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But sometimes it makes me wonder why they like cats so much, which I don't like. </left> <br><br><br> <center> <img src="22/monkey0.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> While they are criticizing Japanese rightists and Liberal Democratic Party, they sometimes upload photos their cats. <br><br><br> </left> <center> <img src="22/monkey1.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> The latest of such kind is <a href="http://azuryblue.blog72.fc2.com/blog-entry-635.html" target="_blank">felis_azuri-san's post</a>. There are many zoom-in photographs of cats' fur. </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey2.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> Another typical example is <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Elekt_ra/20081231/1230710013" target="_blank">Mr. Elekt_ra in Kushiro, Hokkaido</a>. At the end of the post, he uploaded a photograph in which his "seven years old wife" is sleeping. There is another post that shows many photos of his cat, which were taken at river side. But I don't put a link to there here, because some words used in the post are inappropriate. It is likely that some search engines might regard this post as related to adult contents, if I make a link to there. </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey3.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> But it was shocking for me to know that <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/apesnotmonkeys/20081231/p1" target="_blank">Mr. Apeman also has a cat.</a> </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey4.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> There is a blog that its title uses the word "Cat" or "Neko" which means cat in Japanese. <a href="http://210.165.9.64/harumi-s_2005" target="_blank">This is a typical one</a> whose title is "Bara, Mata wa Hidamari no Neko". </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey5.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> Another leftist blog that uses word cat in its title is <a href="http://heiwawomamorou.seesaa.net/" target="_blank">"Neko no Kyoushitsu"</a>, which may be translated "Cats' Classroom" with subtitle "Let's gather small voices for peace". His ID on seesaa.net is "Sleeping Cat (Nemuri Neko)". But I don't like his blog's title picture because it makes you think that the blogger would be female. </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey6.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> Liking cats or not may not be a big problem. Whether a blog is good or bad should be judged by what is written in the posts. But it is interesting that many leftist bloggers like cats. Is there a relationship between being a leftist and liking cats? </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey7.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> I am not sure if <a href="http://caprice.blog63.fc2.com/" target="_blank">Mr. kojitaken</a> is a leftist or not. But if he likes cats or takes care of one or two, surely I would have a headache about relationships between leftists and cats. </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey8.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> When it comes to leftists blog, and putting aside cat issue, I would like to say that I want to read <a href="http://sekakata.exblog.jp/" target="_blank">mahounofuefuki-san's posts</a>. But he no longer writes posts on his blog because of his private circumstances. </left> <center> <br><br><br> <img src="22/monkey9.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="monkey at hot spring in Nagano, Japan"> </center> <br><br> <left> I prefer dogs to cats. Although it is said that dogs need more care than cats, I would like to have a Shiba and to walk with him/her. </left> <br><br><br> <br><br><br> <!--  % % THE END OF WRITING PART  % % --> </font face> </font color> </span> <a href="20.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/previous.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to previous page"> </a> <a href="27.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/next.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to next page"> </a> <a href="#toptop"> <img src="../../pic/top.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to the top of current page"> </a> <a href="../../nikki.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/diary.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to next page"> </a> </td> <td width="120" valign="top" cellpadding="10" bgcolor="#D6EAFF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <font color="#E01170"> <b> CHAPTER II RENUNCIATION OF WAR <br> Article 9. <br> </b> </font color> </span> <a href="../../article9_Japan_constitution.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/japan_peace.JPG" width="100" height="147" alt="Do not go to war. Resource should be used to make people's lives better"> </a> <br><br><br> <span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <font color="#E01170"> <b>Links to OUTSIDE</b> </font color> <br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Portal/Communication Site about JAPAN</b> </font color> <br><br> <a href="http://www.whynotjapan.com/" target="_blank">WHYNOTJAPAN - for Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe)</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jref.com/" target="_blank">Japan Reference</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/" target="_blank">japan-guide.com - Japan Travel and Living Guide</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.japan-zone.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">Japan-Zone.com - Japan Travel Guide, Japanese Pop Culture, History, Japanese Girls, Japanese Guys</a> <br><br> <a href="http://metropolis.co.jp/default.asp" target="_blank">Metropolis - Japan's Number 1 English Magazine</a> <br><br> <br> <font color="black"> <b>Forum about JAPAN</b> </font color> <br><br> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&amp;sid=396545488" target="_blank">Japan - Yahoo! 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Not Monkeys!" by Apeman-san</a> <br><br> <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/claw/" target="_self">"CLick for Anti War" claw-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Excite Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://sekakata.exblog.jp/" target="_self">"Sekai no Katasumi de Nyu-su wo Yomu" by mahounofuefuki-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>So-net Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://furuido.blog.so-net.ne.jp/" target="_self">"Shikou Sakugo" by furuido-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Rakuten Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/intisol/diary/" target="_self">"inti-sol no burogu" by inti-sol-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Seesaa Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://uyotoubatsunin.seesaa.net/" target="_self">"Uyoku Toubatsu Iinkai" by uyotoubatsunin-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Cocolog Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://finalvent.cocolog-nifty.com/fareastblog/" target="_self">"Kyokutou Blog" by finalvent-san</a> <br><br><br> <br><br><br> <a href="http://febcjp.seesaa.net/" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/flogo.png" width="127" height="47" alt="image for link to febc"> </a> <br><br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="800"> <tr> <td> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <b> <a href="../../../index.html" target="_self">The Top Page of "echigonagaoka.com"</a> </b> </span> <span style='font-size:9.0pt'> Any compaints, or some, send them to <img src="../../../pic/address.GIF" alt="my e-mail address" width="155" height="15"> <br><br> </span> </td> </tr> </table> <!--LINE3--> <!--LINE4--> </body> </html>