Hot, very hot

At the moment, it is extremely hot in Japan*. We constantly have 33-35℃ in the apartment - without closed curtains it would be much higher.

That's why each of our cats has its own fan, otherwise it would be unbearable.

Tom only moves when it is time for 
breakfast-snack-snack-snack-lunch-snack-snack-dinner-snack-snack-snack.


When it was so hot in August 2023, we could cool-down Hachi and Mama-cat. They allowed that wet towels were put on their backs. Tom didn't like it.




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Location: Narita, Chiba, Japan

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