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Billiken in Shibuya!
Part of a cultural exchange between Osaka and Tokyo, Billiken, the precious statue kept at Osaka's landmark tower Tsūtenkaku will make its way to Tokyo by shinkansen in a VIP Green Train.
The cultural exchange aims to teach Tokyoites that Osaka isn't just takoyaki and Tigers.
In exchange for Osaka sending us their god of good luck, Tokyo has sent them... Hachikō. Seemingly, Hachikō is more important to Shibuya than Billiken is to Tsūtenkaku, because we've only sent them a replica! Haッ!!
Both can be seen on the picture, on which of course no one seems to care for Hachikō.
Billiken can be seen at the main Tōkyū department store in Shibuya from September 22 until October 4 part of the Osaka fair.
Being a fan of the hilarious 1996 movie "Billiken" (3rd on this page), and never having been to Osaka yet, I will not miss that!
ビリケンさん東京へ 「ハチ公」と交換で調印式 (Yahoo News 9/1)
ビリケン 初の東京遠征 グリーン車で今秋、イベント参加 (Yahoo News 7/28)
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Billiken-san is very cute. I really like him. :)
Posted by Atsuko on September 3, 2005 at 23:07
Went there but all I saw were ex-members of P-Model
http://www.artskool.biz/newpics/japan04/040808.html
Posted by ndkent on September 19, 2005 at 17:08