Hachiko
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Spent the last couple of day in Tokyo and visited the statue of Hachiko, a famous dog in Japan. He went to the train station every day at the right time and waited for his master to come home on the train. The master suddenly died, but for the next 9 years, the dog continued to go to the station at the appropriate time, but obvoiously, the master never returned.
There was also a famous US movie that told the story of Hachiko. Set in the US, but pretty much followed the true story. It was called - Hachi: A Dogs Tale
That statue is located at the Shibuya station, and right outside, there is an intersection known as the Shibuya scramble. a bunch of road come together and it is quite a busy area. All walking man symbols go off at once and there is this big mass of people crossing in all directions.
The picture I took does not really give a good perspective on how the crossing goes.
Stayed in a capsule hotel last night. Just because. LOL. (actually is was close to the airport and I was meeting some people in the area, so thought it would be convenient.)
My "room" for the night. 555
Random picture of all these vend machines. There were even more around the corner.
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Great pictures! I remember the story of Hachiko! It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
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Great pictures! I remember the story of Hachiko! It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
@LuFins-Dad said in Hachiko:
Great pictures! I remember the story of Hachiko! It is heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
Yes! It almost made me like Richard Gere.
Loved it, and your comment about heartbreaking and heartwarming is spot on.
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I note that Hachiko is not wearing a mask.
I thought he cared about people.
Never meet your heroes.
I note that Hachiko is not wearing a mask.
I thought he cared about people.
Never meet your heroes.
He is in the 1% minority in Japan. LOL. Pretty much EVERYBODY still wears masks, indoors and out.
But, it was not uncommon in north Asia (especially in Japan) even before COVID to see people wearing masks. Then however, it was more often to protect others from yourself. For example, if you felt ill/runny nose, etc you would wear a mask to prevent others from catching what you had.
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Nice pics, those vending machines! Thanks for sharing, always nice to see an authentic perspective of another country.
