You undoubtedly know about the Hachiko statue, Shibuya's de facto meeting spot. And you probably know a little bit about how the pup waited patiently at Shibuya Station every day for his owner to come home from work, even after his master passed away.
Since we can't help getting swept up in the emotion, we decided to create our own ode to Hachi with a list of little-known facts about man's best friend ever. 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 born in Odate City in Akita Prefecture on November 10 to father Oshinai named after the area they lived in and mother Goma which means 'sesame'. He was put on an express train and arrived in Tokyo 20 hours later. Ueno named the pup Hachi after the number eight, which is considered lucky in Japanese — the 'ko' was added later.
Odate City is fiercely proud of being Hachiko's and the Akita breed's furusato hometown , and loves to show it. Not only is there a Hachiko statue in front of Odate Station above , you can find a Hachiko Shrine on the platform and many more Akita-inu statues in the area, like on top of the postbox at the City Hall see below.
They've also decorated the city's manhole covers with Hachiko-related cartoon characters. And there's a small museum, Akitainu Hozonkai , that'll teach you all you ever wanted to know about Akita-inu. After Ueno's death in , 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.
Eventually, he settled at the home of Kikuzaburo Kobayashi, Ueno's former gardener. He continued to do this for about 10 years, patiently waiting for Ueno to come home. Sadly, there are several stories about how Hachi was beaten and bullied by pedestrians and even children while he lingered around the station. 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.
The story naturally tugged at readers' heartstrings and Hachi quickly became a public icon. 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 Vladimir Putin.
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