A village is overrun with felines, a dwarf city and a place where the dead outnumber the living 1,000 to 1, here is a whistle-stop tour of some of the weirdest towns in the world, according to a report by Mail Online website.

1. Aoshima, Japan

Cats crowd the harbor on Aoshima Island in the Ehime prefecture in southern Japan, Feb 25, 2015. An army of cats rules the remote island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one. [Photo/Agencies]

An army of cats rules the remote Aoshima Island in southern Japan, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in a fishing village that is overrun with felines outnumbering humans six to one.

Originally introduced to deal with mice that plagued fishermen's boats, the cats stayed on - and multiplied.