"Cat Hanko Nyankan" was released on August 19th. Some of the letters have been replaced with cats, and it is designed so that the name and cat coexist in a natural way.

"Cat Hanko / Nyankan" with some characters replaced by cats
"Cat Hanko / Nyankan" with some characters replaced by cats

"Cat Hanko Nyankan" was developed by seal designer Kenichi Shiroyama. When Mr. Shiroyama was looking at the kanji one day, some of them looked like animals. When I replaced that part with a cat that had such a pose, it was established without any sense of incongruity, so I came up with the idea of product development.

Example of "Cat Hanko / Nyankan" stamp: The cat in "Village" is cute!
Example of "Cat Hanko / Nyankan" stamp: The cat in "Village" is cute!

"Cat Hanko / Nyankan" can be purchased from the seal mail order site "Funny MY Seal". The price is 3,950 yen for the penetration stamp type made by Shachihata Inc., and 5,120 yen for the stamp type that can also be used as a bank stamp depending on the design. The seal is said to be completed in about 3 weeks after ordering.

Hirobundo Shiroyama also sells "paws security stamps" that make it impossible to read the address of envelopes. The fluffy paws protect your personal information.

Meow to protect personal information!
Meow to protect personal information!

For dog lovers, "One Point Hanko", which is a dog design, is available. This is a stamp with an almost one-to-one ratio of illustrations and names to the stamp face. We have more than 100 kinds of dogs.

"One-point stamp: Shiba Inu" (left) "One-point stamp: Chihuahua" (right)
"One-point stamp: Shiba Inu" (left) "One-point stamp: Chihuahua" (right)