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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Sanjūrō</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Cat Lord of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b>Incumbent</b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />December 6, 2018</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Bitch%C5%AB_Matsuyama_Castle" title="Bitchū Matsuyama Castle">Bitchū Matsuyama Castle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data">Services to <a href="/wiki/Okayama" title="Okayama">Okayama</a> tourism</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sanjūrō</b> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">さんじゅーろー</span></span>) is an <a href="/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics" title="Cat coat genetics">orange and white</a> male cat who serves as the lord of <a href="/wiki/Bitch%C5%AB_Matsuyama_Castle" title="Bitchū Matsuyama Castle">Bitchū Matsuyama Castle</a> in <a href="/wiki/Takahashi,_Okayama" title="Takahashi, Okayama">Takahashi, Okayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. He was discovered on the castle grounds following the <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_floods" title="2018 Japan floods">2018 Japan floods</a>. His friendliness to staff and guests led to his formal adoption as lord of the castle on December 6, 2018. His presence increased tourism to the castle, and he has been used to draw tourists to Takahashi as a whole. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery_and_appointment">Discovery and appointment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanjuro_(cat)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery and appointment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_floods" title="2018 Japan floods">2018 Japan floods</a>, significant damage occurred in <a href="/wiki/Takahashi,_Okayama" title="Takahashi, Okayama">Takahashi, Okayama</a>, including to the road approaching the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_tourism" title="Heritage tourism">heritage tourism</a> site <a href="/wiki/Bitch%C5%AB_Matsuyama_Castle" title="Bitchū Matsuyama Castle">Bitchū Matsuyama Castle</a>. The damage forced the castle to close, and after it reopened on July 18, there were significantly fewer visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 148">: 148 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This followed what was already a slower year in 2017 compared to preceding years.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those same floods caused a three-year old orange and white male domestic cat living in the city to go missing on July 14. He was found at the castle the next week and taken care of by a caretaker.<sup id="cite_ref-Sankei2019_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nippon20210428_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nippon20210428-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cat was friendly and chose to remain in the castle grounds, choosing to sleep in the open despite one effort to build a shelter for it.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, tourism officials were discussing promoting the story of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanjuro_Tani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanjuro Tani (page does not exist)">Sanjuro Tani</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B0%B7%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%81%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:谷三十郎">ja</a>]</span>, a local samurai from the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a>, and the executive director of the tourism association managing the castle started referring to the cat as Sanjuro.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141, 148">: 141, 148 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_(Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle)_07_Apr,_2013_-_panoramio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The castle consists of several white-walled and blue-roofed buildings on top of stone foundations" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/250px-%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/330px-%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg/500px-%E5%82%99%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%BE%E5%B1%B1%E5%9F%8E_%28Bitchu_Matsuyama_Castle%29_07_Apr%2C_2013_-_panoramio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bitch%C5%AB_Matsuyama_Castle" title="Bitchū Matsuyama Castle">Bitchū Matsuyama Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>When the castle reopened, the cat became famous for greeting visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141, 148">: 141, 148 </span></sup> His presence was spread through social media, and on October 10 he was featured in a local newspaper, in which he was referred to as the lord of the castle. Other newspapers and local television also picked up the story. Some visitors simply came to photograph the cat, without seeing the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visitor numbers in October 2018 exceeded those of October 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time, other nearby tourist sites still had depressed visitor numbers compared to before the floods.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former owner of Sanjuro, who had named him Natsume (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">なつめ</span></span>), discovered his location in mid-October due to a friend seeing the cat on television. They had adopted him from a rescue organization on July 1, and had not been able to find him after he ran away during the storm.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190314_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190314-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their house was 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the castle. After visiting the castle, the former owner agreed to transfer ownership of the cat to the castle's management.<sup id="cite_ref-Sankei2019_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite being regularly taken care of, Sanjuro would sometimes disappear for a couple of days. On November 4, Sanjuro was taken to town for an interview and escaped. After appealing through flyers and television, a sighting came on November 12, and on November 23 Sanjuro appeared back near the house he had run away from.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190314_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190314-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, Sanjuro received vet checks and was neutered.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A meeting was held on December 5 to discuss the fate of Sanjuro, and it was agreed he could live inside the caretakers' area of the castle complex, which was not part of the proper castle buildings. He was given a leash which caretakers would use to walk him around the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanjuro was officially given the title of lord of the castle by the local tourism association on December 16, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141, 148">: 141, 148 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sankei2019_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sankei2019-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nippon20210428_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nippon20210428-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A public ceremony was held in which Sanjuro walked along a red carpet while wearing a <i><a href="/wiki/Hakama" title="Hakama">hakama</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Sanjuro was given an award by Okayama Prefectural Tourism Federation for services to tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact">Impact</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanjuro_(cat)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Impact"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sanjuro's friendliness (particularly with visitors, film crews, and paparazzi) has contributed to visitor numbers to the castle increasing beyond what they were before the 2018 floods. He is used in tourism advertising by the city of Takahashi.<sup id="cite_ref-Nippon20210428_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nippon20210428-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanjuro merchandise was first sold at the castle on February 10, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A book telling the story of his adoption as castle lord was released later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has issued motorcycle licence plates featuring a drawing of Sanjuro by a local student.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been used to advertise local tea.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A cat motif bench has been installed at the castle.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 150">: 150 </span></sup> </p><p>The fact that Sanjuro found his way to the castle himself, rather than being put there, has played an important role in his use as a tourist draw. In this sense Sanjuro is an example of the precedent set by <a href="/wiki/Tama_(cat)" title="Tama (cat)">Tama</a>, whose appointment as <a href="/wiki/Station_master" title="Station master">station master</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kishi_Station_(Wakayama)" title="Kishi Station (Wakayama)">Kishi Station</a> led to a series of copycat animal <a href="/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot">mascots</a>, as well as an example of the wider trend of <a href="/wiki/Nekonomics" title="Nekonomics">nekonomics</a>. Cats are generally considered <a href="/wiki/Kawaii" title="Kawaii">kawaii</a> (cute), and Sanjuro is an example of the use of cuteness to add additional tourist attraction to historical areas.<sup id="cite_ref-López2023_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-López2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 141">: 141 </span></sup> Sanjuro is officially cared for by the city's tourism association, and lives in the caretakers' area. He is walked on a leash when the castle is open for visitors, usually twice a day. Tourists are not allowed to feed him.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190313_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190313-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> March 16 has been declared "Sanjuro Day".<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo20190315_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo20190315-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanjuro is 50 centimetres (20 in) long, not including his 27 centimetres (11 in) tail.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanjuro_(cat)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_individual_cats" title="List of individual cats">List of individual cats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tama_(cat)" title="Tama (cat)">Tama (cat)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nekonomics" title="Nekonomics">Nekonomics</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanjuro_(cat)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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