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Oct 14, 2022 · The story starts with Hachiko owner Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, who always wanted to look after a purebred Japanese Akita-inu (“dog” is “inu” in Japanese). He might have known about the courageous, willful, intelligent, loyal nature of the breed.
- Hachiko and Hidesaburo Ueno. A golden brown pure-bred Akita dog, Japan’s most loyal dog was born on November 10, 1923, in Odate, Akita Prefecture. The owners of the farm then sold him for ¥30 to Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor of agriculture at Tokyo Imperial University.
- Nine years, nine months, and fifteen days of waiting. As is famously known, the loyal pet continued to show up at Shibuya Station till his own passing near a decade later on March 8, 1935.
- A nation-wide sensation. Hachiko’s daily visits to Shibuya Station ultimately caught the attention of Hirokichi Saito, a former student of Professor Ueno and himself an expert on Akita dogs.
- Note that his name is just Hachi. Ueno named his pup Hachi (ハチ) after the Japanese number for eight. (The number represents good fortune in Japanese culture) After his devotion earned nation-wide fame, ko (公) was added as a suffix.
May 20, 2023 · Featured in Video Games: Hachiko’s lasting legacy has extended even into the world of video games, with appearances in titles like “Shibuya Scramble” and “Sega’s Shining Force.”
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- He has some deep country roots. In contrast to him being a symbol of Tokyo's most fashionable 'hood, Hachiko was not originally from Shibuya, or even Tokyo for that matter.
- He was bullied. After Ueno's death in 1925, Hachi was given away and forced to hop between several homes miles away from Shibuya, but he kept running back to the now-famous spot where he used to meet his owner every day.
- His story went viral in 1932. When Hirokichi Saito, the chairman of the Nihon Ken Hozonkai (The Association for the Preservation of the Japanese Dog) found out about Hachi and his story, Saito published an article in Asahi Shimbun newspaper about how the poor pup was being mistreated.
- He attended the unveiling of his own statue. It's unusual for an honorific statue to be built while the person – or in this case, dog – in question is still alive, but Hachiko actually made an appearance at the opening of his statue in 1934.
Hachikō, a white Akita, was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm located in Ōdate, Akita Prefecture, Japan. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the Tokyo Imperial University, took Hachikō as a pet and brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo.
- Pamela S. Turner, Yan Nascimbene
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Nov 9, 2023 · Hachiko’s legend inspired a 2009 Hollywood movie starring Richard Gere, as well as an Indian film in 2015, while also featuring in a Japanese video game. Not all Tokyoites know the story,...
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