Nekonomics

cat-themed eatery

cat that lived at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan (1999 - 2015)

thumb|300px|alt=A building with architectural elements resembling a cat face, such as structures on the roof to resemble ears and windows designed to resemble eyes, and the word "TAMA" on the roof|Kishi Station (Wakayama)|Kishi Station has been redesigned to resemble a cat, following the popularity it gained by appointing the cat Tama as [[station master.]] Nekonomics (), a term blending neko, the Japanese word for cat, and economics, describes the phenomenon of cat-related economic consumption in Japan. This includes the sale of products marketed towards cat owners, the use of cat imagery to