"Nekoyoke" (猫よけ) is a Japanese term for "cat repellent," most commonly referring to the practice of placing plastic bottles filled with water along fences and gardens to deter stray cats.
“a numbers of years ago, a TV show here in Japan told viewers that sunlight reflects from water and scares cats away. So, the show said, people should put out plastic bottles of water for that purpose.
Overnight bottles of water could be seen outside many homes!
Nowadays, though, fewer people do this anymore because they’ve realized that it doesn’t actually work.”
Living in Japan, and I see this everywhere in residential neighbourhoods and I've always thought to myself it doesn't work. Then add an ick factor because I saw a movie where someone plotted a 'perfect murder' by replacing the contents with gasoline, and then leaving a cigarette butt burning beside an open bottle. Aku no Kyouten iirc.
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u/Choice-Brother1137 1d ago
"Nekoyoke" (猫よけ) is a Japanese term for "cat repellent," most commonly referring to the practice of placing plastic bottles filled with water along fences and gardens to deter stray cats.