Hachiko Crossing in Shibuya is the Times Square of Tokyo- big streets intersecting, hordes milling and meeting and crossing, massive LCD screens flanking the sidewalk and up and down the nearby buildings. Stand outside the JR entrance for long enough and the world will walk by you.
No cooler dude than this.
Hachiko Crossing is famous for the little dog Hachiko. Everybody knows this simple story- he’s a dog who waited for his owner outside the station every day, even long after his owner died. It’s a very Japanese kind of pining for the impossible and yearning for the proper order of things, respect, duty, to be observed.
Now there’s a statue of Hachiko and it’s where all the freaks and foreigners meet to go off and do whatever weird things they’re into. I was there midday and caught some not-so-weird foot traffic passing by.
Walking.
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Texting.
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Watching distrustfully.
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Face mask to protect against allergy.
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He wept out of his cheek.
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Sidelong.
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Chipmunk.
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Interesting combo.
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Crazy face.
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Pimping a new cell-phone.
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Spy, on counter-surveillance.
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He wants my blood.
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Race car!
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Japanese Poirot.
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Freak.
TOKYO
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