Stray Cat Nursed Back to Health by Train Staff, Climbs the Ranks to Become Stationmaster

Japan is nothing if not a servant to tradition; even if the tradition is a little strange. Admittedly a little less strange than the annual Kanamara Matsuri festival in Kawasaki (parental guidance suggested) the custom of railway lines promoting cats to the rank of stationmaster certainly raises eyebrows, but also spirits, it must be said.