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ぽんこつ猫 (ponkotsu-neko) is a small, round, slightly useless cat who keeps wandering islands in the Seto Inland Sea. 4-koma strips about Japan, quietly.

• The Bruised One

  Ikuchijima · lemon

  “The imperfect one was already there.”

  wabi

  script ready

• Rabbit Island

  Ōkunoshima · rabbit

  “Enough.”

  mono no aware

  script ready

• Lost Count

  Shōdoshima · olive

  “You cannot count what you are inside.”

  ma

  script ready

• Waiting for the Tide

  Tomo no Ura · tidal harbor

  “The sea wasn't ready. The cat wasn't either.”

  nagi

  script ready

• What the Museum Knows

  Naoshima · art museum

  “It was outside all along.”

  yūgen

  script ready

• The Exhibition

  Teshima · water museum

  “Everything was already here.”

  seijaku

  script ready

• The Offering

  Koya-san · mountain monastery

  “The mountain had been waiting twelve hundred years. One more visitor seemed fine.”

  tabi

  script ready

• The Overnight Guest

  Ine, Kyoto Prefecture · funaya boat-houses

  “The village kept the old ways so well the cat couldn't quite remember how to leave.”

  nagori

  script ready

• The Island and the Deer

  Miyajima (Itsukushima), Hiroshima Prefecture · floating torii gate

  “The cat had come to see the gate. The deer had come to see the cat.”

  ichigo ichie

  script ready

• The Counting of Islands

  Matsushima Bay, Miyagi Prefecture · pine-covered islands

  “The cat had brought a notebook. The bay had two hundred and sixty islands. The notebook was not large enough.”

  yoin

  script ready

Images in production · Scripts by うに