日本小車站 貓貓當站長

在日本和歌山，有一個叫貴志的小車站，站旁商店有隻叫Tama的貓，因她的貓舍一直建在公路上，當接到市政府的拆卸令，主人懇請鐵路經理讓它居於站內，但要在站內養她需要一個合理的原因，於是決定任命她爲站長。

4年前差點面臨停駛危機的貴志川線，因Tama站長的出現，而逃過了一劫，報酬是一年的貓糧。

Tickets please! - Tama works nine to five and takes Sundays off
售票！——Tama每天的工作從早上九點到下午5點，週日休息。

A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat.
一家總是虧損的日本鐵路公司因爲一隻享有“盛譽”的流浪貓而重回軌道。

Wearing a black cap and posing for photos with passengers, Tama is credited with boosting Wakayama Electric Railway's revenue by 10%.
帶着黑色帽子，擺着pose和乘客們合影，Tama爲和歌山電氣鐵路提高了10%的收入。

The firm had to axe all staff at Kishi station in western Japan two years ago.
兩年前，這家公司不得不解僱了位於日本西北部貴志小站的所有員工。

But Tama stuck by her post and was rewarded with promotion to station manager. The pet mascot even has her own office, a former ticket booth.
但是Tama堅守崗位，並且被獎勵提升爲站長。這個幸運兒甚至有自己的辦公室，先前的一個售票亭。

The feline, who was born and raised at the station in the city of Kinokawa, Wakayama prefecture, is living proof of the Japanese belief that cats are good luck.
這隻貓貓在紀川（和歌山縣）出生及長大，是日本信念“貓會帶來好運”的活證據。

"She never complains, even though passengers touch her all over the place. She is an amazing cat. She has patience and charisma. She is the perfect station master," said Yoshiko Yamaki, a spokeswoman for the rail company.
The nine-year-old - who receives cat food in lieu of a salary - won national stardom last year when the firm formally appointed her as "station master".
“她從不抱怨，儘管乘客們會觸碰她的全身。她是隻神奇的貓，有着耐心和魅力。她是最好的站長。”這個車站的發言人Yoshiko Yamaki說。去年當公司任命她作爲站長後，她變成了全國明星，以貓糧作爲報酬。

Since then passengers have been gradually returning, recently rising 10% to about 2.1 million a year.
從那以後，乘客逐漸多了起來，最近增長了10%，每年達到210萬。

The cat has spawned a range of popular merchandise, including a picture book called: "Diary of Tama, the Station Master."
這隻貓也衍生了一系列受歡迎的產品，包括一本“站長Tama的日記”的圖畫書。