hey guys,I'm bringing you a story about a dog's loyalty and love to his owner and we hear people always talk about how loyal dogs are but this story just proves the fact that they would do anything for their owner/owners.
This story is about Hachiko,who waited for his owner's return for nine years even after his owner had died.
In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo, took Hachikō, a golden brown Akita, as a pet. Ueno would commute daily to work, and Hachikō would leave the house to greet him at the end of each day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued the daily routine until May 1925, when Ueno did not return. The professor had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, while he was giving a lecture, and died without ever returning to the train station in which Hachikō would wait.
For nine years ,nine months and fifteen days,hachiko awaited ueon's return appearing precisely when the train was due at the station,but sadly hachiko would never see ueno return.
Hachiko died on March 8, 1935 at the age of 11 based on his date of birth. He was found on a street in Shibuya. In March 2011, scientists finally settled the cause of death of Hachikō: the dog had both terminal cancer and a filaria infection.
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. In 1948, the Society for Recreating the Hachiko Statue commissioned. Takeshi Ando, son of the original artist, to make a second statue. When the new statue appeared, a dedication ceremony occurred. The new statue, which was erected in August 1948, still stands and is a popular meeting spot.
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(shibuya station)
(hachiko statue)
there are more stories like this but this is most memorable,and it makes you think,what did we ever do to deserve dogs?
and a warning if you watch Hachi:a dog's tale have tissues on standby