An Akita Inu dog named Wasao was appointed to the post of the head of the railway station in the Japanese city of Ajigasawa in 2018. Moreover, his girlfriend Tsubaki became his deputy and their two-year-old daughter whose name is Chome will be a trainee there. Do you think this is an April Fools’ joke? This is the reality and there are good reasons for such a slightly weird candidate choice.
An 11-year-old dog Vasao has a non-standard appearance which in Japanese slang is called “ugly cute.” But thanks to it he became very popular and his story isn’t inferior to that of Hachiko.
Akita Inu dog became the head of the station in the Japanese city.
Wasao was a homeless dog until he was noticed by the owner of a fried squid restaurant.
He has an unusual appearance which is called”kawaii beads” and which is translated as “ugly cute”.
But thanks to the woman the doggy became a favorite creature and a real star of the public.
In 2011 a documentary was made about him.
In the same year he became the Station Master as well as the Special Ambassador for World Heritage Sites.
Unfortunately his former owner died in 2017 and Vasao has a new owner now.
The ceremony of the appointment of Vasao took place on April 1 again.
He will be running the station for one more year.
The Vasao family’s responsibilities are to escort and meet the trains.
Immediately after the appointment of the dogs they began to fulfill their responsibilities.
But the appointment of animals to such jobs in Japan is not a pretentious case but a compulsory thing.
Everything that is ingenious is very simple. The animal symbols increase the flow of tourists so thanks to Vasao the city is annually visited by about 120 thousand people.
