Once we were back at Shibuya train station we made a brief stop at the road intersection so as to see the hundreds of people who cross it in every sort of direction, first from an observer perspective and afterwards as an average Tokyo commuter. The first gave us a frightening perspective whilst the second the challenge to experience it ourselves.
Somewhere inbetween some side streets we were shown the addictive game rooms which seem to attract many visitors. Across the street the 1934 Hachiko's statue depicting the dog who is said to have waited for his master at the station every night for more than a decade after his death. This clearly attracted many foreign visitors who saw the film, like ourselves.
Known as a place where one can see the latest fashion and trends Shibuya unveiled some rather "strange-awkward" creatures, like a street singer dressed in a pink feathered long coat, though I am not sure if his way of dressing was in any way connected to that.
One of our last visits was the Imperial Palace gardens situated to the North and West of the Sumida river. Destroyed by a series of disasters, including the allied bombing in World War II the area is said to have been reinvented sever al times.
One of the famous landmarks is the double-arched stone bridge east of the Palace, which once was the Palace's main entrance.
We soon made our way to Tokyo's station having briefly stopped at a few interesting corners along the way.
We had had a rather intense day in which we barely sat down, lunch being the exception. We were exhausted but happy to have been able to be under the professional guidance of such an amazing guide as Hiroshi, without whom we might not have visited half of the things we did and learnt such valuable information. Parting was difficult but schedule dictated it. One of our most vivid memories of Tokyo would undoubtedly be Hiroshi.
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