Faithful until death... and even beyond

This entry is about Hachiko, a well known Akita-dog.

This statue is placed in Shibuya, next to the JR-Exit, which is also named after this dog.
Why is Hachiko (born 1923) honored with this statue? - He was faithful. Every day he was waiting for his owner Hidesaburō Ueno at the Shibuya station, when he finished work.

After the death of his owner (1925) Hachiko still came to Shibuya station every day.
This statue was placed there in 1934 while Hachiko himself was around.

In 1935 he was found dead, as he was known all over the country, his death was announced nationwide.
The original statue was made of iron and was mold within the 2nd WW because of the lack of iron.

A bronce version was placed there in 1948.

It's said, that it will bring furtune, if you touch or rub Hachiko.

Doing this video, I was surrounded by many people, because Hachiko is a well known object of interest in Japan, especially Tokyo, so I was kinda disturbing everyone, who wanted to take a picture him. The crowd had some curious sights, but that didn't bother me at all ;P.

It's also a place where many people meet.
You wanna go shopping in Shibuya? - Oh yeah, let's meet at Hachiko tomorrow at 4PM...

And one more thing, it's next the biggest crossing, the Shibuya Crossing where up to 12.000+ cross the street per period.

I think, that's the most important stuff about Hachiko and his statue - Enjoy the video.