I’m rolling my eyes a bit at the title of this piece, but the photos are a great new lens through which to explore Kyoto.

Yutaka Katayama via Business Insider

Katayama has taken thousands of pictures of the legendary ancient city that once was the imperial capital of Japan. He has also found a favorite theme: the stray cats that are found all over Kyoto.

“I feel the strength to live from a stray cat,” Katayama wrote. “They seem to live a quiet life always looking for food and a place to live while keeping well their distance to the human.”

Read the full piece at Business Insider and check out Katayama’s photos on his Flickr (yuta35).