Cats with hooked and bent tails fill Nagasaki, Japan, where they are thought to bring good luck. A stray bobtail cat rests at a park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on April 26, 2025.

Nagasaki residents hope the cats bring in tourists and help business. Natsuno Kani, a 50-year-old tourist from Tokyo who recently visited the bobtail shrine, said she knew Nagasaki was famous for ...

In Japan, rare bobtail cats are considered good luck. Nagasaki is filled with them A stray bobtail cat rests at a park in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on April 26, 2025.

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. Breaking: Long-planned I-675 interchange project to move forward.

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)” or “kagi neko (hook cats ...

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)”… ...

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko (bent-tail cats)” or “kagi neko (hook cats ...