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The picture in the background of the second one
Tama is boss
THE TRAINS HAVE CARTOON TAMAS ON THEM
Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed awayā¦ An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the catās funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]
For those who havenāt read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. Sheās now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.
Beautiful.
Now Iām crying thanks
and a new cat was hired right?
yep! her name is Nitama (essentially āsecond tamaā or ātama IIā) and she served under Tama as an apprentice before being appointed her deputy
she works very hard
Everytime this crosses my dash, I reblog. It is the law.
Iām crying at 11pm over train cats
Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016).Ā There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.
^Nitama majestic, and below with Yontama
Yontama.
a legacy
Iād just like to add that there is aĀ āSantamaā, whose name wasĀ āSUNtamatamaā (the capitalisation is not my own, itās in the actual name). They were sent to Okayama prefecture for station-master training. The Okayama PR rep Mister/Ms Y, who was looking after SUNtamatama then refused to let go of the cat, saying something along the lines of,Ā āThis child is ours and I will not let them go, they will stay in Okayamaā, and so SUNtamatama remained in Okayama.
This is SUNtamama below:
Source:Ā https://mainichi.jp/graphs/20161017/hrc/00m/040/003000g/1
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@literaryreference mystery of santama solved; kidnapped by okayama PR bc too kawaii
If you have a morning to spare in Osaka, make the trip to Wakayama/kishi. It'll be worth your time.
