A Japanese station detourSourced
Nekomata Station
has a cat assistant.
At Japan's Nekomata Station, the name includes the word for cat. After the station opened to general passengers in 2024, the railway appointed a cat as an honorary assistant to promote it.
A cat in the name,
and a cat on the staff.
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