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Hachiko-The Real and most faithful dog

Hachiko-The Real and most faithful dog

By Rise trPublished 2 years ago 5 min read
Hachiko-The Real and most faithful dog

Just outside one of the five exits of Tokyo's Shibuya Station is a bronze statue of a dog named Hachiko. A similar statue, erected in 2004, is in Odette, Hachiko's original hometown, where it is in front of the Akita Dog Museum. In addition to the Hachiko statue at Shibuya Station, there are statues in Hachiko's hometown outside Odate Station, and another statue is in front of the Akita Dog Museum. Not only is there a statue of Hachiko in front of Odate Station (above), you can find Hachiko Shrine on the platform and many other Akita Inu statues in the area, such as on top of the mailbox at the Town Hall (see below).

In the Happy Pet Story mobile app, one of the items in the Sakura Outdoors set is a statue of Hachiko. Hachiko was an Akita Inu who has become incredibly popular and world-famous in recent years. Hachiko was an Akita Inu dog born on a farm in 1923 and then adopted by Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor of agriculture at the University of Tokyo. Hachiko was a golden brown Akita dog born in 1923 on a farm near the town of Odate in Akita Prefecture.

He searched for the perfect Akita puppy for a long time, until one of his students advised him to adopt Hachiko from Odate City, Akita Prefecture in Japan. The story begins in 1924 when Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo, adopted a dog he named Hachiko.

Luck for this story came when one of his former students, Hirokichi Saito, traveled to Shibuya (1932), saw a dog, and realized they were the dead professor. Hachiko's love for his teacher influenced many people passing by the station, including one of Ueno's former students, who had become fascinated by the Akita breed upon seeing Hachiko.

As Hachiko grew up, he began seeing his mentor on his way to work in the morning at Shibuya Station in central Tokyo and took him to the station when he returned from work in the afternoon. On May 21, 1925, exactly two years after Hachiko was born, Hachiko was waiting as usual outside the Shibuya train station for his beloved Isabur. In fact, Hachiko continued to wait diligently, returning to Shibuya Station every day at 3:00 pm for almost ten years.

Unable to return to Uenos' home, he stays at the neighboring house of Uenos's gardener, Kuzaburo Kobayashi. When the owner of the Hatikos could not return home from work one day, the loyal dog returned to his owner's train station the next day just to wait for him. As the companion dog of a college professor, Hachiko patiently waited each evening at the local train station for her owners to return from work. After Dr. Ueno's death at work, Hachiko waited for him at the station until his death nearly ten years later.

Ueno goes to work every day, and Hachiko will leave home every day to pick him up at the nearest Shibuya station after leaving work. Every day for the next nine years, nine months, and fifteen days, Hachiko will appear when the train is about to arrive at the station, waiting for Ueno to return. Nearly ten years after the owner's death, Hachiko waits at Tokyo's busy Shibuya Station, hoping the owner will return. Every child in Japan knows the story of Hachiko. The dog waited to greet its owner at Tokyo Station every day. After the owner died suddenly, Hachiko still waited for him at the station until he died ten years later..., 1935 (Hachiko is now a famous meeting place in Tokyo).

Novice writer Turner tells the story of the Hachikos in the voice of a fictional six-year-old, Kentaro. Nimbin (In the Air) colors the sky lightly with its watercolors, like the Japanese hyena.

If you prefer something less intimidating but a little different, you can look into the plush Hachiko-Akita Inu (eight) and its original fur on display at the National Museum of Natural Sciences. If you like Akita dogs, especially Hachiko dogs, this museum is worth a visit. Here you can learn all about Akitas and Hachiko, and you can even meet and play with two cute Akitas at the museum on weekdays. There is also an Akita Dog Museum in Japan in memory of the most famous Akita dog in the world: Hachiko.

Hachiko Monogatari is a Japanese film that tells the true story of the friendship, trust, and affection of Japan's most loyal dog. Hachiko's story spawned many Hachiko monuments and even the Hachiko film documents the story of the incredible bond that forms between Hachiko and Ueno. Hachiko's story is in the public domain, but it has also been passed down from generation to generation by the people who tell it.

But the story of Hachiko is one of the greatest stories of a dog ever that stayed true to its owner. However, none of these stories go much further than the story of Hachiko, a dog who waits all the time for his master to return home. Dogs are known to be loyal companions, but we have never met a more loyal companion than Hachiko, the Japanese Akita, who has been waiting for his owner for 10 years.

Hachi Gong (November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) is a Japanese Akita dog, remembered by people for his extraordinary devotion to his owner, Hidezo Uno. Hidesabur Ueno continued into Ueno after his death. Waited more than nine years. Hachiko is called Chicken Hachiko (Zhong Kwan Hatch Igong) in Japanese, "Hachiko's faithful dog." Hachi means "八" and -ko, from the suffix used by ancient Chinese dukes; Therefore, Hachiko can be roughly translated as "Mr.".

Since Hachiko was loyal to his master before his death, a bronze statue of Hachiko was erected outside Shibuya Station as a tribute to the dog. It is unusual for a statue of honor to appear while that person—or in this case a dog—is still alive, but Hachiko appeared at the unveiling ceremony of his statue in 1934.

Although the original statue of Hachiko the dog could not be restored, at the end of the war in 1948 a new statue was replaced at the same location. It is heartening to see that even today Hachiko's statue is a symbol of immense devotion and a reminder of everything they can do to remain loyal to a friend.

This is the story of Hachiko's through the eyes of Kentaro, a little boy whose life was changed forever by his friendship with this special dog. The Hachiko dog may be a symbol of Japan's core values, but its history and dedication continue to resonate with people around the world. Upon learning of the dog's incredible loyalty, Hachiko meets "Stake", a mummified dog who has been trapped in a tree for more than 50 years.

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