Thursday, January 04, 2007

Tales of Nippon: Dicimebre 23, December 23rd

Una visita a Shibuya y a Harayuku. El primero es el sitio donde se encuentra el famoso cruce que se ve en muchos animes y en la pelicula "Lost in Translation", es un punto de encuentro para muchos, simplemente la imagen es espectacular. En Shibuya encontramos un StarBucks que tiene unas vistas de la zona muy buenas, tiendas varias, karaokes y restaurantes. Ademas de una estatua a un perro con una historia de lealtad conmovedora.
Cuenta la historia que el perro, llamado Hachiko, acompanaba todas las mananas a su amo hasta la estacion de metro, y por las tardes iba a buscarlo a la hora que volvia del trabajo. Sucedio un dia que el amo murio antes de volver, Hachiko fue a buscarlo como siempre, pero su amo no volvia, asi que todos los dias iba a buscarlo, hasta que al final murio. La gente de la zona conocia al perro desde antes de que muriese su amo, y por su lealtad hasta la muerte pusieron la estatua.

En Harayuku, encontramos una de las entradas al templo sintoista mas importante de Tokyo. En el puente de la entrada se suelen reunir las personas que hacen Cosplay (costume play) o que se visten como las munecas de porcelana. Tambien hay muchas tiendas de ropa de todo tipo. Aqui encontre chocolate Wonka. De Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate.


A small visit to Shibuya and Harayuku. The first one is where we find the famous street crossing we always see in animes and in the movie "Lost in Translation", it's a meeting point for many, the sight is simply spectacular. In Shibuya we find a StarBucks with a magnificent view of the area, different kinds of stores, karaokes, and restaurants. There's also a statue of a dog, which has a touching loyality story behind.

The story says that the dog, named Hachiko, walked his master every morning to the subway station and went to pick him up when he came back from work. It happened one day that his master died before he came back, Hachiko went to look for him that day like always, but he didn't come back, so he went to look for him every day, until he finaly died. The people from the are know the dog even before his master died, so they placed the statue due to his loyality until the end.

In Harayuku we find one of the entrances to the most important Sintoist temple in Tokyo. At the entrance bridge is where the Cosplay (costume play) people hang around. There are also all kinds of clothing stores. Here is where I found Wonka chocolate, from Charlie and the chocolate factory.

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