page_title: Neko chigura
hierarchical_section_title: Neko chigura
caption_attribution_description: The pet house of a cat called Neko-chigura, Japanese folkcraft.
context_page_description: Neko chigura or Neko tsugura is a kind of cat house made of straw in Japan. It is a folk craft of Sekikawa-mura, Niigata-ken, or Akiyamago. It is called "Nekochigura" in Sekikawa, and "Nekotsugura" in Akiyamago.
  Chigura or tsugura is written as "稚座" in kanji, and means bassinet in the Niigata dialect where there is the custom to use rice straw baskets for babies. Niigata constitutes, in fact, a rice granary and the basket industry is a side business in the winter season when the prefecture becomes snowbound.
  Presently, chigura for cats vary in shape according to the originality of the producer. There are two common types: Pillbox type and pot-shaped type; there are also some basket types. As cats seem to prefer small enclosed spaces, they like neko chigura to sleep in.
context_section_description: Neko chigura (nekochigura) or Neko tsugura (nekotsugura) is a kind of cat house made of straw in Japan. It is a folk craft of Sekikawa-mura, Niigata-ken, or Akiyamago (the area of Tsunan-machi, Niigata-ken and Sakae-mura, Nagano-ken). It is called "Nekochigura" in Sekikawa, and "Nekotsugura" in Akiyamago (ja).
  Chigura or tsugura is written as "稚座" in kanji, and means bassinet in the Niigata dialect where there is the custom to use rice straw baskets for babies. Niigata constitutes, in fact, a rice granary and the basket industry is a side business in the winter season when the prefecture becomes snowbound.
  Presently, chigura for cats vary in shape according to the originality of the producer.  There are two common types: Pillbox type and pot-shaped type; there are also some basket types.  As cats seem to prefer small enclosed spaces, they like neko chigura to sleep in.
caption: Neko chigura
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