Japan launched the first "Street View cat"

                                                                                                                                                               

Those who want to know Onomichi (Japan) will be able to see its famous Buddhist temples from a totally different perspective: that of cats. Hiroshima authorities, in the framework of a campaign of promotion turística- launched a website with the first "Cat Street View" in the world.

To build the map resorted technical team that was responsible for developing the service of Google Maps and the same tools used to capture images. The map shows eleven of the most famous city kittens with a link to their personal profiles and users can follow through Onomichi four areas: the shopping area, street cats, Kubo and Misode Tenmangu. Although it announced that new areas such as the altar Misode be added from October.

"We are looking to introduce a different look to see our cities, a look that was not available before," he told the Wall Street Journal, an official of the tourism area of ​​Hiroshima.

Onomichi has a long history with cats, plus the number of cats living in the port city, has a museum dedicated to "maneki- nekos" dolls famous greeting and are used as a symbol of good luck to their owners .