As you pull up into the Houtong Train Station, an hour north of Taipei City in Taiwan, a huge rattan sculpture of a cat head with beady eyes welcomes you to this “Cat Village”, where approximately 100 ...

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Me-wow this village has an odd fe-line about it. Houtong in northern Taiwan has earned itself the nickname ‘cat village’, due to its extensive population of stray cats. Once a coal-mining settlement, ...

Houtong, Taiwan, May 15 (EFE).- Nestled in the mountains of northern Taiwan lies a village that traded decades of coal mining for a profound love of cats. Houtong, approximately 40 minutes by train ...

The term “Houtong” means in Chinese an alley, a narrow street. It is also the name of a village of 200 inhabitants on the outskirts of Taipei (¾ of an hour by train), on the island of Taiwan. The ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — New Taipei has begun rebranding its Houtong Village, which is home to a large feline population, with the establishment of a Cat Public Office on Thursday (April 8). The ...

Houtong, in northern Taiwan, has a feline-themed tourist industry One visitor described Houtong as 'heaven on earth' for cat lovers READ MORE: France's 'goat town' that's overrun with friendly goats ...