WebTama. 323 likes. Legacy page for Tama (たま), a calico cat who was the station master at Kinokawa railway station, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Fan run/unofficial. Tama (Japanese: たま, April 29, 1999 – June 22, 2015) was a female calico cat who gained fame for being a station master and operating officer at Kishi Station on the Kishigawa Line in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. See more Tama was born in Kinokawa, Wakayama, and was raised with a group of stray cats that used to live close to Kishi Station. They were regularly fed by passengers and by Toshiko Koyama, the informal station manager at … See more Tama died on June 22 2015, at the age of 16, of apparent heart failure at an animal hospital in Wakayama Prefecture. After her passing, … See more Tama appeared in a documentary about cats titled La Voie du chat in French and Katzenlektionen in German by Italian filmmaker Myriam … See more • List of individual cats • Stubbs, an American cat appointed honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska • Tibs the Great, British Post Office's "number one cat" • Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, the title of the official resident cat of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom See more The station was near closure in 2004 because of financial problems on the rail line. Around this time, Koyama adopted Tama. Eventually the decision to close the station was withdrawn after the citizens demanded it to stay open. In April 2006, the newly-formed See more Nitama On January 5, 2012, Tama's official apprentice, named "Nitama" ("Second Tama") was revealed. Born in Okayama City in 2010, Nitama was rescued from under a train car and adopted by Okayama Electric … See more • Tama on Twitter See more
Meet Nitama, new stationmaster at Japan
WebMay 27, 2008 · - Tama works nine to five and takes Sundays off A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat. Wearing a black … WebJun 28, 2015 · TOKYO—Tama the stationmaster, Japan’s feline star of a struggling local railway, was mourned by company officials and fans and elevated into a goddess at a … the powder monkey pub
Tama the cat became a station master for the Japanese railway
WebDec 11, 2014 · Tama is “in charge of” Kishi Station, so that’s where you’ll have to get off. The station building has the shape of a cat head and is really adorable. There’s also a “ Tama Train “, but it only runs a few … WebMay 22, 2024 · Nowadays, one of Tama’s former apprentices, eight-year-old Nitama (literally: ‘Tama Two’), serves as the Kishi stationmaster, with four-year-old Yontama … WebMay 26, 2008 · A money-losing Japanese train company has found the purr-fect pet mascot to draw crowds and bring in business - a tabby named Tama. Publications Business Insider YOU go! sienna leigh by alicia toner