Recently, maybe a week or two ago, the new Tama Station opened. The new station looks like something from Miyazaki movies, which is very nice and impressive.
The neko (cat) train is painted like a cat (Tama, I guess). There are other types of train, with patterns of strawberries or toys.
Inside the station, there were a bunch of tourists who I guess took either the cat, strawberry, or toy train to get there or drove there like us. I think using Tama as a tourist attraction is a great idea to stimulate (even a little) the local economy. Otherwise, this rural town has nothing to attract tourists.
