This dog's name is Hachiko. Every day he walked his master, DR. Eishaboro Ueno, a professor at Tokyo University to the railway station leaving for work and turn back to what became his waiting spot around the time when his master would return from work. One day, at work, his master died from a stroke... and never returned. Every day, Hachiko returned to this spot for his master to show up. The statue stands near his waiting spot where he waited for 9 years for his master to return. A movie was made about him featuring Richard GERE: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/

platIa triOn navArchon. The capital letters show where the words are stressed. In the word "navarchon", "ch" is read like in "chrome", "chorus", but with a lighter pronunciation, more like "h". It means "Three admirals' square".

Φίλε, αν είδες πουθενά τον Παρθενώνα στο Κάτω Καστρίτσι, απλά θα κάνει διακοπές! Από Σεπτέμβρη πάλι στην Ακρόπολη της Αθήνας θ' ανέβει, γι' αυτό μετακίνησε καλύτερα τη φωτό σου στην Αθήνα! :-)

Τι όμορφη που είναι η Αθήνα μας ντυμένη στα λευκά! Νυφούλα!