Kinokawa is a small city which is located in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. The estimated population of Kinokawa is 67,835. The modern city of Kinokawa was established on November 11 in 2005, from the merger of the towns of Kishigawa, Kokawa, Momoyama, Naga and Uchita (all from Naga District).
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Kinokawa is a small city with lovely stories. Tama was a female cat, she gained fame for being a station manager and operating officer at Kishi station on the Kishigawa line in Kinokawa
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The station master Tama has assistant called Chibi.
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The propaganda from Tama's appointment led to an increase in passengers by 17%. Tama became "super station master" in a ceremony attended by the president of the company and the mayor in January in 2008; she was "the only female in a managerial position" in the company. She even had a personal office. Railway officials promoted Tama to the post of "Operating Officer" in January 2010. Tama maintained the station master's job while taking over the new job, she is the first animal who works like a railway station manager. This small beautiful city welcomes everyone come and feel it's own country landscape.
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