Thousands turned up to pray at a shrine for Tama A lavish funeral has been held for a Japanese cat which became an international star when she was made a station master in western Japan.

Following her death, another cat named Nitama ('Second Tama') took over as the new station master, continuing Tama’s legacy of spreading joy and supporting the local community. Today ...

In 2007, they made Tama, a cat owned by a local family, the Station Master. Her duties included sitting and looking adorable. She had her own office with a litter box and she was paid in cat food.

“Our president has always been a dog person, but when he met Tama that was it,” Yamaki said, while swiping through images on her phone of Kojima happily cuddling the station’s ‘cat master’.

What it’s about: A Japanese calico cat who inadvertently saved a railway station in Wakayama Prefecture from closing, becoming both a local celebrity and the station master in the process.

Following her death, another cat named Nitama ('Second Tama') took over as the new station master, continuing Tama’s legacy of spreading joy and supporting the local community. Today ...

TOKYO — Tama the station master, Japan’s feline star of a struggling local railway, was mourned by company officials and fans and elevated into a goddess at a funeral Sunday. The calico cat ...

A big funeral has been held for a Japanese cat which became an international star when she was made a station master in western Japan. Tama was credited with making the rail company lots of money ...

Tama, the calico cat known as Japan’s smallest “stationmaster ... “We will name her as an eternal station master emeritus,” he added. What Tama had was more than just a flair ...

The station's previous cat, Tama, was mourned at a lavish funeral after she died from heart failure in June having patrolled Kishi station, south-west of Osaka, for eight years. Tama quietly ...

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