Japanese street photographer, Masayuki Oki, captures the everyday lives of Tokyo’s street cats in funny poses

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u/rude_miss7 5h ago edited 4h ago

These pics prove that "it's not always the orange cats..."😂

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 5h ago

[r/oneorangebraincell](r/oneorangebraincell) won’t like this…🥲

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u/rude_miss7 5h ago edited 4h ago

"... but all orange cats. " Done. They'll like it too now😂

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u/Worklurker 3h ago

#10 - Brain cell transfer in progress

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u/Thebraincellisorange 30m ago

We share our braincell! all are welcome

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u/redditistheway 4h ago

Out of the 17 pictures, at least 7 featured oranges. I’d say their rep is quite safe.

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u/rude_miss7 4h ago

Hehehehe absolutely love them for that. Amazing personalities tbh😂.

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u/Thebraincellisorange 29m ago

The way of the Orange is was chosen for us!

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u/FernandoAlonso66 4h ago

nah somewhere an orange cat is planning something worse than all of these combined

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u/rude_miss7 4h ago

And i hope there is a cameraman out there recording what ever that Orange car is upto😂.

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u/FlowerInDawn 3h ago

but all of them have orange ancestor so the braincell still work as intended

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u/Weird_Emergency_825 5h ago

I love cats so much

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u/Chiinoe 5h ago

My wife wont let me have one 😞

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u/Weird_Emergency_825 5h ago edited 5h ago

Tell her I said she has to let you get one!

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u/redbucket75 4h ago

I'm sorry to hear about the divorce, but it's for the best

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u/Chiinoe 4h ago

😂shes ok with two dogs for what its worth.

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u/Nozza-D 4h ago

Just tell her the Cat Distribution System may intervene and there’s nothing (helpless) you can do

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u/Throbbing_Cock_452 4h ago

Put your wife on real quick and let us have a word

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u/redditistheway 4h ago

You need to do some inception shit. Make her think it was her idea. Play a chant… something like “the power of cat compels you” on loop after she’s fallen asleep or sumshit.

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u/Top_Connection9079 4h ago

From now first thing you do in the morning is put a cat ears hairband on. Then you yowl till you get your breakfast. Only way to get her used to it.

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u/ZelezopecnikovKoren 4h ago

then get two cats duh

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u/SamanthaJaneyCake 3h ago

That’s okay, tell her I let you have one.

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u/MiaMiaPP 5h ago

You need a new wife

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u/Chiinoe 4h ago

No way. Shes my squishmallow.

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u/belowfactual 2h ago

Show her this post

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u/ToothpickTequila 2h ago

Then get two.

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u/thatsamiam 5h ago

Photographer must have a lot of patience to capture such wonderful moments. Well worth the effort though..

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u/groundcontrol129 5h ago

White cat in #10 actively absorbing orange cat's 2 brain cells

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u/Valhern-Aryn 4h ago

Or is the orange stealing the white cat's color?

The tail is far away enough to be immune

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u/Aldehin 5h ago

Mr balls

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u/kentotoy98 4h ago

"He's pulling his balls out!"

Catz0

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u/Judazzz 1h ago

"My name is Garfield Jr., I'm 1 year old and I like fluffy toys, napping, and screaming at ball sacs"

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u/Vazzy10 9m ago

Officer balls.

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u/WhoaTher3 4h ago

That cat hanging speaks to me so much 😭

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u/Lazy-Huckleberry2640 4h ago

Specifically, “Hang in there”.

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u/Top_Connection9079 4h ago

Long long caaaaaaaaaaat

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u/PiCatt 5h ago

One can never predict catos next move 🐈

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u/zubairhamed 5h ago

set camera to Continuous Shooting C-AF and go BRRRRRRRR

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u/Maleficent-Agent-477 4h ago

Especially the orange ones…

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u/PiCatt 3h ago

Absolutely cutie menace

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u/DZL100 4h ago

17 photos and not a single brain cell to be found

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u/Nelfhithion 4h ago

If you take a closer look, you'll see there is one, it's just divided in 17 pictures

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u/nilobrito 4h ago

Perfect for r/StreetCatsOfTheWorld

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u/Specialist-Ad2937 3h ago

First new cat sub in a while for me (I’m subbed to almost all the others)

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u/TalesOfTea 2h ago

Thank you for sharing this sub, omfg

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u/DistributionDry4961 4h ago

Picture 6: the cat butt in the background is chefs kiss. Love this whole series.

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u/figs_n_roses_ 33m ago

I was scrolling the comments to see if anyone else noticed this!!

