Ginnancoin
the tabby who grew up with Doge.
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In November 2011 a kitten fell asleep in the weeds by Kabosu's front door. Nobody came for him. So he stayed.
Atsuko Sato, the kindergarten teacher whose Shiba had just become Doge, made "found cat" flyers, called the police and the animal centre, and waited. No owner came. She named him Ginnan, the ginkgo nut, and he answered "nya-o" whenever she called. Fifteen years of photos followed.
On 26 October 2026 his mother wrote that Gin-chan has lymphoma. She chose palliative care, at home, beside him.
私の可愛い可愛い
銀ちゃんが
病気になって
しまいました。My sweet, sweet Gin-chan has fallen ill.
もう、
あと少ししか
一緒にいられない
みたいです。It seems we only have a little while left together.
１０月１３日の朝。
前日までいつも通り
食いしん坊だった
銀ちゃんが、
朝ご飯を
食べませんでした。The morning of October 13. Gin-chan, who had been his usual greedy self the day before, did not eat his breakfast.
慌てて病院へ
連れて行くと、
血液検査で
肝臓の数値が悪く、
白血球系の数値も
跳ね上がっていました。
体のどこかで
強い炎症が
起きているようでした。
１カ月前の
検査の時は
正常だったのに。I rushed him to the vet. His blood test showed bad liver values, and his white blood cell counts had shot up. Somewhere in his body there seemed to be strong inflammation. At his checkup a month before, everything had been normal.
注射をしてもらい、
お薬をいただいて
帰宅すると
なんと食欲復活！
いつもの食いしん坊の
銀ちゃんに
戻ってくれたんです。
ああ、よかった。
もう大丈夫だ。
そう
信じていました。He had an injection, we came home with medicine, and his appetite came back! He was my greedy Gin-chan again. Oh, thank goodness. He's going to be fine. That is what I believed.
ところが２２日。
跳ね上がっていた
白血球系の数値は
正常に
戻っていましたが、
お腹の中に
３センチのしこりが
３つも
見つかりました。
悪性の可能性が
高いものの、
炎症によって
リンパ節が
腫れることもあるそうで、
少し時間を置いて
もう一度
調べることになりました。Then, on the 22nd, his white blood cell counts were back to normal, but they found three lumps in his abdomen, each 3 centimetres across. They were likely malignant, but inflammation can also make lymph nodes swell, so we decided to wait a little and check again.
翌２３日には嘔吐して、
また病院へ。
皮下補液を
してもらいました。
２４日、２５日は
まったく食欲がなく、
元気もありません。
心配で、心配で、
たまりませんでした。The next day, the 23rd, he vomited and we went back to the vet. He was given fluids under the skin. On the 24th and 25th he would not eat at all and had no energy. I was so worried, so worried, I could hardly bear it.
そして今日、
２６日。
再び病院で
診てもらうと、
３センチだったしこりが
５センチに
なっていました。
たったの４日で
２センチも！？
リンパ腫との
診断でした。And today, the 26th, the vet examined him again. The lumps that were 3 centimetres had grown to 5. Two centimetres in only four days! The diagnosis was lymphoma.
これからの治療について
先生と相談し、
抗がん剤治療
ではなく、
緩和ケアを
していくことに
決めました。After talking with the vet about his treatment, I decided on palliative care rather than chemotherapy.
銀ちゃんが少しでも
苦しくないように。
穏やかに、
気持ちよく
過ごせるように。
それが今の
私の一番の願いです。So that Gin-chan suffers as little as possible. So that he can spend his days calm and comfortable. That is my greatest wish right now.
今日、
注射をしてもらった
銀ちゃんは
元気を
取り戻して、
子猫用のご飯を
爆食い！
銀ちゃんのために
買ってきた
サンマも、
それはそれは
美味しそうに
食べてくれました。Today, after his injection, Gin-chan perked up and wolfed down kitten food! And the sanma I bought just for him, he ate it as if it were the most delicious thing in the world.
残された時間は
短いようです。
だから、
できる限りそばにいて、
いっぱい撫でて、
いっぱい抱きしめて、
銀ちゃんが
大好きなことを
たくさんして
あげたいと思います。It seems the time we have left is short. So I want to stay by his side as much as I can, stroke him and hold him as much as I can, and do lots of the things Gin-chan loves.
