Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945. The only sign of human activity now is the boatload of day-trippers from the mainland ...

Why visit this island Visiting Aoshima is like stepping into a feline fairytale. The cats roam freely—lounging on fishing boats, sunbathing on benches, peeking into abandoned homes, and forming ...

The island, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, was home to 900 people in 1945. Now, more than 120 cats swarm the island with fewer than 20 humans, all pensioners aged ...

Tourists have been flocking to the island off Ehime prefecture on a ferry that runs twice twice a day. Cat lover Makiko Yamasaki, 27, said: "I came here looking to relax. And as for how is it?

AOSHIMA, Japan, March 3 (UPI) --A Japanese island with only 22 human residents is drawing tourists interested in its other population -- an estimated 120 cats. The island of Aoshima, Ehime ...

It's a cat lover's dream come true, an island where felines outnumber humans. Hoards of feral cats have made the remote Aoshima Island in Southern Japan their home, where they outnumber humans six ...

Aoshima, a 30-minute ferry ride off the coast of Ehime prefecture, had been home to 900 people in 1945 Picture: Thomas Peter/ReutersCredit: Thomas Peter/Reuters ...

Aoshima is a tiny island in Japan's Ehime prefecture where cats outnumber people eight-to-one. The so-called cat island is a tourist destination in the summer, but in the dead of winter the number ...

1 Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan. An army of cats rules the remote island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village ...