フェリーに乗りました

Which is really sad :( Are you sad Chris?

悲しいな〜　クリスも悲しい？

Chris is so sad

クリスもとても悲しそうだね

There'll be tears in a minute

涙が出そう

Seriously this place was so nice, it was gorgeous!

田代島本当によかった！

Really, really relaxing

すごくリラックス出来て

And the cats were so cute!! They were so friendly!

猫たちも可愛くてフレンドリーだったし！

It's so rare to find stray cats that are friendly in Japan

日本の野良猫はだいたいフレンドリーじゃないね

that will like, come up to you! They were so cute

でもここの猫ちゃんたちは寄ってくるよ♥︎

Shrine cat was the best!

神社の猫がベストだった

And that pretty grey cat with the long hair that kinda looked like Maro

そしてマロちゃんに少し似てる猫も

Those 2 were my favourite

お気に入り♥︎

I will put all the information about Cat Island down in the description box

田代島の事を下に詳しく書くので

Check that if you're interested in coming here

興味ある方そこをチェックしてね！

It cost 2500 yen for the boat ride here and back, both ways

フェリーは往復で２５００円だった

Yeah, it's not too bad

悪くないね！

You can get lunch on the island for 800 yen

そしてランチは８００円だった

We are heading back to Sendai now, to continue our road trip

これからは仙台に向かって、次の目的地に向かいます！

So check out the videos on Rachel and Chris' channels

レイチェルとクリスの動画も見てね♪

And look forward to more from me too!

私も東北の紹介動画を色々出すので、楽しみにしててね！

Bye!!

じゃあね！