It’s not just Girls’ Day! Cats enjoy Hina Matsuri, look just purr-fect posing with dolls
Hina Matsuri, aka Girls’ Day or Doll’s Day, is a festival celebrated every March 3 in Japan. Families with girl children get together to eat special food, and elaborately dressed dolls are displayed on a special tiered platform known as a hina-dan.
But it’s not only kids and collectors who love dolls – cats can’t get enough of them, either! Even though the cats have only just had their own special day (Cats’ Day, or Nyan Nyan Nyan day, was on February 22), those fancy felines were muscling in on some of the Girls’ Day action by inserting themselves into the hina-dan displays.
Our Twitter feeds were almost completely taken over by a variety of moggies posing proudly on their own hina-dans. It kind of makes sense – if the humans are focusing on something other than the cat, the cat will just have to find a way to make sure they’re centre stage!
毎日写真見て癒されています！ ありがとうございます。 雛祭りですね♪ うちの猫の2年程前に撮った雛祭りの写真です。 waaaaaakn http://t.co/gSuhxtdF1S
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癒しの猫画像✩ (@dyzicomaqor) February 26, 2015
▲ This kitty’s bagged a prime place on the top tier! Actually, it looks like the doll that was supposed to be there has mysteriously vanished somehow…
ねこ🐈ひなまつり🎎 http://t.co/PJOEBJ081d
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にゃーつま (@tsumakazu) March 02, 2015
▲ This ginger cat ponders the meaning of the tiny human figures that have taken over its home.
猫がお雛様に夢中 http://t.co/VQybN9HEZt
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いしはら (@ayaramu) March 02, 2015
▲ This kitty looks a little scared…
雛人形を撮ってたら…猫、乱入。ww http://t.co/P8r94m1SNp
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めぃじー (@yu_ks0201) March 03, 2015
▲ This white cat meows her approval of the nice backdrop for her photograph.
お雛様と猫 http://t.co/cbz7zywtHG
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またたび ⚯͛通販開始 (@gomasionori5) March 03, 2015
▲ What a fluffy moggy! Who needs dolls when you could be brushing his fur all day?
家に帰ったら雛人形が出てた〜(￣▽￣)
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我が家の猫はお雛様とお内裏様に
なりたいのかなぁ〜⁇ http://t.co/f7pO3sJJ5s
たんこ or たんたん (@tvxqprius1040) February 28, 2015
▲ Who’s betting these two brought the entire stage crashing down moments after this picture was taken?
我が家のお内裏様(猫)が大暴れ http://t.co/EmCoTg7AaE
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ゑびる (@escapade42415) February 26, 2015
▲ Uh-oh, this kitty seems to have drunk too much special festival sake!
只今、猫がひな壇に入り込んだという事件が起こりました http://t.co/m8UvU9bwql
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みるく@EARTH (@MilkBuu) February 23, 2015
▲ This kimono looks like a comfy place to have a nap.
ひな猫。 http://t.co/EX3bgZ1aLk
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じゅりな (@glamorous0415) March 03, 2015
▲ “What’s with the tiny people, and where’s my dinner?”
“@ chocolatpluie : お雛様、今年も飾りましたよ。
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飾ったんですけどね。。。
なんかおかしな事になってしまってですね(~_~;)
そこどいてもらってもイイデスカ？？ http://t.co/utV810HkJs”ちょ！ちょっと待って！お猫さん！ ;
バジル SAKURA咲かせよう (@basilisab) March 03, 2015
▲ Perfect posing from this kitty!
猫（♂）が一番お雛様楽しんでる http://t.co/opxb4jJeqf
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な つ き さ ん (@mup_na) March 01, 2015
▲ This kitty looks a tad perplexed.
私の家、猫3匹いるから、ひな人形全部は出せないから
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即席ひな壇を作って出したら、横に猫達が…w http://t.co/LL73QQrxU4
あいみゅう＠低浮上かも (@aimyu1226) February 28, 2015
▲ Double-dating?
お雛様よりもお内裏様に近いうちの猫は、お雛様が持ってた奥義を噛みちぎってめちゃくちゃにして、お内裏様と結婚でもするつもりなのでしょうか。
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女って怖いね。 http://t.co/tyX54IvAPu
(´・ω・)目と具材(・ω・`) (@Yuki2Weather) February 25, 2015
▲ “Well, he’s a little on the stiff side, but I think we’ll be buds.”
毎年、我が家のひな壇には「にゃんこ様」がいらっしゃる。。 http://t.co/2IHDMfjO8E
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koneko (@glako35) February 19, 2015
▲ “What’s the meaning of all this, human?”
さっき猫不足って呟いた瞬間に実家のうちのこ画像が送られてきたさすが不思議の国のキチガイ鯉蔵
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うちのこはお雛様に狼藉を働いているそうだがお雛様嬉しそう
そこ代わってください http://t.co/sDxd5nUIFE
ﾐﾅﾐｺｲｿﾞｳｱｻﾞﾗｼ (@koizou_daikichi) February 27, 2015
▲ “Oh, tiny human friend! Please tell me you have snacks!”
These pictures just go to show that all of life’s celebrations can only be improved with the addition of cats!
Source: Naver Matome
Image: Twitter @basilisab
