ADOPT ME!

The beautiful Wenceslas was first featured in Adopt Me! in November 2017. He'd been rescued from the mountains of Yamaguchi Prefecture along with tens of other dogs. Wen's life has drastically changed since those wild days, and he now lives in Kyoto with the Komatsu ...

Even though he's only about 2 years old, this sunny little fellow has had a lot of darkness in his life. He also has the unusual name of Brexit, but no matter what your politics are, the name reflects "change" of a sort, the ...

Oage is a lovely older gentleman with big, gorgeous green eyes. At 14 years of age, those eyes have seen a lot and not all of it has been good. Oage came to ARK last year after someone saw him being abused and rescued him. ...

Kilda, a Shiba cutie with a passion for playing ball, came to ARK from Heart Tokushima, a shelter on the island of Shikoku. She lost her home when her owner was hospitalized but, though initially shy, she has easily made the transition to a new ...

The very attractive Kasa was born to a stray mother on an apartment balcony and came to ARK as a wee kitten. Though it's a big step up from the balcony, she is now nearly 2 years old and still without a home. Why?! We ...

Chapuche was featured in The Japan Times Adopt Me! section in May 2017 and her best friend, Chijimi, was spotlighted the following month. The two cats had already spent five lonely years at ARK and hope was growing dim that they would ever be adopted. ...

Little Kongari has been sitting at ARK for nearly six long years — and that's a long time for a cute little 7-kilogram dachshund not to be swept up and taken home. He's now about 10 years old, but his zest for life and voracious ...

If it's youth and pep you're looking for, then this little fellow is for you. Still only 7 months old, Aqua is a cheeky boy, an "archetypal kitten" and "a ball of energy." He lives to play, sleep and eat ... and then play some ...

Lionel is 2 years old and was rescued in Yamaguchi Prefecture, a place where they still lay wire snares to trap dogs.