Japan in 3 parts -part 1

Japan, everyone knows something about this country, like the fact that it's far far away, even further than US&A or CHINA and they have strange
language and even more strange letters. They also smile all the time.

I decided to write about something you surely didn't know, and probably wouldn't even imagine theres something like this.
So, let's start my first post with dogs and cats.

Japan love dogs, that's for sure! They are willing to spend large amounts of money on them.
The number of dogs in Japan has doubled to more than 13 million in the past decade – actually there are fewer children under 12 then dogs in Japan.



Ok, but as you probably know, Japanese people are usually very busy, and don't have enough time for dogs. In such case, they could rent dog in “pet rental” (i'm not saying if it's good or bad).
It's probably hard to bealive, but renting animals (from an hour to several days) became very popular.
The number of companies renting pets in Tokyo, increased from 17 in 2000 to about 135 at present.
Another thing that you can do for your dog is buy him some clothes. It's surely more common in Japan than in Warsaw;)



There was even fashion show with dogs in Tokyo at the weekend during the New Year Dog Party.
Kumi Shiraishi, the producer of the event said:
“As our population is declining, fewer women are having babies, more people are working and many people feel lonely. As a result, a pet dog is the perfect companion. Sooner or later, the number of pet dogs will be higher than the number of children. That is how much Japan loves its dogs."



In Japan there's even PET TV with a program called “POCHI TAMA”
http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/pochitama/ I don't know if it's for dogs or about them:)


Ringtones for dogs are not a joke, you can read about it here ;)

Q: What do you think about it? What does your cat wear? ;) Is it funny or sad?