Hello.
My name is Eiji, I am a resident of Soma General Hospital*1 and live with 14 cats.
Well, It is natural that you wonder, why I live with 14 wild stray cats?
Simple answer is because it snows heavy in Fukushima.
So it is too hard for little stray kitten survive over cold winter.
Its climate was different from Yokohama city, Yokohama is located in the south of Tokyo
, where I lived six years ago and where is warm and snow-free.
The beginning of the story is that four years ago when I was student of Fukushima Medical University*2.
That year’s early summer, Misaki and her kittens began to live in the courtyard of the University. I took Misaki’s family at home before winter came.
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Misakii and her kitten at the courtyard of the University
Misaki and her kitten get together under the cold winter's day
Misaki and her kitten get together at home
And one day in a winter, the day before the heavy snow I was studying in a library and when taking a walk outside for a break, met little brother and sister cats Silver and May.
Looks like the american shorthair
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Siver and May, the day before the snow
The day of snow
Siver and May at home at the day of snow
It was forbidden to keep cats in the apartment I lived (Iwashiro simizu town) at that time. So I was driven out of the house and moved to Iisaka*3. At that time, unfortunately one of Misaki's children died of illness.
One day in Iisaka where is popular for hot springs, I saw strange dirty creature moving out of the window. It took several seconds for my brain’s nerve to connect to recognize what it was.
It was …It was …It was…cat, little cat.
It was Aki. Tortoiseshell cat.
Total 7cats.
Aki
Aki may be smiling
also is Aki
It continue...
Cats and I am glad to meet you. Thanks for your visit.
Footnote
*1.Soma General Hospital
*2. Fukushima Medical University
https://www.fmu.ac.jp/univ/en/
*3.Iizaka
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%AF%E5%9D%82%E6%B8%A9%E6%B3%89