In Japan, bobtailed cats are a lucky charm

Past findings have indicated bobtails accounted for nearly 80 per cent of the cats in Nagasaki, twice the occurrence of anywhere else in Japan

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In Japan, cats with hooked and bent tails are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them.

They are known as “omagari neko” (bent-tail cats) or “kagi neko” (hook cats). They have their own society of admirers and even a dedicated Shinto shrine.

Their tails come in varieties, including hook-shaped at the tip, curved or in a bun, explained Kazuya Hideshima, a worker at Omagari Neko Shrine and member of the Nagasaki Cat Society.