The first one was removed during World War II and melted as a source of metal.Īlso on the wall of the Shibuya Station, there is a huge beautiful mosaic artwork of Hachiko: Beautiful mosaic artwork of Hachiko at Shibuya Train Station, Tokyo Up close you see that the mosaic looks like Hachiko Akita Hachiko Dog Museum There has actually been made two Hachiko bronze statues in Tokyo. Eizaburo loved his dear dog above all and treated him as his son. Hachiko, or Hachi which became his nickname, and his new owner soon became best friends. He had looked for the perfect Akita puppy for a long time, until one of his students encouraged him to adopt Hachiko, from the Odate city in the Akita prefecture of Japan. So why is the Hachiko story so famous you may wonder? Well, I am happy you asked because here I will give you the amazing, real and very sad story about Hachiko the dog. ♥ Once Upon A Time, There Was A Dog Named HachikoĮizaburo Ueno, a professor in agriculture science at Tokyo University in Japan, had long wanted a purebred Japanese Akita dog. He has his own bronze statue next to Shibuya Train Station in Tokyo, where every day hundreds of people have their photograph taken with him.Įven Hollywood has made a movie about Hachiko! There is a statue of him at Rhode Island in the USA where the American version of the film was made. Hachiko is a national hero to the Japanese! A dog so famous there have been several movies made about him. If you ever go to Japan then odds are you will hear about him.
Have you ever heard of Hachiko the dog? No? Neither had I until we visited Tokyo. The poster for the Hollywood movie about Hachiko
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