Hachiko, The Meaning Of Devotion And Loyalty

Hachiko is the name of a dog outstanding loyalty. Although this is a long story and a real happening in Japan, but it could be a reflection and inspiration for all those who will begin fading of fidelity together.

 

hachiko statue in memory

Allegiance Dog HACHIKO so legendary that lifted widescreen and gained the attention of the audience with the story of this blue emotion. At first I did not accidentally see the movie Hachiko (Hollywood version) and completes the watch, it is a charming story.

This story is based on a true story about a dog named Hachiko. Hachiko story itself is quite long. He was born in 1923 in a called Akita prefecture. Then a professor named Hidesaburo Ueno who was then aged 53 years to maintain it. Ueno family home adjacent to this is the story of Hachiko, Shibuya Station starts.

Hachi begins to grow larger when already become a habit when Professor Ueno went to work, Hachi always took his master's departure to the front door of Shibuya Station. In the evening when the hours after work, Hachi again come to the station to pick up and waited for Professor Ueno. This happens over and over again every day.

On May 21, 1925, after attending a meeting on campus, Professor Ueno died suddenly. But Hachi still do not understand that Professor Ueno had died. Every day, around the clock return of Professor Ueno, Hachi seen sitting waiting for the return of his master's at the front door of Shibuya Station. Her body began to be thin and not neglected. Some relatives of Professor Ueno several times to pick up and take it, but Hachi always come back to Shibuya station waiting for its master.

In 1932, the story of Hachi waited employer in the station invite the attention Hirokichi Saito from Japan Dog Preservation Association. Concerned over the harsh treatment that is often experienced Hachi at the station, Saito wrote a sad story of Hachi. The article he sent to the Tokyo newspaper Asahi Shimbun, and loaded with the title Itoshiya roken monogatari ("Old Dogs Loving Story"). Japanese public finally learned about loyalty Hachi who continue to wait for the return of the employer. After Hachi became famous, station clerks, merchants, and people around the Shibuya station began to love her. Since then, the suffix "ko" ("dear") is added behind the name Hachi, and people called "Hachiko".

Around 1933, an acquaintance Saito, a sculptor named Teru Ando touched by the story of Hachiko. He wanted to make a sculpture for Hachiko. Bronze statue of Hachiko was completed and inaugurated in 1934, is placed in front of Shibuya Station

For 9 years, every day at Shibuya station Hachiko appear at 3 pm, the time when he used to wait for the return of his master. But those days it was when he was upset because his master did not come. Until one morning of March 8, 1935, Hachiko, 13 years old, was found dead in the street near Inari Bridge, Shibuya River. The place was on the other side of Shibuya Station where Hachiko normally never go there. Hachiko was dead. His loyalty to his master was brought to death.

Residents who heard Hachiko's death immediately flock to Shibuya station. They are generally already know the story about the dog's loyalty. They want respect for the last time. Hachiko attended a farewell ceremony with the crowd in Shibuya Station, including the widow of the late Professor Ueno, close relatives, and local residents. Monks from Myoyu-ji invited to recite sutras. Hachiko funeral service takes place like a human funeral. Hachiko was buried next to the tomb of Professor Ueno at Aoyama Cemetery. The outside of the body of Hachiko at the offset, and up to now exhibited at the Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo.