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ネンネコ / Sleeping Cats
When I came out from visiting Joshinji (浄信寺) Temple (Kuhonbutsu 九品仏) in Setagaya Ward, I found cats in the sunny bushes on the side of the temple.
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A word “cat” in Japanese is “neko ネコ” which is sometimes said that Ne-ko means Ne (寝 sleep) – ko (子 small), because they sleep for long hours in a day. That must be true.