The pedestrians started to cross the street

The area around Shibuya station is crowded. Many people were walking on the sidewalks and many were waiting at traffic lights. The intersection where I was waiting for the traffic light was also crowded. Many people were waiting for the signal to change.

Shibuya is one of the busiest areas in Tokyo. Nowadays, it is hard to believe that this used to be a residential area. Of course, I don't know those days either. I only know it as history. The only remnant of that time is a bronze statue of Hachiko, the loyal dog. Hachiko waited in front of the ticket gate for his master to get off the train at Shibuya Station and come home. Even though his owner was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, he was probably not that rich. Shibuya was a residential area where ordinary people lived.

Time has passed, Hachiko has become a bronze statue, and the square in front of Shibuya Station is crowded with people. Most of them, unlike Hachiko's owner, are not returning to Shibuya, but rather visiting. When the traffic light turned green, people who had been waiting for the signal to change began to cross the street at once.

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