What do you do after you fail? Purr your disappointment away and try harder. Two devoted art lovers have been trying to get into the Hiroshima Onomichi City Museum of Art for YEARS now, but have been consistently kicked out just as they were entering it. Meet Ken Chan and Gosaku, the most persistent feline out there.
It started a couple of years ago when the art museum debuted a show entitled "Cats — Mitsuaki Iwago Photography Exhibition." Just days after the exhibit opened, an unusual visitor arrived, creating the best publicity for the event you could imagine. The security guard, however, blocked the kitty cats' path at the front door. In March of last year, the same black neighborhood cat returned. But this time it brought a ginger friend. Sadly, the two of the cute cats were forced to turn around.
The persistent, funny cats have probably taken residence somewhere nearby the Japanese museum because they keep coming back again and again. Eventually, its staff started tweeting photos of the times they drop by, making them internet celebrities.
And while the weird cats haven't yet officially made their way inside, at least they receive snuggles and pets from the white-gloved guards when they take the art lovers back outside.
Scroll down for the full story and the stubborn cats' photos below!
More info: Twitter
Hiroshima Onomichi City Museum of Art spends most of its day refusing cats to get in
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There are the two culprits. The black one
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And the ginger one
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It all started a couple of years ago when the meowseum debuted a show entitled "Cats — Mitsuaki Iwago Photography Exhibition"
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Just days after the exhibit opened, an unusual visitor arrived, creating the best publicity for the event you could imagine
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The security guard, however, blocked its path at the front door
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Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
In March of last year, the same black neighbourhood cat returned
Image credits: @jiffington
But this time it brought its ginger friend
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Sadly, the two of them were forced to turn around
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
The two have probably taken residence somewhere nearby the meowseum, because they keep coming back again and again
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
Image credits: @bijutsu1
But while they haven't yet officially made their way inside
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At least they sometimes get to take a peek at the good stuff
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Taking a break from attempting to get in
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The meowseum has even made cool merch dedicated to the furry art lovers
