Welcome to Tokyo's Cat Cafe Calico. Come on In!

A cat from Cat Cafe Calico taking it easy.

Meet the cats of Tokyo's Cat Cafe Calico. After watching the video, you'll want to buy a plane ticket right away to visit with these sweet felines.

photo credit: Ari Helminen

"Fashion Cats" Book Features Supermodel Kitties in Adorable Apparel

Princess Prin struts her stuff, from the book Fashion Cats

Princess Prin, a snowy white cat, and Prince Kotaro are the inspiration or cat muses mews-es for the Japanese designer, Takako Iwasa.

Fashion Cats book

The cats are poised to become the supermodels of kitty couture in the new book Fashion Cats by Takako Iwasa. They are photographed in the "latest" kitty fashions.

You can purchase Iwasa's designs online, where the designer or Prim Mama as she is known, sells everything from young lady blouses to rabbit hats for your kitty.

Read the designer's interview with Vice on how she got the idea to create couture for cats.

See the making of Fashion Cats

photo credit: Takako Iwasa 

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Beanie Baby & Hello Kitty Toymakers Aid Japanese Relief Effort

HOPE FOR JAPAN Beanie Babies to support Japanese Relief Effort

You can help the relief effort in Japan by pre-ordering these exclusive HOPE FOR JAPAN and I LOVE JAPAN Beanie Babies.

Ty, best known for its Beanie Babies, collaborated with its licensing partner Sanrio, maker of Hello Kitty to help the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Ty will make a donation of $1 million to the American Red Cross on behalf of this exclusive Hello Kitty Beanie Baby as reported by Business Wire. The company will also contribute $1 million to Save the Children Foundation on behalf of the HOPE FOR JAPAN Beanie Boo.

Hello Kitty® I LOVE JAPAN Beanie Baby® 8" Nurse. You can pre-order here for $4.99.

HOPE FOR JAPAN Beanie Baby® Boo 6": You can pre-order here for $4.99.

The Beanie Babies will ship in June.

As reported by Child Mode, Ty has already donated $1 million to the relief efforts, and Sanrio had a "Day of Donation" where 100% of their on-line proceeds went to Japan.

The founder of Ty, Ty Warner, said, according to Shopping Blog, "After hearing about the devastation that occurred in Japan recently with the country having to cope with earthquake, tsunami, fires and radiation aftermath, I felt the need to somehow help. As manufacturers of Hello Kitty plush toys, I felt it would be both a symbolic and heart-felt expression to support Japan by making this very special Hello Kitty Beanie Baby toy."

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Photo credit of 2 Beanie Babies: with thanks to Child Mode

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