Cats' Day

22nd February is called The Cats' Day in Japan.

It originates in the onomatopoeia of cats' mewing in Japan. There are some expression which represent cat's mewing; many of them starts with 'n'. Nyah, nyaoh, mee, and NEE, and so on. Besides, 2 is read 'nee' in Japanese language. That's why 22/2 (nee nee nee) is named "Cats' Day".

This evening I gave my old cat a can of fish as the Cats' Day dinner. :-)


[first posted on 2 feb, 2008]