Hachikō
Hachikō was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo, as his pet. Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachiko would leave the house to greet him at the end of each day at the nearby train station. The pair continued the daily routine until Ueno died of a cerebral hemorrhage while at work. From then until his death on March 8, 1935, Hachkō would return to the station every day to await Ueno’s return.
About Hachikō in brief
Hachikō was born on November 10, 1923, at a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture. In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University, brought him to live in Shibuya, Tokyo, as his pet. Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachiko would leave the house to greet him at the end of each day at the nearby train station. The pair continued the daily routine until May 21, 1925, when Ueno died of a cerebral hemorrhage while at work. From then until his death on March 8, 1935, Hachkō would return to the station every day to await Ueno’s return. In March 2011, scientists found the cause of the dog’s death was both terminal cancer and a filaria infection. There were also four yakitori skewers in his stomach, but the skewers did not damage his stomach nor cause his death. After his death, his remains were cremated and his ashes were buried in Aoyama Cemetery, Minato, where they were laid to rest beside those of his beloved master, Professor Ueno. He is remembered in worldwide popular culture, with statues, movies, books, and appearances in various media. In 1932, one of his articles, published in Asahi Shimbun, placed the dog in the national spotlight. His faithfulness to his master’s memory impressed the people of Japan as a spirit of family loyalty to which all should strive to achieve.
During his lifetime, the dog was held up in Japanese culture as an example of loyalty and fidelity. He was eventually a national symbol of loyalty, particularly to person personperors. He died in March 1935 at the age of 11, on a street inShibuya in Tokyo, where he was buried alongside those of Ueno’s beloved master and those of those he had served in the armed forces. He could be roughly translated as either “Mr. Eight” or “Sir Eight’” in Japanese, and is known in Japanese as chūken HACHikō, which means “faithful dog.” His research found only 30 purebred Akitas remaining, including Hachakō from Shibuyas Station, and he was one of the few remaining Akitas from the original breed of Akita in Japan. In Japan, the Akita breed is known as “Emperor Akita” and there are only about 30 of them left in the world, according to the Japanese Akita Preservation Association (JAPPA) The JAPPA is a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of the breed and the breeding of Akitas. It is also known as the “Akita Protection Association” (JapPA) and “The Akita Protection Society’ (JSP), which is run by the Japan Akita Foundation (JAS).
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