Uploaded February 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
See Our Japanese Body Language & Gestures Guide!
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In this video, we teach you the Japanese gesture for referring to yourself. Instead of pointing at your chest (possibly with your thumb?) you point at your nose with your pointer finger. "Me?" you ask, as you point to your nose. Why yes, you.
See Our Japanese Body Language & Gestures Guide!
tofugu.com/guides/japanese-body-language
In this video, we teach you the Japanese gesture for referring to yourself. Instead of pointing at your chest (possibly with your thumb?) you point at your nose with your pointer finger. "Me?" you ask, as you point to your nose. Why yes, you.
![Cat Island Japan, Part 2 [TofuguTV]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q27fQ-mcM10/mqdefault.jpg "Cat Island Japan, Part 2 [TofuguTV]
Missed Cat Island, Part 1? Here you go! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxpPggJMAY
Want pictures, a writeup, and more? Check out the post:
http://www.tofugu.com/2011/07/11/cat-island-japan-part-2/
Liked the music? Check out the awesome Brave Chandeliers
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(spoilers, dont keep reading ify ou havent seen part 1!)
Cat Island Part 2 is the continuation of Cat Island Part 1 (duh). The second part is where myself and Shinnosuke run into some actual cats. Before, we were flabbergasted by the lack of cats on Cat Island. Really, though, we were just on the wrong side of the island. In part 2, were on the right side of the island, and have more cats than we will ever need.
We talk to more people in this half, see Manga Island (lodging where you can stay in cat shaped buildings made by Shotaro Ishinomori), and hung out with cats. It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed our stay. I hope you go to Cat Island some day too!
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![Cat Island, Japan, Part 1 [TofuguTV]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qVxpPggJMAY/mqdefault.jpg "Cat Island, Japan, Part 1 [TofuguTV]
Cat Island Japan, Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27fQ-mcM10
Read More About Cat Island!
http://www.tofugu.com/2011/03/17/tofugutv-1-cat-island-japan-1/
P.S. Will probably add soft subs eventually, though theres barely any Japanese in this video, so it shouldnt actually make things less understandable, at least not too much.
Cat Island is the first episode of TofuguTV! In this episode, we go to Cat Island (Tashirojima) Japan, a small island with less than 100 (very elderly) people, and hundreds (possibly thousands) of cats. In part one, you get to see the first half of the island, one of the villages, the cat shrine, and more. Enjoy and please subscribe for future episodes like this one!
Music is by one of my favorite bands, the Brave Chandeliers - Go check them out! You can download one of their songs free: http://bravechandeliers.com")