私がこども園を
退職したのは、
With Kabosuを
始めるためだと
思っていたけれど、
本当は、
銀ちゃんとの
お別れの時間を
大切にするため
だったのかな？
そんなふうに
思えてきました。I thought I left my job at the nursery school to start With Kabosu. But maybe the real reason was to treasure this time of saying goodbye to Gin-chan. That is how it has started to feel.
１１月２日の
Doge Dayと
１１月１５日の
わんこフェスタは
頑張ります！
でも、
それ以外の時間は
できるだけ
銀ちゃんのために
使いたいと思っています。I will still give my all to Doge Day on November 2 and Wanko Festa on November 15! But the rest of my time, as much as I can, I want to spend on Gin-chan.
With Kabosuも
しばらくお休みが多くなると
思いますが、
どうか
お許しください。
あ、そうそう！
カレンダーの発送は
銀ちゃんの隣にいても
できるので、
みなさん、
遠慮なくポチッと
してくださいね（笑）With Kabosu will probably be closed more often for a while. Please forgive me. Oh, and one more thing! I can ship calendars while sitting right next to Gin-chan, so please don't hesitate to order one (lol).
銀ちゃん。
大好きだよ。
明日も
美味しいものを
一緒に食べようね。Gin-chan. I love you so much. Let's eat something delicious together tomorrow, too.
To help the family directly, order a Kabosu calendar through the links in her post, or visit Doge Day on 2 November at Sakura Furusato Square.
Kabosu's story became the internet's. Ginnan's stayed home, in 294 posts on his mother's blog.
Kabosu comes home
A Shiba from a closed puppy mill, adopted from a shelter by Atsuko Sato, a kindergarten teacher in Sakura, Chiba.
The photo
Sato posts a sideways glance on her blog. It becomes Doge.
A kitten in the weeds
Coming home from the vet with Kabosu, Sato finds a kitten asleep by the front door: 2.2 kg, purring, far too tame to be a stray. She puts him in a cardboard box and makes "found cat" flyers.
Not a girl after all
The foster mother checks: he is a boy, still on milk teeth, with an injured hind paw. Flyers go out by motorbike, to the police and the animal centre. Nobody claims him.
Gin-chan
Tests clear, he is named Ginnan, the ginkgo nut, Gin-chan for short. How to tell him from Tsutsuji: the round face, the heavy-lidded stare, and he answers "nya-o" when called.
Dog and cat
Kabosu accepts him as if he had always been there. He tiptoes around her, a little scared, and chases Tsutsuji instead.
Dogecoin
Kabosu's face goes on a cryptocurrency. The family at home carries on as before.
In the title
Sato's first photo book is named for all three: かぼす・つつじ・ぎんなんのほのぼの生活, the easygoing life of Kabosu, Tsutsuji and Ginnan.
Onigiri
A black-and-white foster cat moves in, finds no adopter, and stays. He loves Ginnan "so intensely it's too much."
Ginnan bulletins
A fan, @ouranos_ta, has been posting a daily "Ginnan bulletin" of Gin-chan and Onigiri dialogues; by September it passes episode 1,659. The Kobe Shimbun profiles the four siblings that October.
Kabosu dies, aged 18
She passes peacefully at home. Ginnan is now the household's elder.
Neiro
A new dog, Neiro, joins the family. Gin-chan carries on guarding the house.
Doge Day
A bronze of Kabosu is unveiled at Sakura Furusato Square. Doge Day returns there every 2 November.
$GINNAN
Ginnancoin is created on pump.fun.
Kidney disease
Tests after weeks of spraying around the house find stage 2 kidney disease. Tsutsuji's check that month finds the same.
He stops eating
Blood tests show inflammation and poor liver values. He rallies, then a scan finds three 3 cm masses in his abdomen.
Lymphoma
The masses have grown to 5 cm in four days. Sato chooses palliative care. That evening he eats kitten food and sanma. The same day $GINNAN graduates to PumpSwap and its community asks pump.fun to verify a takeover.
Doge Day
Sato will be at Sakura Furusato Square. The rest of her time is for Gin-chan.
One cat. One coin.
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$GINNAN is a community coin. It is not made, run or endorsed by Atsuko Sato, With Kabosu or the Kabosu family. It carries no promise of value; only buy what you can afford to lose. Photos and letter: かぼすママ, kabochan.blog.jp.