Hachiko
Hachiko, sometimes known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公, "Hachiko, the faithful dog"), was an Akita dog born in November 1923 in the city of Odate (Akita Prefecture, Japan). In 1924 he was transferred to Tokyo by his owner, Eisaburō Ueno, a professor of agriculture at the University of Tokyo.
During the life of his master, Hachiko saw his master walk from Shibuya station, and waited at the door of the station until its owner, Professor Ueno Eisaburō, was returning from work. This happened daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return Eisaburō to the station. The professor had suffered a stroke brain tilted in college. The teacher died and never returned to the station where his friend was waiting Hachikō.
After the death of his master, Hachiko was given away, but the Hachikō Gotta escape back to his old home. After a while, apparently Hachikō realized that its owner no longer lived in that house, so went looking for his master to Shibuya station waiting for its owner returned. Since then, every day, Hachiko waited at the back of its owner.
Many other people are aware of Hachiko in Shibuya Station, and many of them had seen before his owner and Hachikō together, so many people gave him food and care for Hachiko during his wait.
Hachiko returned every day at the station waiting for his owner, and did so for ten years up to his own death on March 8, 1935 for canine heartworm disease.
The devotion was to his master Hachiko died touched those around him, who called him a faithful dog. In April 1934, a bronze statue was erected in his honor at the Shibuya Station, and Hachiko himself was present the day the statue was presented. The statue was reused because of the Second World War, but another statue was erected in August 1947, still remains and is an extremely popular meeting place, while sometimes the crush of people difficult to find.
There is also a similar statue in Odate, in front of Odate Station, and is also another statue of the dog and his master in Ueno Park. Hachiko died of filariasis in March 1935. His remains were found stuffed in the Natural Science Museum Ueno (Tokyo).
Information translated and adapted from Wikipia in English and Spanish .
