Japanese Cat Travel Commercials Are Adorable In Any Language

Nothing quite tickles me more than the way that the Japanese embrace cats as part of their culture, and one of my favorite examples of this is in a commercial depicting a cat business trip. In it, an orange and white tabby wearing a pair of glasses and a bow-tie hops the bullet train, before checking into a hotel for a business meeting.

The cat in the commercial is NyaRan, and he is the spokescat for Jalan, the travel booking arm of Recruit Co., Ltd., a classified advertisement, publication, and human resources company in Japan.

NyaRan has popped up in dozens of commercials for Jalan, illustrating how easily their services lead to awesomely adorable trips. After recently encountering another ad where the talented feline actor karate chops a watermelon in half with his bare paws (thanks to Twitter pal Lisa C. for the tip!), I decided it was high time to have someone translate a few of my favorites. As predicted, even a translation doesn't fully explain exactly what is happening on that beach, but in any language, it's still super cute.

NyaRan Business Trip

I am NyaRan.

I am on a Business Trip.

I will sell like crazy!

[NyaRan's Paw Steamed Bun]

[Revnue increase] - the red text

Business trip hotel reservations too

[Business trip hotel reservations too]

[JyaRan]

[Encounter something new]

Recruit

NyaRan and Travel Friends "Joyful Youth" Episode

I am NyaRan.

[Trip around Japan]

Summer is...

Vacationing with Friends!!!

[Ice]

Meow-!

[Overnight] *Sleepover-works as well

ZZzzzzz

[Overnight Reservations

JyaRan

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(Song - Ran ran jyaran~)

[Encounter something new]

Recruit

The Winding Journey of Teacher and Disciple Ran Nya

I am NyaRan.

This Summer..

-I'm traveling with my teacher!

Beachhhhh!!

Overnight. Overnight

Fancy-! Fancy-!

Ta-Ma-Ne-!! (A Japanese phrase people say when the fireworks go up)

[This Summer's trip too at]

JyaRan

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(Song - Ran ran jyaran~)

[Encounter something new]

Recruit

It's niceCM(commercial) Recruit JyaRan NyaRan

Hmmmmm???

[JyaRan Pack]

This is??

[Pack Pack JyaRan Pack]

[Flexible and Affordable JyaRan Pack]

(Reservation Confirmed)

[The name is just ordinary super hero]

[Travel fee and Hotels, combined value]

[JyaRan Pack]

Heave-ho

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[Encounter something new]

Recruit

Commercial 2:

[Athens]

I am NyaRan

This year I am going to fly the world!

[New York] Hello-!

[Seoul] Annyeonghaseyo-!

[Paris] Comment allez-vous-!

[Piza] It is tilted.

[Reservations at 180 countries of the world]

[JyaRan]

Reservations for World Hotels at

Overseas too at JyaRan

[Encounter something new]

Recruit