We must protect the senile elderly people from unscrupulous business operators by using the adult guardianship system.
A bronze statue of an Akita dog named Hachi – ko is in front of JR Shibuya Station.
It was erected in 1934.
Hachi – ko used to walk with his master, Ueno Eizaburo, a professor at the Imperial University of Tokyo between his home and Shibuya Station everyday.
Even after Mr. Ueno died in 1925, and never returned to the train station where Hachi-Ko was waiting, the dog continued walking to the station for ten years because he believed his master would some day return.
In praise of Hachi-Ko's loyalty to his master, the bronze statue was erected in 1934.
Hachi-ko died on March 8, 1935.
The statue was recycled for the war effort during World War II.
The new statue was erected in August 1948.
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The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is located in Naka ward, Yokohama City.
About 4500 people from about 40 different countries are buried here.
The grave of Charles Lennox Richardson, murdered in the Namamugi Incident, is also here among many others.
The cemetery is private, except for every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from April to October.
It is opened up to the public for a small donation to help with the upkeep of the premises.
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The 10-meter tall statue in the Main Hall, the Eleven-faced Kan’non (Important Cultural Property) , is the largest wooden sculpture in Japan.
Standing on a stone, the Kan'non holds a lotus flower vase in its right hand and a monk's stick in its left hand.
In the spring, the peonies are in full bloom all the way to the Main Hall
This is why the temple is called the Temple of Flowers.
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The Labor Thanksgiving Day which takes place annually on November 23 is a national holiday in Japan.
According to the law, the holiday aims an occasion for commemorating labor and production and giving one another thanks.
Labor Thanksgiving Day was an ancient rice harvest festival known as Niiname-sai before World War II.
The modern holiday was established in 1948.
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Autumn Festival will be held on November 22nd (Sun) and 23rd (Mon) at Toyokawa Inari.
This festival is a thanksgiving festival for the year of good harvest.
During the festival there is a parade of big floats and dressed-up children led by a man led by a man wearing a mask of white fox.
A pair of large lanterns each of which is 10 meters high and 5 meters in diameter is hung in the precincts, so the festival is called Dai-chochin matsuri(a festival with large lanterns).
At dusk lanterns are lit and fascinate visitors at night.
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