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2012-10-27

Tutelary Cat

I met her on the date of our Japanese wedding at Fujinomori Shrine where my in laws also  got married. The shrine is even older than Fushimi Inari Taisha and enshrines tutelary god of the local community.  

She appeared from no where but followed us and sat still as I took some pictures. She did not say a word (of course not) but she had this look of solemn dignity that made me think she could be the messanger of God like the statues of white foxes sitting beside Inari shrines. 

You may see cats walking on the street anywhere in Japan, they may be homeless cats, or may have a home or two and they always seem to possess great worldly wisdom.