When I went to Japan in high school as part of an exchange program, Reagan Newcomb and I both stayed with Yoshiko. Now both of us have journied back to visit. I bet Reagan's Japanese is better then mine. Yoshiko was five months pregnant in this picture, she was worried cause she gained 2 kilos.
In the background is a famous statue, it's not very big. It's of a very loyal dog named Hachiko. A movie was eventually made even an American version. In Edinburgh they have Greyfriars Bobby whose statue I have also visited and took a photograph of.
If you like looking at pictures of Japan, the best of mine are on Flickr. After over twenty years I finally returned to Tokyo, but I did not visit Shibuya and once again I have lost contact with Yoshiko, she may never have joined Facebook or just didn't see my messages saying I was returning to Japan. I probably have old emails and phone numbers but I'm tired of being the one who makes the effort. Who knows maybe I'll return to Japan and we'll meet again someday.