Brought to You By The Faithful Dog, Hachikō

There's a statue of this dog, Hachiko, in front of large Shibuya train station (where i live. not the train station, but the town). It's where all the kidz meet up, since you can't really say "hey let's meet up by the train station/mcdonalds/music store/exit" since there are a million of each of those. it's nice and easy.
of course then a million people meet up at the dog statue. but i digress.

It's a heartwarming story, really. In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesamuro Ueno. During his owner's life, Hachikō saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya station. Even after Ueno's death in May 1925, Hachikō returned every day to the station to wait for him, and did so for the next 11 years until his death.

So that's your bit of Japanese culture for the day.
Just finished my 3rd podcast, hai dozo (here you go)!

Le playliste:
Panda, No Panda- Yancha Na Neko
Mission of Burma- Red
YACHT- I Believe in You
Wicked Hemlocks- The Way Down
Blonde Redhead- Loved Despite of Great Faults
Numata Sohhei- Rocking Chair
Of Montreal- I Was Never Young
Teeth and Hair- Don't Touch It
Sonic Youth- Pattern Recognition
Tap Tap- 100,000 Thoughts
Boredoms- (Star)
Ellen Allien- Wish
The Raincoats- No Side to Fall In
Deerhunter- After Class (new track, on Rare Book Room Records upcoming comp)
Jonathan Richman- That Summer Feeling

Woof.