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Story of Hachiko 1923-1935
HachikÅ? (Born November 10 '23, died march 8 '35), sometimes known in Japanese as å¿ çŠ¬ ãƒ?ãƒ?å…¬ (chÅ«ken hachikÅ?, lit. 'faithful dog Hachiko'), was an Akita dog born in November 1923 in the city of Odate, Akita Prefecture.
In 1924 he was brought to Tokyo by his owner, HidesamurÅ? Ueno (上野英三郎), a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo.
During his owner's life, Hachiko saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station.
Even after Ueno's death in May 1925, Hachiko returned every day to the station to wait for him, and did so for the next 11 years.
 "Hachiko" waiting for his boss in 1932
Affection between the professor and the dog was immediate.
The professor named the pup "Hachi" and added "ko", a common term of endearment.
For his part, Hachiko accompanied the professor everywhere he could.
As he grew, Hachiko took on the traditional traits of an Akita; his ears stood upright, and his tail curled up and to the left.
Professor Ueno reportedly took great pride in owning a purebred dog of a breed that had a history going back 30 centuries—especially as the number of purebred Akitas in Japan was dwindling at the time.
When the professor died, Mrs. Ueno closed the house and moved, giving Hachiko to some of her husband's relatives who lived several miles from the station.
The Akita refused to stay with them. As soon as he was let out, he trotted back first to his old house, then to the train station to await his master. Ueno's gardener, Kikuzaburo Kobayashi, lived close to the station and took over Hachiko's care.
Hachiko's devotion to his lost master moved those around him, who nicknamed him "faithful dog", though some speculate that he kept returning because of the handouts he received from street vendors (upon his death, a necropsy revealed remnants of what were apparently yakitori skewers in his stomach).
In the first years of his vigil, Hachiko was treated as little more than a tolerable nuisance at the train station.
In 1928, a new station master came to Shibuya Station. He quickly grew very fond of him and allowed him free run of the facility. Hachiko still kept his schedule, but also was allowed to remain in the station throughout the day, sleeping in a storeroom set aside for him by the new station master.
That same year, another of Ueno's former students (who had become something of an expert on Akitas) saw the dog at the station and followed him to the Kobayashi home where he learned the history of Hachiko's life.
Shortly after this meeting, the former student published a documented census of Akitas in Japan.
His research found only 30 purebred Akitas remaining, including Hachiko from Shibuya Station.
Ueno's former student returned frequently to visit the dog and over the years published several articles about Hachiko's remarkable loyalty.
In 1932 one of these articles, published in Tokyo's largest newspaper, threw the dog into the national spotlight.
Hachiko became a sensation throughout the land.
His faithfulness to his master's memory impressed the people of Japan as a spirit of family loyalty all should strive to achieve. Teachers and parents used Hachiko's vigil as an example for children to follow.
A well-known Japanese artist rendered a sculpture of the dog, and throughout the country a new awareness of the Akita breed grew.
 Hachiko Statue at Shibuya Station, Tokyo Erected April 1934 Sculptor: Shou Ando (born in Kagoshima) Melt down during World War II Rebuilt August 1947 Sculptor: Takushi Ando (Shou Ando's son; born in Kagoshima)
In April 1934, a bronze statue in his likeness was erected at Shibuya Station, and Hachiko himself was present at its unveiling. The statue was recycled for the war effort during World War II. After the war, Hachiko was hardly forgotten.
In 1948 The Society for Recreating the Hachiko Statue commissioned Ando Takeshi, son of the original artist who had since died, to make a second statue.
The new statue was erected in August 1948, which still stands and is an extremely popular meeting spot. In some way it could be a simile for the commitment of people and lovers meeting each other at Shibuya Hachikoguchi (Shibuya Hachiko exit). A similar statue stands in Hachiko's hometown, in front of Odate Station. In 2004, a new statue of Hachiko was erected on the original stone pedestal from Shibuya in front of the Akita Dog Museum in Odate.
Hachiko Statue at Odate Station, Erected July 1935
Sculptor: Shou Ando (refer to Shibuya Hachiko above)
Melt down during World War II, Rebuilt November 1987
Sculptor: Yoshio Matsuda (born in Akita)
Hachiko died on March 8, 1935, of filariasis. His stuffed and mounted remains are kept at the National Science Museum in Ueno, Tokyo.
Tot op de dag van vandaag word er jaarlijks op 8 April nog herdenking- bijeenkomst georganiseerd ter nagedachtenis aan Hachiko.
 [Herdenkingsdienst voor Hachiko] Herdenkings bijeenkomst voor het Shibuya station Een stambeeld van Hachiko en zijn vrienden voor het station van Odate. Kunstenaar: Zenichiro Aikawa (Geb. in Akita)
 Het graf van Hachiko aan de voet van het graf van zijn baas Dr. Ueno Gelegen op de Aoyama begraafplaats, te Minami-Auyama, Minami
 Het nationale wetenschap Museum in Tokio, Ueno. Midden: Hachiko, Links: South Pole Research survivor; Jiro, Rechts:Kai-inu ( Kai: is een oude naam voor gedeeltes van Nagano en Yamanashi )
©2005 "Jun-Ketsu-Ken Akita-Inu" all rights reserved
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1olena1
10 Aug : 13:15
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