What do Hachiko, Mitsukoshi Lion and Ueno Daibutsu have in common?

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What do you see in the image below….?   : The answer depends on whom we ask. A Japanese person in the 21st century might tell you of emotional stories connected with Japan’s favorite and faithful pet Hachiko who waited for his owner everyday at the Shibuya Station not knowing that his owner Professor Ueno had passed

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Mitsukoshi Lion, an inspiration from London’s Trafalgar Square Lions

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Tokyo has inspirations from many cities around the world. Eiffel Tower is supposed to be the inspiration for The Tokyo Tower, while Brussels Manneken Pis inspires a similar statue at Hamamatsucho Station. I learned about a new inspiration, the two bronze lion statues at the Mitsubishi Department Store at the Nihonbashi (Tozai Line) Station. Below is some

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