点评:This cat island is not what we expected, either in terms of the cats, or the island itself. It’s reached via a ferry journey from Nagahama. If you go on the 14:30 ferry and come back on the 16:00 ferry you will have time to explore most of what is accessible on the island. The ferry arrives at a pretty harbour in what appears to be a paradise island. There will be cats at the harbour. Make sure to bring food – that’s why they have obligingly come to meet you. There were not as many cats as we thought there would be. Maybe a few dozen at most. They mostly seemed ok, although some of them looked as if they might be a bit sick. Some are quite thin. After meeting the cats, we wanted to look around the island. We walked up to the temple near the harbour, which is clearly maintained. Other than that, most buildings and pathways are closed off or derelict. We had read that the island has only a small human population and we didn’t really meet anyone who wasn’t a visitor. It seems that most locals have abandoned the island, leaving a tiny community of just half a dozen older folk, living around the harbour. It must once have been a thriving island though. There are some big buildings, like a municipal block on the hill above the harbour, completely overgrown and broken down. It’s beautiful, in a way, to see how nature has taken over. It is full of insects and spiders. Most notable are the sea slaters, woodlouse-type insects that occupy every roadway and building. As you walk, they scatter and then,if you stand still, they crawl back. They must live for a long time because some are tiny and some are up to about 2 inches long. The most shocking thing about the island is the plastic. If you walk along the harbour wall and look down between the rocks, or if you go onto the beach, there is a plastic littered everywhere. Little bits and big bits and all sorts of things. It is an interesting place to visit, but it feels neglected. Fun fact: Aoshima, literally means, Blue Island, maybe for how blue the sea is here. (Forgive me if I have got that Japanese translation wrong.)
翻译:这个猫岛不是我们所期望的,无论是对于猫,还是岛本身。从长滨乘坐渡轮即可到达。如果您搭乘 14:30 的渡轮出发并搭乘 16:00 的渡轮返回,您将有时间探索岛上的大部分景点。渡轮抵达一个美丽的港口,这里似乎是一个天堂岛。港口会有猫。请务必带上食物——这就是他们热情地来接您的原因。猫的数量没有我们想象的那么多。最多可能有几十个。他们大部分看起来都很好,尽管其中一些看起来好像有点病了。有些很薄。见到猫后,我们想去岛上看看。我们步行到了港口附近的寺庙,这座寺庙显然维护得很好。除此之外,大多数建筑物和道路都被关闭或废弃。我们读到岛上人口很少,而且我们并没有真正遇到任何不是游客的人。似乎大多数当地人已经放弃了这个岛,留下了一个只有六名老年人的小社区,居住在港口周围。但它一定曾经是一个繁荣的岛屿。有一些大型建筑物,就像港口上方山上的市政大楼一样,完全杂草丛生且破烂不堪。从某种程度上来说,看到大自然如何接管一切是很美丽的。它充满了昆虫和蜘蛛。最引人注目的是海斑虫,一种土虱类昆虫,它们占据了每条道路和建筑物。当你走路时,它们会散开,然后,如果你站着不动,它们就会爬回来。它们必须活很长时间,因为有些很小,有些长达约 2 英寸。岛上最令人震惊的是塑料。如果你沿着海港墙走,在岩石之间往下看,或者如果你走到海滩上,你会发现到处都是塑料垃圾。小的、大的以及各种各样的东西。这是一个有趣的地方,但感觉被忽视了。有趣的事实:青岛,字面意思是“蓝色的岛”,也许是因为这里的海水有多蓝。 (如果我的日文翻译有误,请原谅我。)