Tama the "Super Stationmaster," in her hat cocked at a rakish angle usually worn at a jaunty angle, she's become a local, national and even international star. Tama's home of Kishikawa in Japan the last stop on what had been a failing train line. That all changed when the Wakayama Electric Railway decided to use Tama as a mascot.
They called her a Super Stationmaster made a promotional poster for train carriages and gave her that stationmaster's hat.
Now tourists flock here to see the cat and to snap a picture. Video Watch Tama greet passengers at the station
As well as their cameras, visitors are bringing their cash. A study at Osaka University found that Tama fever was responsible for pumping $10 million into the local economy.