Cat station master sees kids prepare for 'Tanabata'

Cat station master sees kids prepare for 'Tanabata'

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat station master "Tama" of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station on Kishigawa Line attends an event on July 5, 2014, in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, in which nursery school children adorn bamboo branches with strips of paper before the July 7 "Tanabata" festival. (Kyodo)

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