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Nov 15 2010 12 Comments

A Tokyo alley cat

As a young lad, re-runs of the animated series Top Cat were a firm after school favourite, the exploits of the decidedly dapper gang of New York alley cats painting a really quite positive picture of feral feline life.

An existence so desirable in fact that were it somehow made aware of old American TV shows, this cat in Shinjuku’s kabukicho district would no doubt be completely and utterly confounded.

Tokyo alley cat

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  1. Natalie deLapins says

    11/15/2010 at 12:13 pm

    If I could favourite this I would.

    Natalie
    @_TLDR

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  2. Branden says

    11/15/2010 at 5:16 pm

    Where’s Officer Dibble?

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    • Lee says

      11/15/2010 at 5:27 pm

      As it was Kabukicho, I think officer Dibble was too busy dabbling…

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  3. [Gm] says

    11/15/2010 at 9:19 pm

    This picture actually reminds me of the computer game (back in the late 80s), although the cat in the game was black :D…

    Nice capture, Lee 🙂

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    • Lee says

      11/16/2010 at 7:55 am

      Thanks! The computer game doesn’t ring any bells unfortunately. Just the TV show.

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  4. James says

    11/16/2010 at 12:06 am

    Wonderful catch with the depth and daylight.

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    • Lee says

      11/16/2010 at 7:55 am

      Thanks James!

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  5. Jeffrey says

    11/16/2010 at 1:20 am

    An alley, like so many in Japan, with “fire hazard” written all over it.

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    • Lee says

      11/16/2010 at 7:56 am

      That’s very true Jeffrey. In fact the same probably goes for a lot of the buildings in that area too.

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  6. Lizzy says

    11/16/2010 at 3:58 am

    I know I used to watch Top Cat but when I try to remember it I get the Heathcliff song stuck in my head . . . .

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  7. The Envoy says

    11/17/2010 at 10:07 am

    Cat gangsta in an alley

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  8. anita grinde says

    11/18/2010 at 7:00 am

    My god!!Handsome kitty cat:))

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