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The dog who waited 9 years at Shibuya Station

Hachikō went to his own statue's unveiling.

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The real story

Hachikō was an Akita who met his owner, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, at Shibuya Station every evening. In May 1925 the professor died suddenly at work. For the next nine years Hachikō kept coming to the station at the time the train arrived.

His story made him famous across Japan, and in 1934 a bronze statue was built at the station. Hachikō himself was there for the unveiling. During World War II the statue was melted down for metal. In 1948 the original sculptor's son made a new one, and it's still the most famous meeting spot in Tokyo.

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  • Hachikō, an Akita dog, waited at Shibuya Station every day for about nine years after his owner died in 1925
  • A bronze statue of him was put up in 1934; it was melted down for the war effort and recast in 1948
  • 'Meet me at Hachikō' is one of Tokyo's most common meeting spots
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