Japan - Tokyo Travel Pics | Kev's Life Journey

Continuing with more pics from Tokyo Japan. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to Japan, almost 14 years to be exact since I was last in Japan. I have many fond memories of Japan while in school when I was growing up, special thanks goes to my dad who used to arrange and organize student exchanges to Japan. I being his only son was always chosen to go hahaha for such exchange trips, how blessed…I remembered when I was younger I told my dad why I have to go on such trip…how foolish when I was younger. But coming back to the land of the rising sun really excites me this time as I’m accompanied by my wonderful wife and it is her ever first trip to Japan.

Tokyo Tower

Food is what we were after we settled into our cozy and small hotel rom..and we headed to the first makan place we can find and had katsudon.

Close up shot of the katsudon…no comparison to Malaysian Japanese restaurants…

More Japanese food…finger lickin sushi

CD & DVD peddler on wheels..X-rated movies I supposed?

This is (Shibuya Station) where it is well known for the faithful dog Hachiko,

More about Hachiko – thanks to Wikipedia

In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner's life Hachikō saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting.

Hachikō was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. Eventually, Hachikō apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachikō waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he did not see his friend among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for 10 years, with Hachikō appearing only in the evening time, precisely when the train was due at the station.^[2]