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Feline station master Tama tourism promoter

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline ''station master'' at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by President Mitsunobu Kojima (L) during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2011. Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (R) designated the cat as a special tourism promoter called ''maneki daimyojin'' (a deity beckoning people).

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Himeishi Daimyojin Shrine

The photograph and mount bear the labels Himeishi Daimyojin and ..at the Temple of KAMAKURA respectively. An illustrated map from the year 1850 shows the Himeishi (Princess Stone) in the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine precincts. It also resembles, in terms of its shape and markings, the Masakoishi (Masako Stone) located today on Benten Island in the shrine pond, but the exact details are unclear. This photograph may be the work of Stillfried. The date is unknown.==Date:unknown, Place:Kamakura, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐76‐0]

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Tatsuno-dera Temple,Katase

This is the Ryukoji main hall completed in 1832, a wooden building roughly 22 metres wide and 27 metres deep. The official name of the temple is Jakkozan Ryukoji. Both the lanterns at the bottom of the stairs and the washing place on the right exist today. Shichimendo is visible above the stairs on the left. It was built in the early Edo Period to enshrine Shichimen Daimyojin of Mt. Minobe-Shichimen-zan. This is how the area looked before the reconstruction in 1989.==Date:unknown, Place:Fujisawa, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐22‐0]

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A teahouse at Oji

The teahouses of Oji were located along the approach to Oji Inari Shrine. Oji Inari is the head Inari shrine in the eight provinces of the Kanto region and enshrines the Inari Daimyojin deity. It is said that foxes from all over Kanto gather here on New Year's Eve and that they are transformed into court ladies at nearby Shozoku Inari and then visit this shrine. During the Edo and Meiji Periods, it was popular to go hiking from the Ueno hills to the Mt. Dokan and Mt. Asuka. Climbers stopped to enjoy a drink of sake at the restaurants and teahouses.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number53‐19‐0]

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Festival of tamao inari shrine

The festival of the Tamao Inari across the river. The banners have Tamao Inari Daimyojin written on them. There are piers along the shore reinforced with stone embankments, and houseboats float on the river.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐27‐0]

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MUKOJIMA SHIRAHIGE shrine

Worshipping one of the seven Gods of Fortune of Sumida, the Jurojin. This temple originates from the legend that Jikei Taishi invited the Shirahigue Daimyojin from Shigagun of the country of Omi in 951. It is the guardian of Terashimacho. The deity worshipped is Sarutahikogami. The building, which escaped fires during World WarⅡ, was built in 1864.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number24‐1‐0]

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Feline station master Tama tourism promoter

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Tama, a feline ''station master'' at Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Kishi Station, is held by President Mitsunobu Kojima (L) during a ceremony at the station in Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Jan. 5, 2010. Wakayama Gov. Yoshinobu Nisaka (R) designated the cat as a special tourism promoter called ''maneki daimyojin'' (a deity beckoning people). (Kyodo)