はちこ(hochiko) - Japans most famous dog

This evening we went to 渋谷(Shibuya) with Alvaro and his Spanish class/friends.
We met at the statue of Hachiko, Japans most famous dog. It is said that the dog came to Shibuya station at 3 o'clock every day to meet his master, a University professor, after work and go home together. After his master died at work the dog continued to come to the station every day, waiting faithfully but unlucky for his owner. That way the dog became a symbol for loyality (which made people visit him for good luck and bring him food). After his death this statue was put at the place where he waited for years. Nowadays the statue is a famous meeting point for Tokyo's young people and in fact it was imposible to get a picture without random people waiting at the statue for their appointments. Of couse there are more detailed versions of Hachiko's story available on the internet.
After that we went to a "highlevel" :-P 居酒屋(isakaya), a place where you eat and drink with friends. The dishes are shared by all people and many foods are served in a pot or pan and you cook them together on a gas stove right on the table. As the food was very good (note: they served some kind of steamed squid filled with rice and it was probably the best squid I will ever eat) I was very busy eating all kinds of different stuff and only managed to make a picture of my plates while waiting for the first dish. Somehow they appear to resemble MickeyMouse ... :-P