Club SEGA - AirHockey Extreme

Hey there,

this year I will go to Tokyo again, this year with a huge group, I spent my half vacation visit of 2012 with two of them.

I found a video on my harddrive, where we went to CLUB SEGA, where one can play arcades or other fun games. We played AirHockey "Extreme", you will see, why I call it EXTREME.

Too Bad, I lost, but maybe I will take revenge this year..., else I will beat him in another game.

Faithful until death... and even beyond

This entry is about Hachiko, a well known Akita-dog.

This statue is placed in Shibuya, next to the JR-Exit, which is also named after this dog.
Why is Hachiko (born 1923) honored with this statue? - He was faithful. Every day he was waiting for his owner Hidesaburō Ueno at the Shibuya station, when he finished work.

After the death of his owner (1925) Hachiko still came to Shibuya station every day.
This statue was placed there in 1934 while Hachiko himself was around.

In 1935 he was found dead, as he was known all over the country, his death was announced nationwide.
The original statue was made of iron and was mold within the 2nd WW because of the lack of iron.

A bronce version was placed there in 1948.

It's said, that it will bring furtune, if you touch or rub Hachiko.

Doing this video, I was surrounded by many people, because Hachiko is a well known object of interest in Japan, especially Tokyo, so I was kinda disturbing everyone, who wanted to take a picture him. The crowd had some curious sights, but that didn't bother me at all ;P.

It's also a place where many people meet.
You wanna go shopping in Shibuya? - Oh yeah, let's meet at Hachiko tomorrow at 4PM...

And one more thing, it's next the biggest crossing, the Shibuya Crossing where up to 12.000+ cross the street per period.

I think, that's the most important stuff about Hachiko and his statue - Enjoy the video.

One more Musician

WAZZUP?

There was one more musician in Shinjuku
Enjoy:

Street Music in Shinjuku

Hello everyone,

it's been a while, I know and I'm very sorry to keep you waiting so long for a new entry.
Within the next weeks I will post some very departed posts.

I'll start with a video of street music in Shinjuku.
There are 133 videos left from my 2013 Tokyo Vacation, so there's a lot to show you, hopefully u will like it.

I promise some things will be nice surprise for you.
So, have fun with japanese street music.

Enjoy.

Starting plannings for JP 2013

This year I will visit Tokyo once again. I'm preparing already.

By writing comments you can request some spots, that I shall find and present pictures and videos of.

I'll visit many Bookoffs, try to go to the fish market, visit the pagode in Asakusa and other things. You can also tell me some places, which need to be seen.
I'll try to discover many new things and also revisit some old spots, where one has to go every time in Tokyo, some examples in the following pictures.

That' s all for now buddies.
Small bonus, another video:

Some feelings almost directly before boarding and going by plane to Tokyo Narita

... and also one directly after the arrival in Tokyo: