Shibuya's train-car tourist info center to be relocated to Akita

An old train car that has been serving as a tourist information center outside Tokyo's busy Shibuya station is to be relocated to the northeastern Japan birthplace of Hachiko, the famously loyal dog immortalized in a nearby statue.The train car, a Tokyu Railways carriage of a type in service from the 1950s to 1980s, has been part of Hachiko Square in front of the station since 2006, just opposite the statue of Hachiko.The dog won a place in the nation's heart in the 1920s for having shown up at the station to await its deceased master's return from work every day for nine years.Its statue i…READ FULL ARTICLE