February 22 is Cat Day in Japan, because the date is all twos. Two in Japanese sounds like something a cat could pronounce. There is a World Cat Day as well, but it’s in August.

日本では2月22日が猫の日です。日付が猫でも言えそうな2(ニャ~ン)ばかりだからです。世界猫デーは8月にあります。