New cat stationmaster

KINOKAWA, Japan, Jan. 7 Kyodo - Calico cat Yontama is pictured after being appointed the third feline stationmaster alongside a feline apprentice recruit, Rokutama, at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble. (Kyodo)

New cat stationmaster

New cat stationmaster

Calico cat Yontama (R) is pictured after being appointed the third feline stationmaster alongside a feline apprentice recruit, Rokutama, at Wakayama Electric Railway's Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2025. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

New cat stationmaster

New cat stationmaster

Wakayama Electric Railway Co. President Mitsunobu Kojima holds Yontama, a calico cat appointed as the third feline stationmaster at Kishi Station in Kinokawa in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 7, 2026. Yontama succeeded Nitama, the second stationmaster who died in November, continuing a nearly two-decade tradition that has boosted tourism and helped save the line from financial trouble.

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Nitama lights illuminations on Christmas tree

Nitama lights illuminations on Christmas tree

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, pushes a button to light illuminations on a Christmas tree at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 22, 2015. In August, Nitama assumed the post of cat stationmaster, succeeding Tama, who was credited with rescuing Wakayama Electric Railway Co. from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., faces the Tama Shrine at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. Nitama assumed the role of stationmaster that day to succeed Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, is seen before the framed photograph of Tama, a cat credited with rescuing Wakayama Electric Railway Co. from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015, at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. Nitama is wearing a stationmaster's cap as she assumed the role from Tama that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, receives a letter of appointment to become the stationmaster of Kishi Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on Aug. 11, 2015, at the station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Nitama succeeded Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Japan railway appoints another cat to succeed Tama the stationmaster

Nitama (Tama the Second), a five-year-old female cat, held in the arms of Mitsunobu Kojima, president of Wakayama Electric Railway Co., "offers prayers" to the Tama Shrine at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan on Aug. 11, 2015. At front is a bronze statue of Tama, a cat credited with rescuing the railway from financial difficulties before dying aged 16 in June 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo