Shibuya

One of my favorite areas in Tokyo is Shibuya. Shibuya has lots of cool shops and tons of people. Actually it's got the most populated intersection in Japan, and possibly the world. The intersection in front of Shibuya station (if you take the Hachiko exit) is a six (?) way intersection. If you ever watched Lost in Translation you saw the intersection in the movie.

Anyway, besides loads of people, big city lites, lots of night clubs, love hotels, shops, and atmophere- Shibuya is home of my favorite resturant in all of Japan, the Christon Cafe.The Christon Cafe is theme resturant, with lots of christian paintings and statues but done in a gothy way. They have awesome food and for Tokyo the prices are rather good. There's actually a few of the resturants, one in Osaka city, one in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo, and then there's the one in Shibuya. As far as I know the one in Shibuya is the biggest and in my opinion the best of the three. Check it out if you can.http://http://www.ug-gu.co.jp/restaurant/shop/christon-tokyo.htm



You might wonder why there's a statue and even an exit of Shibuya station named after a dog, Hachiko. So here it is the story of Hachiko. Years ago, Mr. Ueno, a university professor, got a puppy that he named Hachiko. Hachiko would walk with his master to Shibuya station daily, to see his owner off on his morning commute to the university. The walk became routine and

Hachiko would always walk to the station in the morning and then meet his master in the evening when he returned from work. When the professor died, Hachiko did not break the routine. Everyday he would walk to the station in the morning and from the station in the evening. Perhaps he was waiting for his master's return. The other commuters would see Hachiko daily and they began to feed him after the dog's owner died. The community in Shibuya was so touched by Hachiko's loyaltity. After the dog died, a statue of the dog was erected in front of Shibuya station so he could be remembered always.That's me next to the statue of the famous dog.