Meet Koyuki the Cat Priest

Are you a cat lover? Now you can worship your favourite animal at a cat temple in Kyoto.

Transcript

00:00I'm Toru Hashimoto, I'm the owner of Koyuki.

00:31I met Koyuki when I started this place.

00:40I scouted him.

00:43He's very friendly.

00:47Cats usually run away when they see people,

00:51but he's very quiet.

00:53Koyuki travels a lot with me in the car.

01:02I found this place called Nyan Nyan and brought Koyuki here.

01:08He plays with Kaya and his family here.

01:18He offered me to be his butler.

01:28I thought he was a great butler,

01:32so I asked him to be my butler.

01:39And I became his butler.

01:45Koyuki is a healing cat.

01:48He's sleeping, but he helps me meditate.

01:52He's a healing cat.

01:56I bring him a lot of things.

02:03I'm so grateful that he came all the way from all over the world to see me.

02:11He's a very helpful cat.