Experience the cat at the cat museum in Kuching, Malaysia meaning "cat"

Speaking of cats, animals familiar to humans. There is a "cat museum" in Kuching of Malaysia.

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◆ The name of the city is "cat"
A cat living in any city so far as to say "There is no day to not see a cat". What a MalaysianSarawakI went there because there is a town named "cat". It is the capital city of Kuching which is the capital of Sarawak State.


According to the article of Wikipedia's "Kuchin"Kuching means a cat in Malaysian, famous as a city of cats, and there are statues of cats throughout the cityThat thing.

◆ There are lots of cat monuments in town
Kuching is flourishing along the river Sarawak River.


It seems to be a Malaysian multi-ethnic country, Chinatown ......


Muslim Mosque ......


Hindu temple and others are mixed.


Not a lot of stray cats compared to other cities, but at first glance it is the same as other cities in Malaysia ... ...


There are plenty of monuments of cats in the streets solely for the place name "cat".


Many cat goods are sold also at souvenir shops for tourists.


Among Kuching which is divided into the north and south, the emblem of the North Kuching special city where I stayed was also treated with cats.


◆ Museum of cats
One day, I discovered the cat-museum (Bukit Siol, Jalan Semariang, Petra Jaya, 93050, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia) located in the city hall facilities.


Try entering the city hall on the hill ... ...


Huge cat! Apparently this is like entrance.


Entrance fee is free, but when shooting, we will pay shooting fee of mobile phone (3 ringgit, about 96 yen), camera (4 ringgit, about 128 yen), video camera (5 ringgits, about 160 yen) by equipment .

I am surprised by the number of exhibits when entering inside. In the hall with an area of ​​about 1035 m², paintings with cat motifs and ... ...


Ceramic ornaments made in the West


I hold a catKarakoThe porcelain ornament of


Colorful wood carving ornament


Until the lucky cat which is the birthplace of Japanese origin, cat-related items of ancient and east-west are displayed. That number 2000 points or more!


◆ There was even such a thing
Furthermore, the world famous musical "CatsPoster and ... ...


Disney movie poster in which the cat appears


The record of the artist with the name of cats etc. Anyway the cats exhausted.


I was surprised that cat food was on display as well.


Episodes concerning cats of famous people who were cat loving cats are also introduced.


Known as a British physicistIsaac Newton. According to the document, it is said that his little door for cats to pass through is set up under the door used by humans. I did not know until I visited here ... ....


Besides this, a picture of a cat drawn as a witch's use in medieval Europe ... ...


There are plenty of materials to know the relationship between people and cats, such as the replica of the cat's tomb actually built by the cat lover.


◆ There are plenty of cat characters born in Japan
Goods such as Doraemon and Hello Kitty are also exhibited and sold by cat characters that Japan has borrowed.


Of game characters that appeared in 1999ToroYa


It became popular in the early 1980'sLick catSome of the pictures were also exhibited.


Some of them may want to thrust if they are not cats, but it is glad that Japanese characters are being introduced in foreign countries like this in this way.


◆ Cat Museum that you can enjoy for a long time from children to adults
I saw the museum for an hour and a half this time, but if I look around more carefully one by one, I would have spent more than two hours. Whoever likes cats, why do not you try spending time with the cats at the city of Kuching and the cat museum?


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