Photos of late stationmaster cat adorn special tram in western Japan

Children from a daycare center in Okayama, western Japan, enjoy a ride on July 22, 2015, on an Okayama Electric Tramway special train featuring photos of the recently deceased Tama, a popular feline stationmaster at a group company's railway station in Wakayama Prefecture. The calico cat died on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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