One of my favorite places in Hakata is Shōfuku-ji, Japan’s oldest Zen Buddhism temple. Every autumn I try to make it over there to take photos of the maple leaves. Today, though, I was surprised to discover that the temple has been over run with very people-friendly cats. (They understand Hakata-ben, too.)

博多にある正福寺は猫だらけですばい。日本の一番古い禅寺はいつのまにか「猫寺」になったと？ 「猫ちゃん」
「にゃん？」
「何ばしょーと？」
「坐禅たい」