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For #caturday please enjoy these photos from an acquaintance of the Aizu Railway’s cat train at Aizu-Tajima station in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
The cats - Bus, Love, Peach and Sakura - all live at Ashinomaki Onsen station and have their own YouTube channel, Instagram page and a merch store:
https://www.youtube.com/@ashinomakionseneki
https://www.instagram.com/ashinomakionseneki/
https://www.stationmastercat.com/

#HeritageRailways #Japan
Illustrations of a pair of cats, one of which is wearing a stationmaster’s hat, on a blue diesel railcar train. There are lots of flower and snowflake illustrations in the background of the train livery.
Front of a diesel railcar train at a station platform in the snow. There’s a cartoon of a pair of cats wearing stationmaster hats on the front of the train
Diesel railcar at a station platform in the snow, wearing blue and yellow livery with cartoon illustrations of the Aizu Railway’s railway cats who live at Ashinomaki Onsen Station
Antimacassar with super-deformed/chibi cartoon illustrations of the Aizu Railway’s cats who live at Ashinomaki Onsen station
The Aizu Railway in Fukushima Prefecture is a “Third Sector” railway, a public-private partnership run largely for community benefit. They run regular commuter services in addition to tourism-focused trains on their line. Recently thanks to the Ashinomaki Onsen station cats they have successfully concluded a crowdfunding campaign to upgrade the station’s facilities. If you’re visiting Fukushima Prefecture, please visit them! #
https://www.aizutetsudo.jp/
 Cards featuring the Ashinomaki Station cats (L-R, top-to-bottom):
Bus, a dark tabby stationmaster cat wearing a stationmaster hat - the first stationmaster cat.
Love, a white and brown bicolour tabby cat who was the stationmaster before the current one and is also wearing a hat.
Peach, a calico Facility Master cat, wearing a yellow hard hat - recently retired from this role.
and finally Sakura, the current stationmaster cat - a younger calico wearing a stationmaster hat.
Red Aizu Railway train travelling over a tall concrete viaduct