Two cats are styled as pieces of sushi on a white plate with a blue radial pattern. One cat is wrapped in a strip of dark seaweed with spring onions and a prawn, while the other wears a yellow wrap.

Miscellaneous: Cats dressed up as sushi to brighten your Monday

Words: Liv Siddall
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Date: 29 July 2013; Work

Before you laugh, this isn’t just some stupid internet-friendly cats Photoshopped on to rice, it’s much more than that. Neko-Sushi is “an extremely unusual life-form” the website tells us, “although several references have come down to us through history from various researchers and witnesses, their existence is still shrouded in mystery and actual sightings remain rare.”

The oddly sincere tone that creators Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts have taken when describing the cats is at once unnerving and hilarious. For once someone has actually created a meme with a creative backstory rather than just aesthetically-funny-Twitter-fodder to pander to our scrolling tendencies. Rice to meet you sushi kitties!

A black and white cat lies on a large piece of sushi, mimicking a piece of nigiri. The cat wears an orange and blue striped fabric wrap, held in place by a wide band of dark seaweed. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

A fluffy white cat rests on a giant piece of nigiri sushi, acting as the fish. The cat wears a small pink bag on its back and a yellow flower tucked behind its ear. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

A digital collage of a grey cat posed as a piece of sushi. The cat rests on a bed of white rice, wrapped in a strip of dark seaweed and topped with a lobster claw and spring onions. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

A white and brown cat lies on a bed of crushed ice against a pale blue background. A piece of sushi-style seaweed and a red-and-white striped fabric wrap around the cat and a wooden plank. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

A digital collage of a tabby and white cat posed as a piece of nigiri sushi. The cat rests on a bed of white rice, wrapped in a strip of dark seaweed. A red table tennis bat sits behind the cat, with four white balls floating in the air above. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

A black cat wearing star-shaped sunglasses lies on a bed of white rice. It is draped in silver tinsel decorated with colourful wrapped sweets. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

An orange tabby cat dressed as a piece of sushi. It wears a yellow fabric wrap held in place by a wide black band, resting on a white base of faux rice. — Above
Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts: Neko-Sushi: The Sushi Cats from Japan

Further Info

www.nekozushi.com

About the Author

Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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