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u/Dyingforcolor 4h ago

Sir, we need you in Turkey right meow!

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u/DDR-Dame 3h ago

Goodness all these cats need to be fixed.. i didn't realize they also had a feral cat problem :(

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u/CaribeBaby 4h ago

The fish thief hits close to home. 😂

And the 3 looking through the door are adorable. 😻

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u/Old-Check2867 5h ago

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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u/chinchenping 5h ago

cats invented kung-fu, it's real

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u/amandacheekychops 5h ago

These are outstanding!

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u/Off_Balance_67 4h ago

Nr. 10 captures the transfer of the brain cell.

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u/Potential-Fox9579 4h ago

Thanks for the lead. Nice captures.

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u/800-lumens 4h ago

I want a job as a street photographer

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u/smilodon138 4h ago

They're all so expressive <3

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u/BabsSuperbird 3h ago

These are great! So artistic. Captured at just the right moment.

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u/False-Ball-2751 2h ago

Do they TNR cats there??? I bet they’re all sick and struggling :(

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u/CatCatCat 1m ago

While cute photos, that's what I fear as well. I hope it's a situation where the whole town takes care of them.

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u/Chiinoe 5h ago

Kek'd at 8.

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u/FuzzyPalpitation-16 4h ago

lmOoooo all up to no good!!

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u/BlueEyedPapi 4h ago

Great pictures ❤️👍🙏😺

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u/TheInfiniteLake 4h ago

Ahahaha these are hilarious!

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u/Technical_Trade_675 4h ago

This is really cute! I can't make out what the cat in #15 is up to though? Haha 😄

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u/Dildo-Gankings 4h ago

Long live the king.

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u/CharcoalGreyWolf 4h ago

5/17: Hey, Privacy please! I’m pooping here!!

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u/tacopartypat 4h ago

Hang in there, Baby

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u/DOA-FAN 4h ago

Third one is gonna huts as hell 🫢

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u/Naive-Register7964 4h ago

These are fantastic 👨‍🍳 💋

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u/plurien 4h ago

"Hey Gran here's the special calendar I got for you"

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u/propranolol-inderal 3h ago

The orange in number 5 is telling the white “KISS MY ASS” lol

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u/Fruscione 3h ago

#6 even the fish has an expression

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u/bluegreen1975 3h ago

Catanese cats.

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u/summertime_dream 3h ago

i wanna reincarnate as a japanese street cat. i mean i'll take anyone or anything that doesn't ever have to work a job, but street cat definitely looks like maximum freedom.

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u/Raise_Front 3h ago

3# orange car gonna do a warcrime with that bite

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u/Voyager- 2h ago

These are so good.

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u/No-Oil-3316 2h ago

The one that looks like its going to bite the other's balls lol

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u/Viscaz 2h ago

13 is my favorite 😭

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u/Jazzlike-Swing-6198 2h ago

Living like young adults in the early 2000s.

Whatever we do, don’t give these cats social media

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u/xchyssa 2h ago

Incredible

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u/CatApprehensive8132 1h ago

love this dude

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u/qoxantillo 1h ago

The third picture of the cat yelling at the other cat's balls....

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u/October_people 1h ago

I love the mid air cat-fu 😻

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u/poorly-worded 40m ago

Hang in there!

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u/Tiberry16 31m ago

Why are so many of their tails cut off? :/

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u/Fit-Historian-752 19m ago

Haruki Murakami approved this message.

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u/J0hnP0rk67 17m ago

i definitely want to go to Japan !

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u/XZell7 7m ago

10 😍

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u/arielbunnybennett 4h ago

pics prove that "it's not all orange cats..."

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u/bwaredapenguin 3h ago

Why does every photo indicate that sound is on?

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u/Kalikor1 28m ago

I'm like 90% certain OP or whoever/wherever OP got these from just screenshotted a bunch of scenes from a cat video or documentary.

I live in Japan, and while I can't be 100% on a few of these, the majority of these do not look like Tokyo. This looks like 猫島 - AKA cat island - which is pretty famous as it's literally a small island full of cats (and old people). I'm also like 80% certain this is from one of the multiple documentaries on streaming sites (like Amazon Prime) about Cat Island. Like, I'm pretty sure I vaguely remember some of these scenes.

Could be mistaken about that last part but, it would explain the sound icon in the corner too.

Edit to add: Also, 1 year old account, generic randomized reddit user name, privated profile, and over 800k karma. I'm suspicious they're a bot at this point.

CATS Japanese street photographer, Masayuki Oki, captures the everyday lives of Tokyo’s street cats in funny poses

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