'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

'Station master' Tama lights up Xmas illumination

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, the calico cat "station master" at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends the station's illumination ceremony on Dec. 7, 2014. The light-up attraction runs through Jan. 9, 2015.

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