The Tokyo Traveler

If you ever make plans to meet someone in Shibuya there is a good chance that they will suggest meeting at the Hachiko statue. Located in a plaza just outside the station you will find an unassuming statue of an Akita dog named Hachiko whose story and memory is beloved by the people of Tokyo and throughout Japan.
Hachiko arrived in Tokyo with his owner, Hidesamurō Ueno, an agricultural professor at the University of Tokyo, in 1924 and each day he saw Ueno off to work and met him at Shibuya Station upon his return. For ten years …read more

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The 1954 movie Godzilla was a sensation in Japan, in fact, Godzilla starred in 28 movies between 1954 and 2004. There have been television series, comics, and even books written about Godzilla, and he even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Godzilla is a big hit, over one hundred million people have been admitted to Godzilla movies in Japan alone, and he even has statue in the Yurakucho area of Tokyo. The statue is small when compare to the lizard’s legend, but fans of the movie won’t want to miss it!

The statue was erected in 1995 …read more

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