When I first came across the title of the book ‘Land of the Rising Cat: Japan’s Feline Fascination’, I knew I had to read it. On the one hand, even though I have never been to the land of the rising cat… sorry, the land of the rising sun, I’ve always been fascinated by the Japanese culture and pretty much anything else Japanese (including literature). On the other hand, I have been an ailurophile for as long as I remember… About a year ago, I published the post ‘5 (+1) Japanese novels to read in 2020’, where I recommended some Japanese books I’d read and loved, and also mentioned some…