Tourism bosses in a Japanese prefecture have come up with what they hope will draw more feline-loving visitors to a Google-style street view for cats. Billed as a world's first, officials launched an online map that explores the streets of port city Onomichi from the “purr-spective” of a four-pawed visitor.

"We decided to focus on cats because they know everything about the city, including the back streets," said a tourism spokesman for western Hiroshima prefecture.