Seen yesterday: an old lady with a walker, likely on a stroll around the block from the care home. A cat was walking with her in that happy tail-up-question-mark way, looking back at her, waiting for her to catch up, and the two of them were having a conversation.
Sad update everyone, Tama recently passed away… An estimated 3,000 people, including railway officials, attended Tama the cat’s funeral on Sunday, days after she died of heart failure aged 16. [x]
For those who haven’t read articles about it, the local shrine elevated her to a god. She’s now the Eternal Stationmaster and patron god of the station.
Beautiful.
Now I’m crying thanks
and a new cat was hired right?
yep! her name is Nitama (essentially ”second tama” or “tama II”) 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.
Law
I’m crying at 11pm over train cats
Nitama, already now a mature cat (born 2010), has a protege named Yontama (fourth Tama, b. 2016). There is no information available for either the physical befellment or tragic self-disgrace which has removed Santama from contention.
Hey Cat, I thought you’d like to see this. My school is filled with cats because the building is 400 years old and cats have been living there since the 1600 when it was built. The Head Master says the cats are part of the original heritage and history of the building, so we just live in harmony.
So, obviously, when it’s too cold outside, cats come into the rooms and just… Take classes.
(They are really cultured, they’ve been taking class for 400 years)
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