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According to the article, the translation of his twitter bio reads, "I live in harmony with the cats who have arrived in the tetra pot of Kashiwahama, Chiba Pre

According to the article, the translation of his twitter bio reads, "I live in harmony with the cats who have arrived in the tetra pot of Kashiwahama, Chiba Prefecture." The cats didn’t arrive in a tetra pot, they live among the tetrapods, which are artificial concrete objects that are ubiquitously placed along the Japanese coastline, ostensibly to prevent coastal erosion, although some have said they are basically government pork projects for the all-powerful construction industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/22/general/tetrapods/#.XT3oi8opCfA https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2007/07/22/general/tetrapo...

bitwize 7y ago
Katamari Damacy calls those things "Breakwater Block".
Havoc 7y ago
>ostensibly to prevent coastal erosion Nothing ostensible about it. They work well to protect harbours. e.g. https://i.imgur.com/Okxthdq.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Okxthdq.jpg Bigger question is why is anyone using the tetra design at all. The dolos one isn't patented and interlocks way better. https://i.imgur.com/nO6srwI.jpg https://i.imgur.com/nO6srwI.jpg
Arnavion 7y ago
The translation is wrong. "棲み着く" means "live (in a place) for a long time", so "テトラポットに棲み着いた猫たち" is simply "the cats that have been living in the テトラポット since a long time ago". There is no "arrived" about it.