Tama, 15 years old cat, gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Japan.
Tama, the appointed “Station Manager” of Kishi Station on the Kishikawa Line, has lived at the station for five years and is hugely popular with tourists.
Tama become popular because she kept watching passengers at the station, often sitting on top of a ticket gate as if she was checking their tickets.
The tiny, provincial municipality became an overnight tourist destination. Visitors from across the country have been flocking to the provincial town just to take a picture with Tama, the railway system that at one time had been on the verge of bankruptcy got a 1 billion yen ($10.4million) boost thanks to travelers eager to see the four-legged railway official.
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