Stray cat becomes popular in disaster-hit area

Stray cat becomes popular in disaster-hit area

Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2018, at a castle in Takahashi, a western Japan city hard hit by torrential rain in July, shows a tourist holding a cat which has been named "the head of the castle" by a local tourism organization to help bring back visitors to the area. The 3-year-old cat became a stray after the rain disaster hit and has been looked after by the man who manages the castle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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