https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2022/01/13/diorama-restaurant-stray-cats/
"Railway model enthusiast Naoki Teraoka has operated miniature model-themed
ramen restaurants and eateries in Japan since 2005. His latest was the Diorama
Restaurant in Osaka, which he opened in 2018. But when the global pandemic
struck two years later, business went south and Teraoka was pushed to the brink
of shutting down his business. But an unlikely savior–a stray cat that Teraoka
rescued–would turn things around.
During the pandemic, Teraoka rescued an emaciated stray kitten that had found
its way to the restaurant. Later, the kitten’s mother and siblings also showed
up and before Teraoka knew it he had a family of cats climbing, lounging and
sleeping on his miniature models.
It was like the set of a monster cat movie so the owner began photographing and
posting pictures to the restaurant’s Instagram account. Before long, people
began showing up from all over Japan to see the cats and business took off.
Feeling grateful and in debt to his feline friends, Teraoka opened a cat
shelter on the 2nd floor of his restaurant and now devotes a significant amount
of time to helping stray cats get off the street and into homes."
Via Prof/Dr Lisa M Given, Susan ✶✶✶✶ and Christoph S.
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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