Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd. Kurobe Gorge Trolley Train “Nekomata Station” The name of the Nekomata Stat ion character has been decided as “Mata-nyan”!

[Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd.] Kurobe Gorge Trolley Train “Nekomata Station” The name of the Nekomata Station character has been decided as “Mata-nyan”! ​ Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd. Press release: May 10, 2025 Kurobe Gorge Trolley Train “Nekomata Station” The name of the Nekomata Station character has been decided as “Mata-nyan”! Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/142761/20/142761-20-22cb62affda714bb737f2a7bd2dd5aee-2000×1125.jpg Nekomata Station new character “Mata-nyan” Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd. (operated by Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd., located in Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture, President and CEO: Toshishige Suzuki) solicited names for the Nekomata Station cat character from April 15th to April 30th, and we would like to inform you that the following names have been decided. We received over 400 applications during the period, and from among them we selected those that matched Nekomata Station and were widely familiar. We would like to thank everyone who applied, and we would like to widely promote Nekomata Station, the only station in Japan with the word “cat” on it, and make it a character that is loved by customers. 1. Details of the decision Name: “Mata-nyan” 2. Thoughts about the name It is a combination of the nekomata’s “mata” and the cat’s cry “nyan,” and also has the meaning of “please come again” so that customers will ride the Kurobe Gorge Trolley train again and again. In addition, the name is written in hiragana to express the cuteness of the cat, making it a friendly and easy-to-call name. 3. Namer Mika Kayama (Osaka Prefecture) and 17 others in total
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◇Access (Kurobe Gorge Railway to Unazuki Station) 1. For cars Approximately 20 minutes from Hokuriku Expressway Kurobe IC → Kurobe Gorge Railway Unazuki Station 2. For trains Get off at Hokuriku Shinkansen Kurobe Unazuki Onsen Station → Walk (about 1 minute) → Toyama Regional Railway Shin Kurobe Station → (about 25 minutes) → Get off at Unazuki Onsen Station → Walk (about 5 minutes) → Kurobe Gorge Railway Unazuki Station
■Company profile Company name: Kurobe Gorge Railway Co., Ltd. Address: 11 Kurobe Gorge Exit, Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture 938-0293 Representative: President and Representative Director Toshige Suzuki Business details: Railway business (operating section between Unazuki and Keyakidaira) URL: https://www.kurotetu.co.jp