"Fortune Cat" Mural, 101 Lost Kittens

Fortune Cat Mural (15 June 2013)


Fortune Cat (GPS: 5.41395, 100.33872) is the second of twelve cat murals under the 101 Lost Kittens project. Officially called "Love Me Like Your Fortune Cat", it was painted by the team of artists calling themselves ASA, or Artists for Stray Animals.

The Fortune Cat Mural depicts a cat gazing at a group of "fortune cats", perhaps pondering why they have better luck than him. Fortune cats are cat dolls that are often found in Japanese and Taiwanese restaurants, particularly near the cash register, beckoning patrons into the shop. Such dolls, called maneki-neko in Japanese, are believed by shopkeepers to bring good business. In this mural, the Fortune Cats are depicted in stencil while the cat as a painted artwork.

Fortune Cat Mural, work in progress (1 June 2013)


Maneki Neko, the beckoning Fortune Cat installed at many Japanese stores
Author: Immanuel Giel (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)

Getting there

The Fortune Cat Mural graces a wall along Armenian Street Ghaut. If coming from Weld Quay, look for the mural on the left side of the street after the intersection with Victoria Street.

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